Problem Management Contract Job Trends in England

Problem Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 259 242
Rank change year-on-year -66 -17 +27
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 301 245 345
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 1.00% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.09% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 141 206
10th Percentile £268 £305 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £577 £538 £521
90th Percentile £657 £645 £584
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 37
10th Percentile £18.68 £22.36 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £26.11 £40.59 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.67% +80.40% +64.71%
75th Percentile £55.13 £47.12 £25.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £52.00 £32.30
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +8.79% +6.67% +64.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Problem Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in England

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -39 110 £500 - 24
North of England -75 63 £465 +22.37% 15
Midlands -29 61 £463 +3.01% 19
West Midlands -25 60 £463 +3.01% 11
Yorkshire -37 40 £500 +33.33% 8
South West -21 30 £463 -11.90% 5
South East -59 30 £393 -17.26% 25
North West -50 22 £401 +0.12% 7
East of England -34 5 £400 -11.11% 8
North East -34 1 £400 -4.99%
East Midlands - 1 £163 - 8
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.32%) Confluence
1 16 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.65%) SAS
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.33%) IIS
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (1.00%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.33%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.33%) iTrent
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.26%) Azure
2 45 (14.95%) Entra ID
3 41 (13.62%) AWS
4 34 (11.30%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (9.30%) GitHub
6 21 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (6.31%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (5.65%) GCP
9 16 (5.32%) OneDrive
10 15 (4.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (4.32%) Serverless
12 12 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (3.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.65%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.65%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (3.65%) AWS CodePipeline
13 11 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (3.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.64%) Firewall
2 23 (7.64%) DNS
3 14 (4.65%) DHCP
4 13 (4.32%) VPN
5 11 (3.65%) Network Security
6 8 (2.66%) LAN
6 8 (2.66%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.33%) WAN
7 7 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.66%) MPLS
8 5 (1.66%) SAN
8 5 (1.66%) Wireless
9 4 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.33%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.33%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.00%) Internet
10 3 (1.00%) NAS
10 3 (1.00%) NGFW
10 3 (1.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.65%) Power BI
2 10 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.66%) Metadata
3 8 (2.66%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.99%) MySQL
5 5 (1.66%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.66%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.00%) Pentaho
7 3 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.66%) KDB
8 2 (0.66%) MaxDB
8 2 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 58 (19.27%) JIRA
2 20 (6.64%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.65%) GitLab
4 13 (4.32%) Git
5 12 (3.99%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.33%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.33%) Maven
7 3 (1.00%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.33%) Introscope
8 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 118 (39.20%) Social Skills
2 78 (25.91%) Finance
3 44 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.63%) Banking
6 14 (4.65%) Law
7 13 (4.32%) Legal
8 9 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.33%) Retail
10 6 (1.99%) Military
10 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.33%) Police
13 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.00%) Front Office
13 3 (1.00%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.00%) Local Government
14 2 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (12.29%) Service Manager
2 28 (9.30%) Analyst
3 26 (8.64%) Architect
4 22 (7.31%) Lead
5 21 (6.98%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.64%) Senior
7 17 (5.65%) IT Support
8 15 (4.98%) Incident Manager
9 13 (4.32%) Consultant
10 12 (3.99%) Delivery Manager
10 12 (3.99%) IT Engineer
10 12 (3.99%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (3.99%) Scrum Master
11 11 (3.65%) Administrator
11 11 (3.65%) Developer
11 11 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.99%) Network Engineer
12 9 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.66%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (2.66%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 12 (3.99%) Middleware
3 9 (2.99%) AWS CDK
4 7 (2.33%) .NET
5 6 (1.99%) REST
5 6 (1.99%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.66%) Spring
7 4 (1.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.33%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.33%) CSS
7 4 (1.33%) J2EE
7 4 (1.33%) jQuery
7 4 (1.33%) Loki
7 4 (1.33%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.33%) Sass
7 4 (1.33%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.33%) Web Services
8 3 (1.00%) Kafka
8 3 (1.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.64%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.98%) CMDB
4 13 (4.32%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.66%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.33%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.99%) Replication
11 5 (1.66%) Clustering
11 5 (1.66%) PKI
12 4 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.33%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.33%) Smartphone
13 3 (1.00%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.93%) Windows
2 48 (15.95%) Linux
3 21 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.64%) Unix
5 8 (2.66%) zOS
6 6 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.33%) Android
8 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.00%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (48.50%) ITIL
2 83 (27.57%) Change Management
3 81 (26.91%) ITSM
3 81 (26.91%) Service Management
4 74 (24.58%) Root Cause Analysis
5 72 (23.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (21.93%) DevOps
6 66 (21.93%) Incident Management
7 62 (20.60%) Agile
8 56 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 54 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (16.94%) CI/CD
11 50 (16.61%) Service Delivery
12 36 (11.96%) Observability
13 32 (10.63%) Incident Response
14 30 (9.97%) Decision-Making
14 30 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (8.31%) Scrum
16 22 (7.31%) Asset Management
16 22 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.62%) PowerShell
2 36 (11.96%) SQL
3 30 (9.97%) Python
4 23 (7.64%) Bash
5 19 (6.31%) Java
6 11 (3.65%) C#
7 8 (2.66%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.33%) Go
9 6 (1.99%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.66%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.66%) JCL
11 2 (0.66%) Perl
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
11 2 (0.66%) REXX
11 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.33%) Jython
12 1 (0.33%) Korn
12 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (39.20%) Security Cleared
2 96 (31.89%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.30%) DV Cleared
4 20 (6.64%) Degree
5 11 (3.65%) SAFe Agilist
6 10 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.99%) CCNA
9 6 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.66%) MCSE
11 4 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.00%) CCNP
12 3 (1.00%) PMP
12 3 (1.00%) RHCA
13 2 (0.66%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.95%) SLA
2 10 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.66%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.66%) GDPR
3 8 (2.66%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.99%) GRC
4 6 (1.99%) NIST
5 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.66%) QA
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) COBIT
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (15.61%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.97%) Docker
3 16 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.99%) NFS
5 8 (2.66%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.66%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.00%) Firmware
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.66%) XenApp
9 2 (0.66%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (7.64%) Terraform
2 22 (7.31%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.64%) Grafana
4 17 (5.65%) Ansible
4 17 (5.65%) SCCM
5 13 (4.32%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.99%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (1.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.33%) Istio
9 4 (1.33%) Podman
10 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.00%) Rancher
11 2 (0.66%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.66%) Avamar
11 2 (0.66%) CASB
11 2 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.66%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (22.26%) ServiceNow
2 53 (17.61%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.30%) Oracle
4 22 (7.31%) Remedy
5 19 (6.31%) Splunk
5 19 (6.31%) VMware
6 17 (5.65%) Cisco
7 12 (3.99%) SAP
8 11 (3.65%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.32%) AppDynamics
10 9 (2.99%) Broadcom
11 8 (2.66%) BMC
11 8 (2.66%) Citrix
12 7 (2.33%) Brocade
12 7 (2.33%) Dell
12 7 (2.33%) Denodo
12 7 (2.33%) IBM
13 6 (1.99%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.66%) SolarWinds
15 4 (1.33%) Talend