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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 290 238
Rank change year-on-year -21 -52 +25
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 246 236 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.76% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.87% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 132 241
10th Percentile £212 £284 £250
25th Percentile £325 £422 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £653 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £497
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.60% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 37
10th Percentile £15.50 £30.75 -
25th Percentile £17.79 £55.87 £13.41
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.62 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -63.92% +306.90% -20.76%
75th Percentile £24.50 £68.44 £23.00
90th Percentile £47.12 £73.00 £56.02
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £57.62 £14.16
% change year-on-year -63.92% +306.90% -23.46%

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 27,490 26,978 34,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.21% 86.87% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,441 16,489 23,672
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,813 961 1,464
10th Percentile £14.87 £15.10 £14.51
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.36% +25.57%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -25 88 £488 -2.50% 75
North of England -50 58 £450 -14.29% 16
North West -15 42 £325 -38.68% 10
Midlands -4 32 £402 -0.74% 11
South East 0 31 £500 +11.11% 34
South West +10 24 £575 -2.13% 8
West Midlands -21 22 £369 -8.95% 8
Yorkshire -48 15 £500 -4.76% 3
East of England -24 11 £450 +29.50% 11
East Midlands - 10 £538 - 3
North East -9 1 £650 - 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 25 (10.16%) SharePoint
2 23 (9.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (8.13%) Confluence
4 16 (6.50%) Skype for Business
5 8 (3.25%) CICS
5 8 (3.25%) Mattermost
6 7 (2.85%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (1.63%) Apache
7 4 (1.63%) NetWeaver
8 3 (1.22%) IIS
8 3 (1.22%) iPlanet
8 3 (1.22%) JBoss
8 3 (1.22%) WebSphere
8 3 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.81%) SAS
10 1 (0.41%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (6.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.03%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.22%) assyst
3 3 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.41%) Endur
5 1 (0.41%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 38 (15.45%) Azure
2 36 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.72%) OneDrive
4 17 (6.91%) AWS
5 14 (5.69%) SaaS
6 12 (4.88%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.47%) GitHub
8 10 (4.07%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.25%) PaaS
10 7 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.44%) OCI
12 5 (2.03%) Serverless
13 4 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.63%) OpenShift
14 3 (1.22%) Azure AKS
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.81%) Azure App Service
15 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.72%) DNS
1 19 (7.72%) Skype
2 15 (6.10%) Firewall
3 14 (5.69%) VPN
4 12 (4.88%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.47%) DHCP
6 9 (3.66%) Wireless
7 8 (3.25%) Network Security
7 8 (3.25%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.85%) VoIP
8 7 (2.85%) WAN
9 6 (2.44%) Internet
9 6 (2.44%) SD-WAN
9 6 (2.44%) WebEx
9 6 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.03%) MGCP
10 5 (2.03%) SCCP
10 5 (2.03%) Telepresence
11 4 (1.63%) Broadband
11 4 (1.63%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (2.44%) Oracle Database
2 5 (2.03%) Metadata
2 5 (2.03%) Metadata Repository
2 5 (2.03%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.63%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.22%) Power BI
5 2 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.81%) DB2
5 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.41%) DTS
6 1 (0.41%) Flink
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 25 (10.16%) JIRA
2 14 (5.69%) Git
3 10 (4.07%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.85%) Postman
5 3 (1.22%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.22%) CA Release Automation
5 3 (1.22%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.81%) JUnit
6 2 (0.81%) Mockito
7 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.41%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.41%) GitLab
7 1 (0.41%) MSI
7 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 101 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 77 (31.30%) Finance
3 51 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.16%) Banking
5 19 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.10%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.66%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.44%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.44%) Marketing
10 5 (2.03%) Electronics
11 4 (1.63%) Military
11 4 (1.63%) Retail
12 3 (1.22%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.22%) Publishing
13 2 (0.81%) Back Office
13 2 (0.81%) Law
13 2 (0.81%) Local Government
13 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (24.39%) Analyst
2 43 (17.48%) Support Analyst
3 27 (10.98%) IT Support
4 19 (7.72%) Service Manager
5 18 (7.32%) Senior
6 17 (6.91%) Operations Analyst
7 16 (6.50%) Incident Manager
7 16 (6.50%) IT Analyst
7 16 (6.50%) Operational Support Analyst
7 16 (6.50%) Operations Support Analyst
8 15 (6.10%) IT Support Analyst
9 11 (4.47%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (4.07%) Consultant
10 10 (4.07%) ITIL Manager
10 10 (4.07%) Lead
11 9 (3.66%) ITIL Incident Manager
12 8 (3.25%) Messaging Support
12 8 (3.25%) Service Desk Support
12 8 (3.25%) SharePoint Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.07%) REST
2 8 (3.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.44%) ISPF
3 6 (2.44%) XMPP
4 5 (2.03%) SAML
4 5 (2.03%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (1.63%) SAP Basis
6 3 (1.22%) .NET
6 3 (1.22%) LDAP
6 3 (1.22%) OAuth
6 3 (1.22%) OpenID
7 2 (0.81%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.81%) Kafka
7 2 (0.81%) Middleware
7 2 (0.81%) RESTful
7 2 (0.81%) WireMock
7 2 (0.81%) XML
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.35%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.07%) Mainframe
5 9 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.25%) CMDB
7 7 (2.85%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.85%) PKI
7 7 (2.85%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.44%) VSAM
9 5 (2.03%) IBM Mainframe
9 5 (2.03%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.22%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.22%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 53 (21.54%) Windows
2 26 (10.57%) Linux
3 16 (6.50%) Unix
4 12 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.47%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.85%) zOS
7 6 (2.44%) Android
8 4 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.22%) CentOS
9 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.81%) AIX
10 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.81%) Solaris
10 2 (0.81%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (56.50%) ITIL
2 72 (29.27%) Change Management
3 68 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (27.24%) Service Management
5 59 (23.98%) ITSM
6 50 (20.33%) DevOps
7 48 (19.51%) Incident Management
8 47 (19.11%) Agile
9 44 (17.89%) Root Cause Analysis
10 39 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (15.04%) Service Delivery
12 36 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (13.41%) Information Security
14 31 (12.60%) Project Management
15 26 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
16 25 (10.16%) Customer Service
17 22 (8.94%) Migration
18 19 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
18 19 (7.72%) Validation
19 18 (7.32%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.26%) SQL
2 38 (15.45%) PowerShell
3 31 (12.60%) Python
4 9 (3.66%) Go
5 8 (3.25%) Bash
6 7 (2.85%) CLIST
6 7 (2.85%) PromQL
6 7 (2.85%) REXX
7 6 (2.44%) JCL
7 6 (2.44%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.63%) Java
9 3 (1.22%) Groovy
9 3 (1.22%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.81%) C#
11 1 (0.41%) ABAP
11 1 (0.41%) C++
11 1 (0.41%) COBOL
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (22.76%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.29%) Degree
3 40 (16.26%) SC Cleared
4 24 (9.76%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.07%) A+ Certification
7 6 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.44%) MCP
7 6 (2.44%) PMP
8 5 (2.03%) CCNP
8 5 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (2.03%) MCDST
9 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.63%) MCSE
9 4 (1.63%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.22%) CCIE
11 2 (0.81%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.13%) SLA
2 10 (4.07%) QA
3 6 (2.44%) NIST
4 5 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) GDPR
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) GxP
7 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (24.80%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.44%) Docker
3 6 (2.44%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (1.22%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.81%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.41%) RACF
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (10.57%) SCCM
2 21 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.50%) SCOM
4 15 (6.10%) HP SiteScope
5 11 (4.47%) Kubernetes
6 10 (4.07%) Ansible
7 9 (3.66%) Grafana
7 9 (3.66%) Terraform
8 8 (3.25%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.85%) OMEGAMON
9 7 (2.85%) Puppet
10 5 (2.03%) CA Endevor
11 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.22%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.22%) CA Wily
12 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.22%) Tivoli
12 3 (1.22%) WSUS
13 2 (0.81%) OpenView
Vendors
1 91 (36.99%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.20%) Splunk
3 28 (11.38%) Cisco
4 25 (10.16%) Remedy
5 16 (6.50%) Oracle
6 15 (6.10%) SAP
7 14 (5.69%) ServiceNow
8 13 (5.28%) IBM
9 10 (4.07%) VMware
10 8 (3.25%) Atlassian
10 8 (3.25%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.85%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.03%) Citrix
12 5 (2.03%) Dynatrace
12 5 (2.03%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.03%) iManage
12 5 (2.03%) Mitel
13 4 (1.63%) Zscaler
14 3 (1.22%) IFS
14 3 (1.22%) Palo Alto