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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 290 300
Rank change year-on-year -50 +10 -52
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 339 249 242
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.88% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.97% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 134 147
10th Percentile £248 £263 £332
25th Percentile £398 £352 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £471 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -4.56% -1.40%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £673 £650 £655
UK median daily rate £482 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +7.17% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 6
10th Percentile £17.05 - £41.06
25th Percentile £22.69 £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 £27.73 £24.50 £58.27
90th Percentile £62.90 £47.12 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £20.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year +27.33% -64.75% +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 39,799 25,590 27,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.90% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,011 16,250 16,937
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
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% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,071 1,598 1,107
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.53 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.78 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -33 136 £445 -11.10% 117
Midlands -19 61 £475 +18.16% 42
North of England -84 61 £500 +11.11% 62
South East -45 48 £538 +2.38% 44
West Midlands -22 44 £476 +29.08% 25
Yorkshire -26 35 £500 +7.30% 19
North West -75 26 £525 +43.25% 37
East Midlands -4 17 £425 -20.93% 17
East of England -24 14 £800 +77.78% 24
South West -39 11 £350 -33.33% 22
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 17 (5.01%) Confluence
2 15 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.65%) SAS
5 8 (2.36%) CMS
6 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.88%) IIS
7 3 (0.88%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.88%) nginx
7 3 (0.88%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.59%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.29%) CICS
9 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.29%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.29%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Maple
Business Applications
1 13 (3.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.18%) SAP BRIM
2 4 (1.18%) SAP FI
2 4 (1.18%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (0.88%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.29%) iTrent
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.65%) Azure
2 49 (14.45%) AWS
3 48 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (11.21%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.19%) GitHub
6 16 (4.72%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (4.72%) OneDrive
7 13 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (3.83%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.95%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (2.95%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.95%) GCP
9 10 (2.95%) Serverless
9 10 (2.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.04%) DNS
2 30 (8.85%) DHCP
3 25 (7.37%) Firewall
4 22 (6.49%) VPN
5 17 (5.01%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.01%) WAN
6 14 (4.13%) Network Security
6 14 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.83%) LAN
8 12 (3.54%) SAN
9 9 (2.65%) Wireless
10 8 (2.36%) Kerberos
11 7 (2.06%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.77%) NAS
13 5 (1.47%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.18%) H.323
14 4 (1.18%) HTTP
14 4 (1.18%) VoIP
15 3 (0.88%) OpenVPN
15 3 (0.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.96%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.83%) Power BI
3 8 (2.36%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.36%) Metadata
3 8 (2.36%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.06%) Pentaho
5 6 (1.77%) MySQL
6 5 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.47%) Db2
6 5 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.59%) KDB
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.59%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.59%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (9.44%) JIRA
2 17 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.42%) GitLab
4 9 (2.65%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.36%) Git
6 4 (1.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.29%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 156 (46.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.70%) Finance
3 56 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.78%) Banking
6 16 (4.72%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.54%) Front Office
8 12 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.95%) Legal
10 9 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.65%) Law
11 7 (2.06%) Police
12 5 (1.47%) Military
12 5 (1.47%) Retail
13 4 (1.18%) Billing
13 4 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.88%) Local Government
14 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (12.09%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.03%) Analyst
3 29 (8.55%) Architect
4 27 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 22 (6.49%) Applications Support
5 22 (6.49%) Senior
6 21 (6.19%) Incident Manager
7 20 (5.90%) Lead
8 17 (5.01%) Consultant
9 15 (4.42%) Service Manager
10 14 (4.13%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (3.83%) Major Incident Manager
11 13 (3.83%) Server Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) Administrator
12 12 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) Network Engineer
14 10 (2.95%) Developer
14 10 (2.95%) IT Support
15 9 (2.65%) IT Engineer
15 9 (2.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.67%) Terraform
2 19 (5.60%) REST
3 17 (5.01%) .NET
4 16 (4.72%) Middleware
5 8 (2.36%) LDAP
6 7 (2.06%) JSON
6 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (2.06%) SOAP
6 7 (2.06%) Web Services
7 6 (1.77%) Ajax
7 6 (1.77%) AWS CDK
7 6 (1.77%) CSS
7 6 (1.77%) HTML
7 6 (1.77%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (1.77%) XML
8 5 (1.47%) Django
8 5 (1.47%) Flask
8 5 (1.47%) Software Packaging
9 4 (1.18%) pytest
9 4 (1.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.96%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.19%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.24%) CMDB
5 11 (3.24%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.95%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.95%) PKI
7 9 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.36%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.06%) Autonomous Agent
9 7 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.77%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.77%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.18%) Clustering
11 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (32.74%) Windows
2 43 (12.68%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.09%) Linux
4 16 (4.72%) Unix
4 16 (4.72%) Windows 10
5 13 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.54%) Android
7 7 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.77%) macOS
9 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.18%) zOS
11 3 (0.88%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.29%) AIX
13 1 (0.29%) SUSE
13 1 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (46.31%) ITIL
2 117 (34.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 105 (30.97%) ITSM
4 99 (29.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 97 (28.61%) Service Management
6 95 (28.02%) Incident Management
7 79 (23.30%) Change Management
8 77 (22.71%) Root Cause Analysis
9 73 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (21.24%) Agile
11 62 (18.29%) Service Delivery
12 52 (15.34%) DevOps
13 50 (14.75%) CI/CD
14 44 (12.98%) Runbook
15 40 (11.80%) Observability
16 36 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
16 36 (10.62%) Major Incident Management
17 35 (10.32%) Decision-Making
17 35 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
18 33 (9.73%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.63%) Python
2 46 (13.57%) PowerShell
3 43 (12.68%) SQL
4 27 (7.96%) Java
5 18 (5.31%) Bash
6 17 (5.01%) C#
6 17 (5.01%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.42%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.18%) Bicep
8 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.88%) Groovy
9 3 (0.88%) JCL
9 3 (0.88%) VBScript
10 2 (0.59%) ABAP
10 2 (0.59%) Go
10 2 (0.59%) Magik
10 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.59%) REXX
11 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (31.27%) Security Cleared
2 77 (22.71%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.55%) Degree
4 21 (6.19%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.95%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (2.36%) SAFe Agilist
8 6 (1.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.47%) CISSP
9 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.18%) MCSE
11 3 (0.88%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.88%) CISM
11 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.88%) PMP
11 3 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.27%) SLA
2 13 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.47%) COBIT
4 5 (1.47%) NIST
5 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.88%) GDPR
6 3 (0.88%) QA
7 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) ITGC
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) SEPA
8 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (20.35%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.49%) Docker
4 16 (4.72%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.24%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.65%) NFS
7 7 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.06%) vSphere
8 5 (1.47%) Firmware
9 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.59%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.59%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.59%) UAG
10 2 (0.59%) XenApp
10 2 (0.59%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.72%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.42%) SCCM
5 14 (4.13%) Ansible
6 13 (3.83%) SCOM
7 6 (1.77%) Grafana
8 5 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.18%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.18%) Kibana
10 3 (0.88%) Podman
10 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.59%) FreeIPA
11 2 (0.59%) Istio
11 2 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 72 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 70 (20.65%) ServiceNow
3 39 (11.50%) VMware
4 25 (7.37%) Oracle
5 24 (7.08%) Cisco
6 18 (5.31%) Remedy
7 14 (4.13%) SAP
8 13 (3.83%) Broadcom
8 13 (3.83%) SolarWinds
8 13 (3.83%) Splunk
9 10 (2.95%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.36%) HP
11 7 (2.06%) Citrix
11 7 (2.06%) Denodo
12 6 (1.77%) Canon
12 6 (1.77%) IBM
12 6 (1.77%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.77%) Sybase
13 4 (1.18%) Dell
13 4 (1.18%) Greenplum