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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 265 249
Rank change year-on-year -51 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 255 241 357
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.93% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.04% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 135 197
10th Percentile £263 £248 £300
25th Percentile £350 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £473 £465
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.62% -5.11%
75th Percentile £581 £585 £575
90th Percentile £654 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £471 £465
% change year-on-year +0.85% +1.30% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 59
10th Percentile £15.50 £35.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.13 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -64.75% +300.74% -27.38%
75th Percentile £21.00 £68.75 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.11 £70.00 £32.24
UK median hourly rate £20.40 £56.75 £14.16
% change year-on-year -64.06% +300.74% -27.38%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 February 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
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 16 February 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 -54 83 £475 -5.00% 21
North of England -56 53 £465 +3.33% 11
Midlands -18 44 £375 +1.35% 19
South East -14 41 £350 -20.18% 27
West Midlands -20 37 £356 -3.72% 13
South West -20 31 £575 +4.55% 13
North West -41 27 £358 -20.44% 2
Yorkshire -38 26 £550 +22.22% 6
East Midlands - 7 £413 - 6
East of England -43 4 £275 -38.89% 6
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 35 (13.73%) SharePoint
2 20 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.88%) Confluence
3 15 (5.88%) Skype for Business
4 9 (3.53%) SAS
5 7 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (2.75%) Mattermost
6 4 (1.57%) Apache
7 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.39%) CICS
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) IIS
8 1 (0.39%) iPlanet
8 1 (0.39%) JBoss
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 30 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (9.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) assyst
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.57%) Azure
2 53 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (11.37%) OneDrive
4 28 (10.98%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.63%) AWS
6 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (4.71%) GCP
8 10 (3.92%) Datadog
8 10 (3.92%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.92%) SaaS
9 9 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.14%) GitHub
11 5 (1.96%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.96%) PaaS
11 5 (1.96%) Serverless
12 4 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.18%) AWS KMS
13 3 (1.18%) IaaS
13 3 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.24%) DNS
2 18 (7.06%) Skype
3 14 (5.49%) Firewall
3 14 (5.49%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.10%) VPN
5 9 (3.53%) DHCP
5 9 (3.53%) Network Security
6 8 (3.14%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.35%) Internet
7 6 (2.35%) NetScaler
8 5 (1.96%) Broadband
8 5 (1.96%) WAN
8 5 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.57%) LAN
10 3 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (1.18%) SAN
10 3 (1.18%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.18%) SSH
10 3 (1.18%) VoIP
10 3 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.53%) Metadata
2 9 (3.53%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (3.14%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.18%) Power BI
6 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.78%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.39%) MySQL
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (10.59%) JIRA
2 10 (3.92%) Git
3 6 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.96%) GitLab
5 3 (1.18%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.18%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.78%) JUnit
6 2 (0.78%) Mockito
7 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.39%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.39%) Maven
7 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 96 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.27%) Finance
3 42 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 25 (9.80%) Banking
6 13 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.53%) Law
7 9 (3.53%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.96%) Legal
8 5 (1.96%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.57%) Military
10 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.18%) Local Government
10 3 (1.18%) Marketing
11 2 (0.78%) Electronics
11 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (24.31%) Analyst
2 40 (15.69%) Support Analyst
3 33 (12.94%) Service Manager
4 27 (10.59%) IT Support
5 25 (9.80%) Architect
6 16 (6.27%) Lead
6 16 (6.27%) Operational Support Analyst
6 16 (6.27%) Operations Analyst
6 16 (6.27%) Operations Support Analyst
7 13 (5.10%) Consultant
7 13 (5.10%) IT Analyst
7 13 (5.10%) Senior
8 12 (4.71%) IT Support Analyst
9 11 (4.31%) Incident Manager
9 11 (4.31%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) Data Architect
10 9 (3.53%) Developer
10 9 (3.53%) Service Desk Analyst
11 8 (3.14%) SharePoint Analyst
11 8 (3.14%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Graph
1 11 (4.31%) REST
2 8 (3.14%) Middleware
3 6 (2.35%) Kafka
4 5 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.57%) .NET
6 3 (1.18%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.78%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.78%) ADO
7 2 (0.78%) LDAP
7 2 (0.78%) RESTful
7 2 (0.78%) Web Services
7 2 (0.78%) WireMock
7 2 (0.78%) XML
7 2 (0.78%) XMPP
8 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.39%) ISPF
8 1 (0.39%) OAuth
8 1 (0.39%) OpenID
8 1 (0.39%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (5.49%) CMDB
3 13 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.35%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.96%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.96%) PKI
8 5 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.18%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.18%) Tandem
10 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.78%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 52 (20.39%) Windows
2 27 (10.59%) Linux
3 15 (5.88%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.10%) Unix
5 11 (4.31%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.57%) Android
6 4 (1.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.18%) CentOS
7 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.78%) Debian
8 2 (0.78%) VMS
8 2 (0.78%) zOS
9 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (58.43%) ITIL
2 80 (31.37%) ITSM
3 78 (30.59%) Service Management
4 74 (29.02%) Change Management
5 68 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 60 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (23.14%) Incident Management
8 49 (19.22%) Service Delivery
9 39 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (14.51%) DevOps
11 36 (14.12%) Agile
12 35 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (12.55%) Observability
14 26 (10.20%) Customer Service
15 25 (9.80%) Information Security
16 22 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (8.63%) Incident Response
16 22 (8.63%) Project Management
17 21 (8.24%) CI/CD
18 20 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.35%) PowerShell
2 39 (15.29%) SQL
3 21 (8.24%) Python
4 11 (4.31%) Java
5 10 (3.92%) Bash
6 8 (3.14%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.57%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.18%) Go
9 2 (0.78%) C#
9 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.39%) CLIST
10 1 (0.39%) Groovy
10 1 (0.39%) JCL
10 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.39%) REXX
10 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (36.08%) Security Cleared
2 72 (28.24%) SC Cleared
3 38 (14.90%) Degree
4 20 (7.84%) ITIL Certification
5 19 (7.45%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.75%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.96%) MCDST
9 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.57%) MCSE
10 4 (1.57%) PMP
11 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.78%) CCNP
11 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.59%) SLA
2 5 (1.96%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.18%) GDPR
3 3 (1.18%) GRC
3 3 (1.18%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.78%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.78%) NIST
4 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (25.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.88%) Docker
3 5 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 1 (0.39%) XenApp
5 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (9.80%) SCCM
2 21 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.27%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.88%) HP SiteScope
4 15 (5.88%) SCOM
5 12 (4.71%) Grafana
6 7 (2.75%) Ansible
6 7 (2.75%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.75%) Terraform
7 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.18%) WSUS
9 2 (0.78%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.39%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.39%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.39%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 89 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.29%) ServiceNow
3 31 (12.16%) Remedy
4 29 (11.37%) Splunk
5 22 (8.63%) Oracle
6 18 (7.06%) Cisco
7 11 (4.31%) AppDynamics
8 8 (3.14%) Atlassian
8 8 (3.14%) BMC
8 8 (3.14%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.75%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.35%) Citrix
11 5 (1.96%) IBM
11 5 (1.96%) iManage
11 5 (1.96%) Mitel
11 5 (1.96%) SAP
11 5 (1.96%) VMware
12 3 (1.18%) Datto
12 3 (1.18%) Dell
12 3 (1.18%) Denodo