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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 265 317
Rank change year-on-year -72 +52 -67
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 319 268 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.96% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.06% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 145 143
10th Percentile £250 £305 £332
25th Percentile £374 £368 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £554
90th Percentile £671 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.02% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 7
10th Percentile £16.27 £15.50 £25.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.40 £26.63
Median hourly rate £25.47 £24.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -37.66% +181.84%
75th Percentile £52.65 £47.12 £58.05
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.50 £75.09
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £20.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +27.33% -48.05% +181.84%

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 39,380 25,274 28,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.84% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,176 16,039 17,819
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
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 2,707 1,489 1,353
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -50 128 £470 -6.00% 61
North of England -89 64 £475 +5.56% 31
Midlands -18 62 £469 +16.53% 13
West Midlands -18 53 £469 +16.60% 7
South East -39 39 £538 +4.88% 33
Yorkshire -29 36 £500 +19.05% 7
North West -69 27 £420 +1.71% 20
South West -50 12 £350 -33.33% 14
East Midlands -12 9 - - 6
East of England -33 9 £400 -20.00% 10
North East -46 1 £400 -38.46% 4
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 18 (5.64%) Confluence
2 14 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.82%) SAS
5 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.94%) IIS
6 3 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.63%) CMS
7 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.63%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.31%) Apache
8 1 (0.31%) CICS
8 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 14 (4.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) iTrent
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-CA
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%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.94%) Azure
2 47 (14.73%) AWS
3 45 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.60%) Entra ID
5 24 (7.52%) GitHub
6 17 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
6 17 (5.33%) OneDrive
7 14 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 13 (4.08%) Serverless
9 12 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (3.76%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
11 10 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.11%) DNS
2 27 (8.46%) Firewall
3 26 (8.15%) DHCP
4 17 (5.33%) VPN
5 13 (4.08%) Network Security
6 12 (3.76%) Wireless
7 11 (3.45%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.13%) WAN
9 8 (2.51%) Kerberos
9 8 (2.51%) SAN
10 7 (2.19%) LAN
11 6 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.57%) NAS
13 4 (1.25%) HTTP
13 4 (1.25%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.94%) VLAN
14 3 (0.94%) VoIP
15 2 (0.63%) Internet
15 2 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.08%) Power BI
3 8 (2.51%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.51%) Metadata
3 8 (2.51%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.19%) Pentaho
5 6 (1.88%) Db2
5 6 (1.88%) MySQL
6 4 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.63%) KDB
8 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.63%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (13.17%) JIRA
2 16 (5.02%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.39%) GitLab
4 13 (4.08%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.51%) Git
6 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.75%) Finance
3 50 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.21%) Banking
6 13 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.45%) Legal
8 11 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.82%) Front Office
10 8 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.19%) Law
12 5 (1.57%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.57%) Military
13 4 (1.25%) Police
13 4 (1.25%) Retail
14 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.94%) Local Government
14 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (13.17%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.66%) Analyst
3 25 (7.84%) Architect
4 22 (6.90%) Senior
5 21 (6.58%) Lead
6 20 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (6.27%) Incident Manager
7 16 (5.02%) Consultant
8 15 (4.70%) Service Manager
9 14 (4.39%) IT Support
9 14 (4.39%) Major Incident Manager
10 13 (4.08%) Applications Support
10 13 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.76%) Scrum Master
12 11 (3.45%) Administrator
12 11 (3.45%) IT Engineer
12 11 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
13 10 (3.13%) Developer
13 10 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.21%) Terraform
2 13 (4.08%) REST
3 11 (3.45%) Middleware
4 9 (2.82%) AWS CDK
5 8 (2.51%) LDAP
5 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (1.88%) .NET
7 5 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.57%) SOAP
7 5 (1.57%) Software Packaging
7 5 (1.57%) Web Services
7 5 (1.57%) XML
8 4 (1.25%) Ajax
8 4 (1.25%) CSS
8 4 (1.25%) Django
8 4 (1.25%) FIDO
8 4 (1.25%) Flask
8 4 (1.25%) HTML
8 4 (1.25%) JSON
8 4 (1.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.21%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.70%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.39%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.45%) PKI
8 10 (3.13%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.82%) CMDB
10 8 (2.51%) Mainframe
11 7 (2.19%) Autonomous Agent
12 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.88%) Smartphone
13 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.57%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.57%) Security Posture
14 4 (1.25%) Clustering
14 4 (1.25%) SCADA
15 3 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 99 (31.03%) Windows
2 41 (12.85%) Linux
3 35 (10.97%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.02%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.70%) Unix
6 12 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (3.45%) Android
8 7 (2.19%) zOS
9 6 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.57%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.94%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (46.71%) ITIL
2 107 (33.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (33.54%) ITSM
3 91 (28.53%) Service Management
4 87 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 85 (26.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (25.39%) Change Management
7 77 (24.14%) Agile
8 68 (21.32%) Root Cause Analysis
9 66 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (17.87%) DevOps
11 56 (17.55%) Service Delivery
12 48 (15.05%) CI/CD
13 40 (12.54%) Runbook
14 38 (11.91%) Decision-Making
15 34 (10.66%) Observability
16 32 (10.03%) Customer Service
16 32 (10.03%) Major Incident Management
17 30 (9.40%) Incident Response
17 30 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.42%) Python
2 42 (13.17%) PowerShell
3 40 (12.54%) SQL
4 26 (8.15%) Java
5 19 (5.96%) Bash
6 12 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.82%) C#
8 8 (2.51%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.88%) JCL
10 5 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.94%) VBScript
12 2 (0.63%) Bicep
12 2 (0.63%) Magik
12 2 (0.63%) REXX
12 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) Perl
13 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 106 (33.23%) Security Cleared
2 78 (24.45%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.09%) Degree
4 21 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 11 (3.45%) SAFe Agilist
6 9 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.19%) CCNA
8 7 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.88%) MCSE
10 5 (1.57%) CISSP
10 5 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.25%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.25%) PMP
11 4 (1.25%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.73%) SLA
2 11 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.88%) COBIT
5 5 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.25%) NIST
7 3 (0.94%) GDPR
8 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.63%) GRC
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) QA
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (21.32%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.21%) Docker
4 15 (4.70%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.08%) NFS
6 11 (3.45%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.19%) vSphere
8 5 (1.57%) Time Sharing Option
8 5 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.94%) Firmware
9 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.63%) UAG
10 2 (0.63%) XenApp
10 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.02%) Ansible
2 16 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.02%) SCCM
3 15 (4.70%) vCenter Server
4 12 (3.76%) SCOM
5 5 (1.57%) Grafana
5 5 (1.57%) Podman
5 5 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.63%) Istio
8 2 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.63%) WSUS
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 72 (22.57%) ServiceNow
2 67 (21.00%) Microsoft
3 35 (10.97%) VMware
4 24 (7.52%) Oracle
5 23 (7.21%) Cisco
6 18 (5.64%) Broadcom
6 18 (5.64%) Remedy
7 15 (4.70%) Splunk
8 12 (3.76%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.82%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.82%) SAP
10 8 (2.51%) Denodo
10 8 (2.51%) HP
11 7 (2.19%) Dell
12 6 (1.88%) Canon
12 6 (1.88%) Citrix
12 6 (1.88%) IBM
12 6 (1.88%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.88%) Sybase
13 5 (1.57%) Red Hat