Problem Management Contracts in England

Problem Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Problem Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 235 253
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +21
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 269 373 524
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.10% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.16% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 223 331
10th Percentile £300 £313 £269
25th Percentile £388 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -11.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £627
90th Percentile £644 £594 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £468 £500
% change year-on-year -3.95% -6.30% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 48 55
10th Percentile £23.50 £13.29 £13.29
25th Percentile £26.69 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £39.05 £22.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +73.53% +64.71% -5.79%
75th Percentile £46.47 £25.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.68 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £39.05 £22.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +73.53% +64.71% -5.79%

All Process and 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Problem Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +26 106 £500 +13.64% 72
North of England -1 66 £375 -23.94% 49
North West +8 42 £363 -26.42% 29
South West +32 27 £488 -6.25% 8
West Midlands +13 25 £487 +8.22% 20
Midlands +13 25 £487 +8.22% 23
Yorkshire -5 22 £375 -12.79% 16
East of England +19 20 £458 +30.93% 12
South East +12 19 £450 - 38
North East -1 1 £421 -13.64% 4
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.09%) Skype for Business
4 10 (3.72%) Confluence
5 6 (2.23%) NetWeaver
6 5 (1.86%) IIS
6 5 (1.86%) Mattermost
6 5 (1.86%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (1.12%) JBoss
8 3 (1.12%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (1.12%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.74%) Apache
9 2 (0.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.74%) CMS
9 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.37%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.12%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.12%) InfoPath
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.37%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 6 (2.23%) SAP IBP
2 3 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.74%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.78%) Azure
2 28 (10.41%) AWS
3 22 (8.18%) IaaS
4 20 (7.43%) PaaS
5 17 (6.32%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.95%) PowerApps
6 16 (5.95%) Snowflake
7 15 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (4.09%) SaaS
9 10 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.60%) GitHub
10 7 (2.60%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.49%) ShareGate
12 3 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.12%) Datadog
12 3 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.12%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.06%) SAN
2 12 (4.46%) LAN
2 12 (4.46%) WAN
3 11 (4.09%) Firewall
3 11 (4.09%) Skype
4 9 (3.35%) VPN
4 9 (3.35%) Wireless
5 7 (2.60%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.23%) NAS
6 6 (2.23%) SMTP
6 6 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.86%) DNS
7 5 (1.86%) HTTP
7 5 (1.86%) HTTPS
7 5 (1.86%) Softphone
7 5 (1.86%) SSH
7 5 (1.86%) SSL
7 5 (1.86%) Unified Communications
7 5 (1.86%) WebEx
7 5 (1.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (5.58%) Amazon Redshift
3 12 (4.46%) Oracle Database
4 11 (4.09%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (2.60%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.23%) SAP BW
6 6 (2.23%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.49%) DB2
7 4 (1.49%) MySQL
8 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.74%) DTS
9 2 (0.74%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.74%) Flink
9 2 (0.74%) IMS/DB
9 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.35%) JIRA
2 8 (2.97%) Git
2 8 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.12%) GitLab
3 3 (1.12%) Maven
3 3 (1.12%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.37%) Toad
4 1 (0.37%) Vagrant
General
1 98 (36.43%) Social Skills
2 71 (26.39%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (17.84%) Finance
4 26 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.81%) Banking
6 18 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.97%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.23%) Law
11 6 (2.23%) Legal
11 6 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.49%) Back Office
13 3 (1.12%) Marketing
14 2 (0.74%) Billing
14 2 (0.74%) Front Office
14 2 (0.74%) Military
14 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (13.01%) Analyst
2 30 (11.15%) Service Manager
3 22 (8.18%) Lead
4 16 (5.95%) Administrator
5 14 (5.20%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (5.20%) Delivery Manager
6 13 (4.83%) Support Engineer
7 12 (4.46%) Backup Engineer
7 12 (4.46%) Service Delivery Manager
7 12 (4.46%) Support Analyst
8 11 (4.09%) Consultant
8 11 (4.09%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.72%) Architect
9 10 (3.72%) Availability Manager
9 10 (3.72%) Capacity and Availability Manager
9 10 (3.72%) Capacity Manager
10 9 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Commvault Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Technical Leader
11 8 (2.97%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.83%) Web Services
2 8 (2.97%) CSS
2 8 (2.97%) REST
3 7 (2.60%) Ajax
3 7 (2.60%) HTML
3 7 (2.60%) Middleware
3 7 (2.60%) SOAP
3 7 (2.60%) XML
4 6 (2.23%) LDAP
4 6 (2.23%) SAP Basis
4 6 (2.23%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (1.86%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.86%) J2EE
5 5 (1.86%) XMPP
6 4 (1.49%) Bootstrap
6 4 (1.49%) Node.js
6 4 (1.49%) WebSphere MQ
7 3 (1.12%) .NET
8 2 (0.74%) JDBC
8 2 (0.74%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.27%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.43%) CMDB
3 19 (7.06%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.35%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.60%) Replication
7 6 (2.23%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.86%) Clustering
9 4 (1.49%) Derivative
9 4 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.49%) Handset
10 3 (1.12%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.12%) Wiki
11 2 (0.74%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.24%) Windows
2 30 (11.15%) Linux
3 23 (8.55%) Unix
4 13 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.86%) Android
6 5 (1.86%) CentOS
7 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.74%) AIX
8 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.74%) HPUX
8 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.74%) Solaris
8 2 (0.74%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (45.35%) ITIL
2 108 (40.15%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (27.14%) Change Management
4 65 (24.16%) Service Management
5 59 (21.93%) Agile
6 58 (21.56%) Incident Management
7 42 (15.61%) Root Cause Analysis
8 41 (15.24%) ITSM
9 39 (14.50%) Service Delivery
10 38 (14.13%) Configuration Management
10 38 (14.13%) Disaster Recovery
11 34 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (12.64%) Performance Tuning
12 33 (12.27%) Process Improvement
13 32 (11.90%) Migration
14 31 (11.52%) DevOps
15 29 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (8.18%) Capacity Management
16 22 (8.18%) Mentoring
17 20 (7.43%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.64%) SQL
2 29 (10.78%) Python
3 20 (7.43%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.72%) Shell Script
5 8 (2.97%) Java
5 8 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.86%) ActionScript
6 5 (1.86%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (1.49%) Bash
8 3 (1.12%) C
8 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.74%) C#
9 2 (0.74%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.74%) Perl
9 2 (0.74%) REXX
10 1 (0.37%) Go
10 1 (0.37%) Groovy
10 1 (0.37%) Korn
10 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 75 (27.88%) Security Cleared
2 60 (22.30%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.01%) ITIL Certification
4 17 (6.32%) Degree
5 8 (2.97%) CCNA
5 8 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.12%) PMP
9 2 (0.74%) CISA
9 2 (0.74%) CISM
9 2 (0.74%) CISSP
9 2 (0.74%) GIAC
9 2 (0.74%) ISACA
9 2 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.81%) SLA
2 4 (1.49%) ISO 22301
2 4 (1.49%) ISO 31000
2 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.49%) QA
3 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.74%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.74%) PMO
5 1 (0.37%) COBIT
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
5 1 (0.37%) ITGC
System Software
1 32 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.60%) Firmware
4 6 (2.23%) Docker
5 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.49%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.74%) KVM
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.37%) SRDF
7 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.81%) Terraform
2 12 (4.46%) Oracle RMAN
3 10 (3.72%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.60%) Ansible
4 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.86%) Puppet
5 5 (1.86%) SCOM
5 5 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (1.49%) Grafana
6 4 (1.49%) NetBackup
6 4 (1.49%) Podman
6 4 (1.49%) SCCM
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.12%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.74%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.74%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 42 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.13%) ServiceNow
3 27 (10.04%) Cisco
4 19 (7.06%) Oracle
5 16 (5.95%) Red Hat
5 16 (5.95%) VMware
6 12 (4.46%) IBM
7 10 (3.72%) Commvault
7 10 (3.72%) SAP
8 7 (2.60%) HP
9 6 (2.23%) Brocade
9 6 (2.23%) EMC
9 6 (2.23%) NetApp
9 6 (2.23%) Remedy
9 6 (2.23%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.23%) Splunk
10 5 (1.86%) IBM Sterling
10 5 (1.86%) Snow
11 4 (1.49%) LogicMonitor
11 4 (1.49%) Ribbon