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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 282 293
Rank change year-on-year -49 +11 -32
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 336 250 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.89% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.98% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 136 151
10th Percentile £248 £263 £331
25th Percentile £398 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £572
90th Percentile £673 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £466 £490
% change year-on-year +6.22% -4.90% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 6
10th Percentile £16.79 - £41.06
25th Percentile £21.70 £15.50 £55.87
Median hourly rate £25.47 £20.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.33% -64.75% +315.41%
75th Percentile £31.82 £25.54 £58.27
90th Percentile £64.14 £47.12 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £17.79 £56.75
% change year-on-year +43.14% -68.65% +315.41%

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 39,199 25,531 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.87% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,678 16,181 17,100
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,975 1,587 1,157
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.79 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.92
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -45 134 £439 -12.20% 138
Midlands -14 62 £475 +18.16% 42
North of England -78 61 £500 +11.11% 61
South East -36 48 £538 +2.38% 48
West Midlands -23 46 £482 +28.60% 26
Yorkshire -20 35 £500 +7.30% 19
North West -77 26 £525 +40.00% 37
East Midlands -11 16 £425 -34.62% 16
East of England -26 13 £800 +77.78% 30
South West -33 10 £350 -33.33% 23
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 (4.76%) Confluence
2 15 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 11 (3.27%) SAS
5 6 (1.79%) CMS
6 4 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.89%) IIS
7 3 (0.89%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.89%) nginx
7 3 (0.89%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.60%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.30%) CICS
9 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.30%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.30%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Maple
Business Applications
1 13 (3.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.19%) SAP BRIM
2 4 (1.19%) SAP FI
2 4 (1.19%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (0.89%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) iTrent
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.83%) Azure
2 49 (14.58%) AWS
3 48 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (11.31%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.25%) GitHub
6 16 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.46%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.87%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (2.98%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (2.98%) GCP
10 10 (2.98%) Serverless
10 10 (2.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.18%) DNS
2 30 (8.93%) DHCP
3 25 (7.44%) Firewall
4 22 (6.55%) VPN
5 17 (5.06%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.06%) WAN
6 14 (4.17%) Network Security
6 14 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.87%) LAN
8 12 (3.57%) SAN
9 9 (2.68%) Wireless
10 8 (2.38%) Kerberos
11 7 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.79%) NAS
13 5 (1.49%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.19%) H.323
14 4 (1.19%) HTTP
14 4 (1.19%) VoIP
15 3 (0.89%) OpenVPN
15 3 (0.89%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.46%) Power BI
3 10 (2.98%) Data Lake
3 10 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.98%) Metadata
3 10 (2.98%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.68%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.49%) Db2
5 5 (1.49%) MySQL
5 5 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.60%) KDB
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.60%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (9.23%) JIRA
2 16 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.17%) GitLab
4 9 (2.68%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.38%) Git
6 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.30%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 155 (46.13%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.86%) Finance
3 54 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.85%) Banking
6 16 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.57%) Front Office
9 9 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.68%) Law
9 9 (2.68%) Legal
10 7 (2.08%) Police
11 5 (1.49%) Military
11 5 (1.49%) Retail
12 4 (1.19%) Billing
12 4 (1.19%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.89%) Local Government
13 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (12.20%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.12%) Analyst
3 30 (8.93%) Architect
4 26 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
5 22 (6.55%) Applications Support
5 22 (6.55%) Senior
6 20 (5.95%) Incident Manager
6 20 (5.95%) Lead
7 17 (5.06%) Consultant
8 15 (4.46%) Service Manager
9 13 (3.87%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (3.87%) Major Incident Manager
10 12 (3.57%) Administrator
10 12 (3.57%) Server Engineer
11 11 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.27%) Network Engineer
12 10 (2.98%) IT Support
13 9 (2.68%) Developer
13 9 (2.68%) Scrum Master
13 9 (2.68%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.44%) Terraform
2 18 (5.36%) REST
3 17 (5.06%) .NET
4 15 (4.46%) Middleware
5 8 (2.38%) LDAP
6 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (1.79%) AWS CDK
7 6 (1.79%) JSON
7 6 (1.79%) SOAP
7 6 (1.79%) Web Services
8 5 (1.49%) Ajax
8 5 (1.49%) CSS
8 5 (1.49%) Django
8 5 (1.49%) Flask
8 5 (1.49%) HTML
8 5 (1.49%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (1.49%) Software Packaging
8 5 (1.49%) XML
9 4 (1.19%) pytest
9 4 (1.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.27%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.98%) CMDB
6 10 (2.98%) PKI
7 9 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.68%) Autonomous Agent
8 8 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.08%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.79%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.79%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.19%) Clustering
11 4 (1.19%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (33.04%) Windows
2 43 (12.80%) Windows Server
3 40 (11.90%) Linux
4 16 (4.76%) Unix
4 16 (4.76%) Windows 10
5 13 (3.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.57%) Android
7 7 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.79%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.49%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.19%) zOS
11 3 (0.89%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.30%) AIX
13 1 (0.30%) SUSE
13 1 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (45.83%) ITIL
2 115 (34.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 103 (30.65%) ITSM
4 98 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (28.27%) Service Management
6 92 (27.38%) Incident Management
7 76 (22.62%) Change Management
7 76 (22.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 74 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (21.73%) Agile
10 61 (18.15%) Service Delivery
11 54 (16.07%) DevOps
12 51 (15.18%) CI/CD
13 43 (12.80%) Runbook
14 39 (11.61%) Observability
15 37 (11.01%) Decision-Making
16 36 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
17 35 (10.42%) Major Incident Management
17 35 (10.42%) Migration
18 34 (10.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.48%) Python
2 45 (13.39%) PowerShell
3 42 (12.50%) SQL
4 29 (8.63%) Java
5 18 (5.36%) Bash
6 17 (5.06%) C#
7 16 (4.76%) JavaScript
8 15 (4.46%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.19%) Bicep
9 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.89%) Groovy
10 3 (0.89%) JCL
10 3 (0.89%) VBScript
11 2 (0.60%) ABAP
11 2 (0.60%) Go
11 2 (0.60%) Magik
11 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.60%) REXX
12 1 (0.30%) SOQL
12 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 105 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 77 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.33%) Degree
4 20 (5.95%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.98%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 9 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.38%) SAFe Agilist
9 6 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (1.49%) CISSP
10 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.19%) MCSE
12 3 (0.89%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.89%) CISM
12 3 (0.89%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.89%) PMP
12 3 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.39%) SLA
2 14 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.49%) COBIT
4 5 (1.49%) NIST
5 4 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.89%) GDPR
6 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.89%) QA
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) ITGC
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
8 1 (0.30%) SEPA
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (20.54%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.25%) Docker
4 16 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.27%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.68%) NFS
7 7 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.08%) vSphere
8 5 (1.49%) Firmware
9 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.89%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.60%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.60%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.60%) UAG
10 2 (0.60%) XenApp
10 2 (0.60%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 21 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.76%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.46%) SCCM
5 13 (3.87%) SCOM
6 12 (3.57%) Ansible
7 5 (1.49%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (1.49%) Grafana
8 4 (1.19%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.19%) Kibana
9 3 (0.89%) Podman
9 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.60%) FreeIPA
10 2 (0.60%) Istio
10 2 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 72 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 69 (20.54%) ServiceNow
3 39 (11.61%) VMware
4 25 (7.44%) Oracle
5 24 (7.14%) Cisco
6 18 (5.36%) Remedy
7 14 (4.17%) SAP
8 13 (3.87%) Broadcom
8 13 (3.87%) SolarWinds
8 13 (3.87%) Splunk
9 10 (2.98%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.68%) Denodo
11 8 (2.38%) HP
12 7 (2.08%) Citrix
13 6 (1.79%) Canon
13 6 (1.79%) IBM
13 6 (1.79%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.49%) Sybase
15 4 (1.19%) Dell
15 4 (1.19%) Salesforce