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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 239 240
Rank change year-on-year -88 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 277 266 369
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.08% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.19% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 160 218
10th Percentile £306 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.22% -11.43%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £500
90th Percentile £673 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £474
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.96% -0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 49
10th Percentile - £23.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £32.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.42% +90.20% +64.71%
75th Percentile £27.58 £68.44 £25.00
90th Percentile £62.70 £70.00 £45.20
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £42.80 £20.25
% change year-on-year -51.42% +111.33% +48.24%

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -43 112 £490 -2.00% 20
North of England -77 50 £460 +22.67% 17
Midlands -33 49 £463 +2.10% 18
West Midlands -35 46 £463 +2.10% 13
South West -26 32 £538 +10.26% 9
Yorkshire -41 32 £488 +30.00% 9
South East -40 30 £370 -17.78% 21
North West -60 17 £401 +10.54% 5
East of England -48 3 £400 -12.71% 6
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 5
North East -19 1 £400 -4.99% 3
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 (6.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.05%) Confluence
3 11 (3.97%) SAS
4 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.81%) Apache
6 4 (1.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.44%) IIS
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.36%) CMS
9 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.36%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.66%) Azure
2 36 (13.00%) Entra ID
3 34 (12.27%) AWS
4 33 (11.91%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.86%) GitHub
7 16 (5.78%) GCP
8 15 (5.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (4.33%) OneDrive
11 10 (3.61%) Datadog
12 9 (3.25%) Power Platform
13 8 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.53%) IaaS
14 7 (2.53%) Serverless
15 6 (2.17%) PaaS
16 5 (1.81%) SaaS
16 5 (1.81%) Snowflake
16 5 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.75%) Firewall
2 16 (5.78%) DNS
3 15 (5.42%) Network Security
4 12 (4.33%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.61%) VPN
6 8 (2.89%) DHCP
7 7 (2.53%) LAN
7 7 (2.53%) WAN
8 6 (2.17%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.81%) MPLS
9 5 (1.81%) SAN
10 4 (1.44%) Broadband
10 4 (1.44%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.44%) Wireless
11 3 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.08%) Internet
11 3 (1.08%) NAS
11 3 (1.08%) SSL
12 2 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.25%) Power BI
3 8 (2.89%) Metadata
3 8 (2.89%) Oracle Database
4 6 (2.17%) MySQL
4 6 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.81%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.44%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.08%) Pentaho
7 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (18.05%) JIRA
2 14 (5.05%) Git
3 11 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.25%) GitLab
5 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.44%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.44%) Maven
7 3 (1.08%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Introscope
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.36%) Mockito
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 85 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 76 (27.44%) Finance
3 36 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.19%) Banking
5 29 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.33%) Law
7 11 (3.97%) Legal
8 9 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.89%) Retail
10 6 (2.17%) Military
10 6 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.44%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.44%) Local Government
12 3 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.72%) Police
14 1 (0.36%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (13.00%) Service Manager
2 31 (11.19%) Analyst
3 26 (9.39%) Architect
4 19 (6.86%) IT Support
5 18 (6.50%) Senior
5 18 (6.50%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) Lead
7 13 (4.69%) Consultant
7 13 (4.69%) IT Engineer
8 12 (4.33%) Developer
8 12 (4.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (3.97%) Delivery Manager
9 11 (3.97%) Service Analyst
10 10 (3.61%) Administrator
10 10 (3.61%) Incident Manager
10 10 (3.61%) Support Analyst
11 9 (3.25%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.89%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (2.89%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.33%) REST
2 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Graph
2 11 (3.97%) Middleware
3 7 (2.53%) .NET
4 6 (2.17%) Kafka
5 5 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.81%) Spring
6 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.44%) AWS CDK
6 4 (1.44%) Bootstrap
6 4 (1.44%) CSS
6 4 (1.44%) J2EE
6 4 (1.44%) jQuery
6 4 (1.44%) Loki
6 4 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (1.44%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.44%) Sass
6 4 (1.44%) Spring MVC
6 4 (1.44%) Web Services
7 3 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.14%) CMDB
2 13 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.33%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.97%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.97%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.89%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.17%) Replication
8 5 (1.81%) Clustering
8 5 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.81%) PKI
9 4 (1.44%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.08%) Autonomous Agent
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 59 (21.30%) Windows
2 43 (15.52%) Linux
3 21 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.50%) Unix
5 11 (3.97%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.17%) zOS
7 5 (1.81%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.72%) CentOS
9 2 (0.72%) Debian
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.36%) AIX
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (49.82%) ITIL
2 86 (31.05%) Change Management
3 83 (29.96%) Service Management
4 76 (27.44%) Root Cause Analysis
5 71 (25.63%) ITSM
6 61 (22.02%) Incident Management
7 58 (20.94%) DevOps
8 55 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (18.41%) Agile
10 48 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (16.25%) Service Delivery
12 43 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
13 41 (14.80%) CI/CD
14 38 (13.72%) Observability
15 27 (9.75%) Incident Response
16 24 (8.66%) Decision-Making
17 23 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (7.58%) Data Modelling
19 18 (6.50%) Data Protection
19 18 (6.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.25%) PowerShell
2 40 (14.44%) SQL
3 27 (9.75%) Python
4 18 (6.50%) Bash
5 17 (6.14%) Java
6 11 (3.97%) C#
7 8 (2.89%) PL/SQL
7 8 (2.89%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.53%) Go
9 5 (1.81%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.08%) JCL
11 2 (0.72%) Perl
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
11 2 (0.72%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.36%) Jython
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (38.63%) Security Cleared
2 89 (32.13%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.47%) DV Cleared
4 18 (6.50%) Degree
5 10 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.81%) CCNA
7 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.81%) MCSE
8 4 (1.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.44%) SAFe Agilist
9 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
9 3 (1.08%) PMP
10 2 (0.72%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.08%) SLA
2 9 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.89%) GDPR
4 7 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.17%) GRC
6 4 (1.44%) NIST
7 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.36%) COBIT
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.36%) QA
9 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (15.16%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.86%) Docker
3 11 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.44%) NFS
6 3 (1.08%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (1.08%) XenApp
6 3 (1.08%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.50%) Grafana
2 18 (6.50%) Terraform
3 13 (4.69%) Ansible
4 12 (4.33%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.33%) SCCM
5 6 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
5 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.44%) Istio
6 4 (1.44%) WSUS
7 3 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.08%) Rancher
7 3 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.72%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.72%) Avamar
8 2 (0.72%) CASB
8 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.72%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 57 (20.58%) ServiceNow
2 50 (18.05%) Microsoft
3 29 (10.47%) Oracle
4 17 (6.14%) Splunk
5 16 (5.78%) VMware
6 15 (5.42%) Remedy
7 12 (4.33%) Cisco
8 10 (3.61%) AppDynamics
8 10 (3.61%) Citrix
9 9 (3.25%) BMC
10 8 (2.89%) Atlassian
10 8 (2.89%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.89%) SAP
11 7 (2.53%) Denodo
11 7 (2.53%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.17%) Broadcom
13 5 (1.81%) Brocade
13 5 (1.81%) Dell
13 5 (1.81%) IBM
14 4 (1.44%) Google