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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 245 246
Rank change year-on-year -70 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 262 258 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.01% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.12% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 145 196
10th Percentile £263 £250 £300
25th Percentile £358 £413 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £457
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +3.28% -8.50%
75th Percentile £587 £585 £553
90th Percentile £652 £650 £628
UK median daily rate £475 £470 £465
% change year-on-year +1.06% +1.08% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 58
10th Percentile £15.50 £30.48 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.94 £41.16 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -64.75% +300.74% -27.38%
75th Percentile £21.00 £68.44 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.11 £70.00 £35.03
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £14.16
% change year-on-year -64.75% +300.74% -27.38%

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 30,846 23,044 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.12% 90.26% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,757 14,550 21,943
10th Percentile £313 £307 £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 £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 778 2,099
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% +2.31% -2.92%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £73.41 £75.73 £72.07
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.52% -5.71%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -53 90 £488 -2.50% 28
North of England -62 49 £470 +4.44% 20
Midlands -20 45 £400 -23.66% 21
South East -23 40 £350 -21.79% 31
West Midlands -23 40 £369 -29.63% 14
South West -20 34 £575 +4.55% 7
Yorkshire -45 27 £550 +22.22% 12
North West -59 22 £358 -22.38% 4
East of England -49 5 £275 -38.89% 11
East Midlands - 5 £413 - 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 28 (10.69%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.11%) Confluence
2 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.44%) SAS
4 7 (2.67%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.15%) Apache
6 3 (1.15%) Mattermost
7 2 (0.76%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.38%) CICS
8 1 (0.38%) CMS
8 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 18 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (5.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.38%) assyst
4 1 (0.38%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.14%) Azure
2 52 (19.85%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (12.98%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.78%) AWS
5 21 (8.02%) OneDrive
6 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.96%) GCP
9 10 (3.82%) Datadog
9 10 (3.82%) GitHub
9 10 (3.82%) Power Platform
9 10 (3.82%) SaaS
10 7 (2.67%) PaaS
11 6 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.29%) IaaS
12 4 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.53%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.53%) Serverless
12 4 (1.53%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.15%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.40%) DNS
2 18 (6.87%) Firewall
3 14 (5.34%) TCP/IP
3 14 (5.34%) VPN
4 10 (3.82%) Network Security
4 10 (3.82%) Skype
5 9 (3.44%) DHCP
6 8 (3.05%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.29%) Internet
7 6 (2.29%) NetScaler
7 6 (2.29%) WAN
8 5 (1.91%) Broadband
8 5 (1.91%) LAN
8 5 (1.91%) MPLS
8 5 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.53%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.15%) SSH
10 3 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.82%) Metadata
2 10 (3.82%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.29%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.53%) Power BI
5 4 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.15%) MySQL
6 3 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.38%) GIS
8 1 (0.38%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (13.36%) JIRA
2 11 (4.20%) Git
3 6 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.91%) GitLab
5 3 (1.15%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.15%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.15%) Maven
6 2 (0.76%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.76%) JUnit
6 2 (0.76%) Mockito
7 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
General
1 90 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.43%) Finance
3 39 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.92%) Banking
5 24 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.82%) Law
8 8 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.05%) Retail
9 7 (2.67%) Legal
9 7 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.91%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.53%) Military
12 3 (1.15%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.15%) Local Government
13 2 (0.76%) Publishing
14 1 (0.38%) Games
14 1 (0.38%) International Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (17.18%) Analyst
2 38 (14.50%) Service Manager
3 31 (11.83%) IT Support
4 26 (9.92%) Architect
4 26 (9.92%) Support Analyst
5 16 (6.11%) Lead
6 14 (5.34%) Consultant
6 14 (5.34%) Senior
7 12 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) IT Engineer
9 10 (3.82%) Data Architect
9 10 (3.82%) Developer
9 10 (3.82%) Incident Manager
9 10 (3.82%) IT Analyst
9 10 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (3.82%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) Operations Analyst
11 8 (3.05%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.96%) REST
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Graph
3 9 (3.44%) Middleware
4 6 (2.29%) Kafka
5 5 (1.91%) .NET
5 5 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.15%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.15%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.15%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.15%) CSS
6 3 (1.15%) J2EE
6 3 (1.15%) jQuery
6 3 (1.15%) Sass
6 3 (1.15%) Spring
6 3 (1.15%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.15%) Web Services
7 2 (0.76%) Loki
7 2 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.76%) RESTful
7 2 (0.76%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.73%) CMDB
2 14 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.20%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.91%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.91%) PKI
8 5 (1.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.15%) Tandem
9 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.76%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 56 (21.37%) Windows
2 27 (10.31%) Linux
3 15 (5.73%) Unix
3 15 (5.73%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.53%) Android
5 4 (1.53%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.15%) CentOS
6 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.15%) zOS
7 2 (0.76%) Debian
7 2 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (54.58%) ITIL
2 82 (31.30%) Change Management
3 80 (30.53%) Service Management
4 75 (28.63%) ITSM
5 72 (27.48%) Root Cause Analysis
6 66 (25.19%) Incident Management
7 54 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (18.32%) Service Delivery
9 43 (16.41%) DevOps
10 40 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (13.36%) Agile
13 34 (12.98%) Observability
14 26 (9.92%) CI/CD
14 26 (9.92%) Incident Response
15 25 (9.54%) Customer Service
16 22 (8.40%) Data Modelling
17 21 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
18 19 (7.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.85%) PowerShell
2 34 (12.98%) SQL
3 25 (9.54%) Python
4 13 (4.96%) Java
5 12 (4.58%) Bash
6 7 (2.67%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.91%) C#
7 5 (1.91%) Go
8 4 (1.53%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) CLIST
10 1 (0.38%) JCL
10 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.38%) REXX
10 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 96 (36.64%) Security Cleared
2 74 (28.24%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.45%) Degree
4 25 (9.54%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.58%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.91%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.91%) MCDST
9 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.53%) MCSE
11 3 (1.15%) PMP
12 2 (0.76%) CCNP
12 2 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.07%) SLA
2 6 (2.29%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.29%) GDPR
2 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.91%) GRC
4 4 (1.53%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
5 3 (1.15%) QA
6 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.76%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (20.99%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.34%) Docker
3 5 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.38%) XenApp
5 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (8.78%) SCCM
2 19 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (6.87%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.73%) Grafana
5 10 (3.82%) Terraform
6 9 (3.44%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.67%) Ansible
7 7 (2.67%) HP SiteScope
7 7 (2.67%) SCOM
8 4 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.15%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.15%) WSUS
10 2 (0.76%) Istio
10 2 (0.76%) Rancher
11 1 (0.38%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.38%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.38%) CASB
11 1 (0.38%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 75 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 51 (19.47%) ServiceNow
3 23 (8.78%) Remedy
4 22 (8.40%) Oracle
5 20 (7.63%) Splunk
6 13 (4.96%) Cisco
7 10 (3.82%) AppDynamics
8 8 (3.05%) Atlassian
8 8 (3.05%) BMC
8 8 (3.05%) Citrix
8 8 (3.05%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.67%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.29%) SAP
10 6 (2.29%) VMware
11 5 (1.91%) IBM
11 5 (1.91%) iManage
11 5 (1.91%) Mitel
12 3 (1.15%) Datto
12 3 (1.15%) Denodo
12 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto