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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 280 315
Rank change year-on-year -65 +35 -62
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 323 258 227
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.93% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.02% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 143 143
10th Percentile £250 £280 £325
25th Percentile £388 £364 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £466 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% -1.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £554
90th Percentile £671 £650 £635
UK median daily rate £489 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.61% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 6
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.50 £31.50
25th Percentile £20.72 £17.22 £41.53
Median hourly rate £25.47 £20.42 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +24.74% -64.02% +315.41%
75th Percentile £49.80 £31.71 £58.27
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £18.90 £56.75
% change year-on-year +34.77% -66.70% +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 39,208 25,244 28,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.66% 90.88% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,936 16,028 17,611
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,812 1,512 1,298
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.77 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.61% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.56 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -46 127 £450 -10.00% 136
Midlands -18 63 £475 +18.16% 30
North of England -81 63 £475 +5.56% 55
West Midlands -21 49 £482 +19.96% 19
South East -42 41 £538 +4.88% 51
Yorkshire -36 34 £500 +11.11% 14
North West -71 28 £445 +18.67% 34
East Midlands -12 14 £425 -34.62% 11
South West -38 12 £350 -33.33% 18
East of England -28 10 £623 +24.50% 25
North East -42 1 £400 -38.46% 7
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 16 (4.95%) Confluence
2 14 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.02%) SharePoint
4 11 (3.41%) SAS
5 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.93%) CMS
6 3 (0.93%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.62%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.31%) CICS
8 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.31%) IBM Transformation Extender
Applications
1 24 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 13 (4.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) iTrent
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 73 (22.60%) Azure
2 47 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (14.24%) AWS
4 37 (11.46%) Entra ID
5 22 (6.81%) GitHub
6 17 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.64%) Power Platform
8 13 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.10%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.10%) GCP
10 10 (3.10%) SaaS
10 10 (3.10%) Serverless
10 10 (3.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 49 (15.17%) DNS
2 29 (8.98%) DHCP
3 27 (8.36%) Firewall
4 19 (5.88%) VPN
5 14 (4.33%) Network Security
5 14 (4.33%) TCP/IP
6 13 (4.02%) WAN
6 13 (4.02%) Wireless
7 12 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.41%) SAN
9 9 (2.79%) LAN
10 8 (2.48%) Kerberos
11 6 (1.86%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.55%) NAS
12 5 (1.55%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.24%) HTTP
13 4 (1.24%) VLAN
13 4 (1.24%) VoIP
14 2 (0.62%) BGP
14 2 (0.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.64%) Power BI
3 10 (3.10%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.10%) Metadata
3 10 (3.10%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.79%) Pentaho
5 6 (1.86%) Db2
6 5 (1.55%) MySQL
7 4 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.62%) KDB
9 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 37 (11.46%) JIRA
2 13 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.41%) GitLab
4 9 (2.79%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.79%) Git
5 4 (1.24%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 147 (45.51%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.65%) Finance
3 50 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.29%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.81%) Banking
6 14 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.41%) Legal
10 10 (3.10%) Front Office
11 8 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.17%) Law
13 5 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.24%) Police
14 4 (1.24%) Retail
15 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.93%) Local Government
15 3 (0.93%) Military
15 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (13.31%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.53%) Analyst
3 29 (8.98%) Architect
4 23 (7.12%) Cloud Engineer
5 21 (6.50%) Lead
6 20 (6.19%) Incident Manager
6 20 (6.19%) Senior
7 16 (4.95%) Service Manager
8 15 (4.64%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.33%) Consultant
9 14 (4.33%) Major Incident Manager
10 13 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
11 12 (3.72%) IT Support
12 10 (3.10%) Administrator
12 10 (3.10%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) Network Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) Server Engineer
13 9 (2.79%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.50%) Terraform
2 15 (4.64%) Middleware
2 15 (4.64%) REST
3 9 (2.79%) .NET
4 8 (2.48%) LDAP
4 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.86%) AWS CDK
5 6 (1.86%) JSON
5 6 (1.86%) SOAP
5 6 (1.86%) Web Services
6 5 (1.55%) Ajax
6 5 (1.55%) CSS
6 5 (1.55%) Django
6 5 (1.55%) Flask
6 5 (1.55%) HTML
6 5 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.55%) Software Packaging
6 5 (1.55%) XML
7 4 (1.24%) FIDO
7 4 (1.24%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.05%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.02%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (3.72%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.41%) PKI
7 10 (3.10%) CMDB
7 10 (3.10%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.79%) Autonomous Agent
9 8 (2.48%) Mainframe
10 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.86%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.86%) Smartphone
12 5 (1.55%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.24%) Clustering
14 3 (0.93%) BYOD
14 3 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 106 (32.82%) Windows
2 41 (12.69%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.07%) Linux
4 16 (4.95%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.64%) Unix
6 13 (4.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (3.41%) Android
8 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.55%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.55%) zOS
10 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.93%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE
12 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (47.06%) ITIL
2 108 (33.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 106 (32.82%) ITSM
4 96 (29.72%) Service Management
5 93 (28.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 85 (26.32%) Incident Management
7 80 (24.77%) Change Management
8 73 (22.60%) Agile
9 71 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (21.67%) Root Cause Analysis
11 58 (17.96%) Service Delivery
12 52 (16.10%) DevOps
13 47 (14.55%) CI/CD
14 42 (13.00%) Runbook
15 37 (11.46%) Observability
16 35 (10.84%) Decision-Making
17 32 (9.91%) Incident Response
17 32 (9.91%) Migration
18 31 (9.60%) Major Incident Management
19 30 (9.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.86%) Python
2 42 (13.00%) PowerShell
3 39 (12.07%) SQL
4 28 (8.67%) Java
5 20 (6.19%) Bash
6 13 (4.02%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.41%) C#
7 11 (3.41%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.24%) JCL
8 4 (1.24%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.93%) VBScript
10 2 (0.62%) Bicep
10 2 (0.62%) Go
10 2 (0.62%) Magik
10 2 (0.62%) REXX
10 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) ABAP
11 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 102 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 73 (22.60%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.98%) Degree
4 22 (6.81%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.48%) SAFe Agilist
10 7 (2.17%) CCNA
10 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (1.86%) MCSE
12 5 (1.55%) CISSP
12 5 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.24%) CCNP
13 4 (1.24%) RHCA
14 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.24%) SLA
2 14 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.55%) COBIT
4 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.24%) NIST
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) QA
7 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 29 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.19%) Docker
4 16 (4.95%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.41%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.41%) NFS
6 7 (2.17%) vSphere
7 4 (1.24%) Firmware
7 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.93%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.62%) UAG
9 2 (0.62%) XenApp
9 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.95%) Ansible
2 16 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.95%) vCenter Server
3 15 (4.64%) SCCM
4 13 (4.02%) SCOM
5 5 (1.55%) Grafana
5 5 (1.55%) Podman
6 4 (1.24%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.62%) Istio
8 2 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (21.98%) ServiceNow
2 69 (21.36%) Microsoft
3 36 (11.15%) VMware
4 24 (7.43%) Cisco
4 24 (7.43%) Oracle
5 17 (5.26%) Broadcom
5 17 (5.26%) Remedy
6 15 (4.64%) Splunk
7 13 (4.02%) SolarWinds
8 10 (3.10%) Denodo
8 10 (3.10%) SAP
9 9 (2.79%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.48%) HP
11 6 (1.86%) Canon
11 6 (1.86%) Citrix
11 6 (1.86%) IBM
11 6 (1.86%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.86%) Sybase
12 5 (1.55%) Dell
12 5 (1.55%) Salesforce