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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 281 313
Rank change year-on-year -58 +32 -53
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 321 249 227
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.89% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.98% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 135 143
10th Percentile £239 £268 £325
25th Percentile £374 £363 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £470 £484
Median % change year-on-year +3.99% -2.89% -3.20%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £555
90th Percentile £672 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.15% -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 6
10th Percentile £16.53 - £31.50
25th Percentile £20.72 £15.50 £41.53
Median hourly rate £25.47 £20.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.33% -64.75% +315.41%
75th Percentile £35.91 £26.57 £58.27
90th Percentile £67.84 £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 39,398 25,390 28,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 90.87% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 16,126 17,350
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,849 1,543 1,244
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.41 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%
75th Percentile £67.70 £47.50 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -48 125 £450 -10.00% 139
Midlands -13 62 £476 +18.41% 35
North of England -87 60 £500 +11.11% 75
West Midlands -19 47 £488 +21.27% 23
South East -48 43 £538 +2.38% 54
Yorkshire -31 35 £500 +11.11% 26
North West -71 24 £504 +22.06% 39
East Midlands -8 15 £425 -34.62% 12
East of England -31 13 £800 +60.00% 30
South West -43 11 £350 -33.33% 19
North East -39 1 £400 -38.46% 10
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 (4.98%) Confluence
2 14 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.05%) SharePoint
4 11 (3.43%) SAS
5 6 (1.87%) CMS
6 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.93%) IIS
7 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.62%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.31%) CICS
9 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.31%) IBM Transformation Extender
Applications
1 22 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 12 (3.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.62%) SAP BRIM
2 2 (0.62%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.62%) SAP FI-CA
2 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) iTrent
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.31%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.81%) Azure
2 47 (14.64%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (14.33%) AWS
4 36 (11.21%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.54%) GitHub
6 17 (5.30%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.67%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.12%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (3.12%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.12%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.12%) GCP
10 10 (3.12%) Serverless
10 10 (3.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.58%) DNS
2 30 (9.35%) DHCP
3 25 (7.79%) Firewall
4 20 (6.23%) VPN
5 17 (5.30%) WAN
6 16 (4.98%) TCP/IP
7 14 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (4.05%) LAN
8 13 (4.05%) Network Security
9 11 (3.43%) SAN
10 10 (3.12%) Wireless
11 8 (2.49%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.56%) NAS
13 5 (1.56%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.25%) H.323
14 4 (1.25%) HTTP
14 4 (1.25%) VLAN
14 4 (1.25%) VoIP
15 2 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.67%) Power BI
3 10 (3.12%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.12%) Metadata
3 10 (3.12%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.80%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.56%) Db2
5 5 (1.56%) MySQL
6 4 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.62%) KDB
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (9.97%) JIRA
2 13 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.43%) GitLab
4 9 (2.80%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.80%) Git
5 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 149 (46.42%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.76%) Finance
3 49 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.85%) Banking
6 14 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.36%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.74%) Front Office
9 10 (3.12%) Legal
10 8 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Law
12 4 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.25%) Police
12 4 (1.25%) Retail
13 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.93%) Local Government
13 3 (0.93%) Military
13 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (12.77%) Support Engineer
2 33 (10.28%) Analyst
3 29 (9.03%) Architect
4 24 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.23%) Lead
5 20 (6.23%) Senior
6 19 (5.92%) Incident Manager
7 17 (5.30%) Service Manager
8 16 (4.98%) Applications Support
9 15 (4.67%) Consultant
10 13 (4.05%) Cloud Architect
10 13 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.05%) Major Incident Manager
11 11 (3.43%) Administrator
11 11 (3.43%) IT Support
11 11 (3.43%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.43%) Server Engineer
12 10 (3.12%) IT Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) IT Support Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.54%) Terraform
2 15 (4.67%) Middleware
2 15 (4.67%) REST
3 9 (2.80%) .NET
4 8 (2.49%) LDAP
4 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.87%) AWS CDK
5 6 (1.87%) JSON
5 6 (1.87%) SOAP
5 6 (1.87%) Web Services
6 5 (1.56%) Ajax
6 5 (1.56%) CSS
6 5 (1.56%) Django
6 5 (1.56%) Flask
6 5 (1.56%) HTML
6 5 (1.56%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.56%) Software Packaging
6 5 (1.56%) XML
7 4 (1.25%) FIDO
7 4 (1.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.30%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.74%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.43%) PKI
7 10 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.12%) CMDB
7 10 (3.12%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.80%) Autonomous Agent
9 7 (2.18%) Mainframe
9 7 (2.18%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.87%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.87%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.56%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.93%) BYOD
13 3 (0.93%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 103 (32.09%) Windows
2 39 (12.15%) Linux
2 39 (12.15%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.98%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.67%) Unix
5 13 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.43%) Android
7 7 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.56%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.56%) zOS
9 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.93%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (46.11%) ITIL
2 107 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 101 (31.46%) ITSM
4 93 (28.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 91 (28.35%) Service Management
6 86 (26.79%) Incident Management
7 75 (23.36%) Change Management
8 71 (22.12%) Agile
8 71 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (21.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 60 (18.69%) Service Delivery
11 49 (15.26%) DevOps
12 47 (14.64%) CI/CD
13 42 (13.08%) Runbook
14 36 (11.21%) Observability
15 35 (10.90%) Decision-Making
16 34 (10.59%) Migration
17 32 (9.97%) Incident Response
18 31 (9.66%) Customer Service
18 31 (9.66%) Major Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.95%) Python
2 41 (12.77%) PowerShell
3 37 (11.53%) SQL
4 27 (8.41%) Java
5 19 (5.92%) Bash
6 12 (3.74%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.12%) C#
7 10 (3.12%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.25%) JCL
8 4 (1.25%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.93%) Bicep
9 3 (0.93%) VBScript
10 2 (0.62%) Go
10 2 (0.62%) Magik
10 2 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.62%) REXX
11 1 (0.31%) ABAP
11 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) SOQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 102 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 73 (22.74%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.41%) Degree
4 21 (6.54%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.49%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (1.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.56%) CISSP
11 5 (1.56%) MCSE
12 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PMP
13 3 (0.93%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.71%) SLA
2 14 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.56%) COBIT
5 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.25%) NIST
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (20.56%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.92%) Docker
4 16 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.43%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.12%) NFS
7 7 (2.18%) vSphere
8 5 (1.56%) Firmware
9 4 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.93%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.62%) UAG
11 2 (0.62%) XenApp
11 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.98%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.67%) SCCM
5 13 (4.05%) SCOM
6 12 (3.74%) Ansible
7 5 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (1.56%) Grafana
8 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.25%) Podman
9 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.62%) Istio
10 2 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.56%) ServiceNow
3 39 (12.15%) VMware
4 24 (7.48%) Cisco
5 22 (6.85%) Oracle
6 16 (4.98%) Remedy
7 14 (4.36%) Broadcom
8 13 (4.05%) SolarWinds
9 12 (3.74%) Splunk
10 11 (3.43%) SAP
11 10 (3.12%) Denodo
12 9 (2.80%) Dynatrace
13 8 (2.49%) HP
14 7 (2.18%) Citrix
15 6 (1.87%) Canon
15 6 (1.87%) IBM
15 6 (1.87%) Red Hat
16 5 (1.56%) Dell
16 5 (1.56%) Sybase
17 4 (1.25%) Salesforce