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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 281 272
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 -12
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 328 245 307
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.90% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.99% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 144 189
10th Percentile £263 £308 £335
25th Percentile £400 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.02% -5.10%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £671 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £488 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.21% -3.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 17
10th Percentile £18.74 £20.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £24.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -4.00% +83.02%
75th Percentile £46.82 £47.12 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.20 £33.35
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £22.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.61% -10.34% +83.02%

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 38,258 24,707 30,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.66% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 15,833 19,804
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £745 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,323 1,986
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.22 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.03 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -29 129 £500 +5.26% 43
North of England -80 65 £488 +30.00% 33
Midlands -14 63 £475 -2.46% 14
West Midlands -22 58 £475 +5.79% 10
Yorkshire -41 39 £500 +31.58% 12
South East -52 34 £488 -2.50% 30
South West -22 27 £400 -11.11% 15
North West -67 25 £401 +23.38% 17
East of England -29 6 £400 -14.26% 10
East Midlands -10 5 £163 -75.00% 4
North East -42 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 20 (6.10%) Confluence
2 11 (3.35%) SAS
3 10 (3.05%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.22%) IIS
6 3 (0.91%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.61%) Apache
7 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Maple
Business Applications
1 16 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) iTrent
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 65 (19.82%) Azure
2 46 (14.02%) Entra ID
3 42 (12.80%) AWS
4 37 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.71%) GitHub
6 19 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (3.96%) OneDrive
9 13 (3.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.66%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.66%) IaaS
10 12 (3.66%) SaaS
10 12 (3.66%) Serverless
11 11 (3.35%) AWS CodePipeline
12 10 (3.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.37%) DNS
2 28 (8.54%) Firewall
3 21 (6.40%) DHCP
4 14 (4.27%) VPN
5 11 (3.35%) Network Security
5 11 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.74%) SAN
7 8 (2.44%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.44%) LAN
8 7 (2.13%) NAS
9 6 (1.83%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (1.83%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.83%) WAN
10 5 (1.52%) Wireless
11 3 (0.91%) HTTP
11 3 (0.91%) Internet
11 3 (0.91%) MPLS
11 3 (0.91%) NGFW
11 3 (0.91%) VLAN
12 2 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.05%) Power BI
3 8 (2.44%) Metadata
3 8 (2.44%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.83%) MySQL
5 5 (1.52%) Db2
5 5 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.52%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.91%) Pentaho
6 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.61%) KDB
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.61%) Sybase ASE
7 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 60 (18.29%) JIRA
2 16 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.96%) Bitbucket
4 12 (3.66%) GitLab
5 9 (2.74%) Git
6 4 (1.22%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.22%) Maven
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Introscope
7 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 134 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 76 (23.17%) Finance
3 45 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.32%) Banking
6 13 (3.96%) Legal
7 10 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.44%) Retail
10 7 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Law
11 5 (1.52%) Front Office
11 5 (1.52%) Military
12 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.22%) Local Government
12 4 (1.22%) Police
13 2 (0.61%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (10.98%) Service Manager
2 33 (10.06%) Support Engineer
3 30 (9.15%) Analyst
4 25 (7.62%) Architect
5 23 (7.01%) Incident Manager
5 23 (7.01%) Senior
6 22 (6.71%) Lead
7 19 (5.79%) IT Support
8 16 (4.88%) Major Incident Manager
9 15 (4.57%) Consultant
10 12 (3.66%) Developer
10 12 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.66%) IT Engineer
10 12 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (3.66%) Scrum Master
11 11 (3.35%) Administrator
11 11 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (3.05%) IT Manager
13 9 (2.74%) Help Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.05%) Microsoft Graph
1 10 (3.05%) Middleware
1 10 (3.05%) REST
2 9 (2.74%) .NET
2 9 (2.74%) AWS CDK
3 8 (2.44%) LDAP
3 8 (2.44%) Web Services
4 7 (2.13%) CSS
5 6 (1.83%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.52%) Spring
6 5 (1.52%) XML
7 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.22%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.22%) FIDO
7 4 (1.22%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (1.22%) jQuery
7 4 (1.22%) Loki
7 4 (1.22%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.22%) Sass
7 4 (1.22%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.79%) CMDB
3 19 (5.79%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.35%) PKI
6 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.44%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.13%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.83%) Replication
9 6 (1.83%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.52%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.52%) Clustering
11 4 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.91%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 84 (25.61%) Windows
2 46 (14.02%) Linux
3 23 (7.01%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.10%) Unix
5 8 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.13%) zOS
7 6 (1.83%) Android
7 6 (1.83%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (50.30%) ITIL
2 104 (31.71%) ITSM
3 98 (29.88%) Service Management
4 87 (26.52%) Change Management
5 80 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (24.09%) Incident Management
7 73 (22.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 72 (21.95%) Agile
9 62 (18.90%) Root Cause Analysis
10 61 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (16.77%) DevOps
12 53 (16.16%) Service Delivery
13 40 (12.20%) CI/CD
14 37 (11.28%) Decision-Making
15 33 (10.06%) Incident Response
16 31 (9.45%) Scrum
17 29 (8.84%) Customer Service
18 28 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 25 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
19 25 (7.62%) Major Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.98%) SQL
2 31 (9.45%) PowerShell
3 25 (7.62%) Python
4 16 (4.88%) Java
5 15 (4.57%) Bash
6 13 (3.96%) C#
7 8 (2.44%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.52%) JCL
10 4 (1.22%) Go
10 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.61%) Bicep
12 2 (0.61%) Perl
12 2 (0.61%) PHP
12 2 (0.61%) REXX
13 1 (0.30%) Jython
13 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.30%) SOQL
13 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 113 (34.45%) Security Cleared
2 91 (27.74%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.67%) DV Cleared
4 27 (8.23%) Degree
5 15 (4.57%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.35%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.83%) CCNA
8 6 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.22%) CISSP
10 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.22%) MCSE
10 4 (1.22%) PMP
10 4 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.11%) SLA
2 11 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.13%) GDPR
5 6 (1.83%) NIST
6 5 (1.52%) GRC
7 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.61%) QA
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) COBIT
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (18.29%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.18%) Docker
4 13 (3.96%) NFS
5 10 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.44%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.52%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (1.52%) vSphere
8 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.91%) Firmware
9 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.61%) UAG
10 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.61%) XenApp
10 2 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (6.71%) Terraform
2 19 (5.79%) SCCM
3 13 (3.96%) Ansible
3 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.66%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.05%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.44%) Grafana
7 6 (1.83%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.83%) SCOM
8 5 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (1.22%) Istio
9 4 (1.22%) Podman
10 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.91%) Rancher
10 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.61%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 82 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 58 (17.68%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.84%) VMware
4 23 (7.01%) Remedy
5 22 (6.71%) Oracle
6 20 (6.10%) Cisco
7 13 (3.96%) Broadcom
8 12 (3.66%) SAP
9 10 (3.05%) Splunk
10 9 (2.74%) Citrix
11 7 (2.13%) Brocade
11 7 (2.13%) Dell
11 7 (2.13%) Denodo
11 7 (2.13%) HP
11 7 (2.13%) IBM
11 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.13%) Sybase
12 6 (1.83%) Canon
12 6 (1.83%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.83%) Salesforce