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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 306 255
Rank change year-on-year +9 -51 +16
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 236 219 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.70% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.81% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 128 231
10th Percentile £258 £253 £250
25th Percentile £352 £413 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £573 £584 £578
90th Percentile £650 £666 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £485 £495
% change year-on-year -2.06% -2.03% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 36
10th Percentile £15.50 £29.25 -
25th Percentile £16.07 £43.56 £13.41
Median hourly rate £20.40 £56.75 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -64.06% +315.41% -19.65%
75th Percentile £23.63 £58.05 £14.16
90th Percentile £47.12 £75.09 £41.66
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £13.66
% change year-on-year -64.75% +315.41% -19.65%

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 26,361 27,078 35,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.72% 86.65% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,710 16,527 24,439
10th Percentile £295 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,692 994 1,489
10th Percentile £14.55 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.03 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.77 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.83 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £43.86
% change year-on-year -30.30% -17.73% +25.31%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 30 October 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 +7 82 £500 +5.26% 49
North of England -44 59 £450 -14.29% 22
North West -17 45 £342 -35.11% 16
Midlands +1 32 £402 +34.08% 7
South East +7 26 £525 +17.32% 49
West Midlands -13 22 £389 +29.50% 5
South West +10 21 £525 -9.68% 9
Yorkshire -45 13 £500 -4.76% 4
East of England -9 11 £450 +29.50% 9
East Midlands - 10 £538 - 2
North East -5 1 £650 - 2
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 23 (9.75%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (8.05%) Skype for Business
4 18 (7.63%) Confluence
5 11 (4.66%) Mattermost
6 8 (3.39%) CICS
7 7 (2.97%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (1.69%) NetWeaver
9 3 (1.27%) Apache
9 3 (1.27%) IIS
9 3 (1.27%) iPlanet
9 3 (1.27%) JBoss
9 3 (1.27%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.85%) SAS
11 1 (0.42%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 29 (12.29%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.12%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.27%) assyst
3 3 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.42%) Endur
5 1 (0.42%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (15.68%) Azure
2 33 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.05%) OneDrive
4 16 (6.78%) AWS
5 14 (5.93%) SaaS
6 12 (5.08%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.66%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.24%) GitHub
9 8 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.97%) PaaS
11 6 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.12%) OCI
13 4 (1.69%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.69%) Serverless
14 3 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.90%) DNS
2 20 (8.47%) Skype
3 17 (7.20%) Firewall
4 14 (5.93%) VPN
5 13 (5.51%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.08%) DHCP
7 11 (4.66%) Unified Communications
8 9 (3.81%) WebEx
8 9 (3.81%) Wireless
9 8 (3.39%) VoIP
9 8 (3.39%) WAN
10 7 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.54%) Internet
11 6 (2.54%) Network Security
11 6 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.12%) LAN
12 5 (2.12%) MGCP
12 5 (2.12%) SCCP
12 5 (2.12%) Telepresence
13 4 (1.69%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) Oracle Database
2 5 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.12%) Metadata
2 5 (2.12%) Metadata Repository
2 5 (2.12%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.69%) Power BI
3 4 (1.69%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.85%) DB2
5 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.42%) DTS
6 1 (0.42%) Looker
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.42%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 26 (11.02%) JIRA
2 13 (5.51%) Git
3 10 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.97%) Postman
5 3 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.27%) CA Release Automation
5 3 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.85%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.42%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.42%) GitLab
7 1 (0.42%) JUnit
7 1 (0.42%) Mockito
7 1 (0.42%) MSI
7 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
General
1 102 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.36%) Finance
3 47 (19.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.75%) Banking
5 22 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.51%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.54%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.54%) Marketing
11 5 (2.12%) Electronics
12 4 (1.69%) Military
12 4 (1.69%) Retail
13 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.27%) Publishing
14 2 (0.85%) Back Office
14 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.42%) Complex Adaptive System
15 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.46%) Analyst
2 42 (17.80%) Support Analyst
3 25 (10.59%) IT Support
4 20 (8.47%) Operations Analyst
4 20 (8.47%) Service Manager
5 19 (8.05%) Operational Support Analyst
5 19 (8.05%) Operations Support Analyst
6 16 (6.78%) Incident Manager
6 16 (6.78%) Senior
7 14 (5.93%) IT Analyst
8 13 (5.51%) IT Support Analyst
9 12 (5.08%) Consultant
10 11 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (4.66%) Messaging Support
11 10 (4.24%) ITIL Manager
11 10 (4.24%) Lead
11 10 (4.24%) Messaging Analyst
11 10 (4.24%) Messaging Support Analyst
11 10 (4.24%) Support Engineer
12 9 (3.81%) ITIL Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.81%) XMPP
2 7 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.97%) REST
3 6 (2.54%) ISPF
4 5 (2.12%) SAML
4 5 (2.12%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (1.69%) .NET
5 4 (1.69%) SAP Basis
6 3 (1.27%) LDAP
6 3 (1.27%) OAuth
6 3 (1.27%) OpenID
7 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.85%) XML
8 1 (0.42%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.42%) Kafka
8 1 (0.42%) Middleware
8 1 (0.42%) RESTful
8 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.75%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (5.08%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (4.24%) Mainframe
4 9 (3.81%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.97%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.97%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.54%) CMDB
6 6 (2.54%) VSAM
7 5 (2.12%) IBM Mainframe
7 5 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.12%) PKI
7 5 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.27%) Tandem
10 2 (0.85%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.92%) Windows
2 27 (11.44%) Linux
3 16 (6.78%) Unix
4 8 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.97%) Android
5 7 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.97%) zOS
6 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.85%) AIX
8 2 (0.85%) Solaris
8 2 (0.85%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.85%) VMS
9 1 (0.42%) CentOS
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (56.36%) ITIL
2 66 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (26.69%) Service Management
4 62 (26.27%) Change Management
5 56 (23.73%) ITSM
6 48 (20.34%) DevOps
7 47 (19.92%) Incident Management
8 43 (18.22%) Agile
9 40 (16.95%) Root Cause Analysis
10 37 (15.68%) Service Delivery
11 36 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 34 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (13.14%) Information Security
14 29 (12.29%) Project Management
15 25 (10.59%) Customer Service
16 24 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (10.17%) Migration
17 19 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
17 19 (8.05%) Validation
18 18 (7.63%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.53%) SQL
2 37 (15.68%) PowerShell
3 28 (11.86%) Python
4 9 (3.81%) Go
5 8 (3.39%) Bash
6 7 (2.97%) CLIST
6 7 (2.97%) PromQL
6 7 (2.97%) REXX
7 6 (2.54%) JCL
7 6 (2.54%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.27%) C#
9 3 (1.27%) Groovy
9 3 (1.27%) Java
10 1 (0.42%) ABAP
10 1 (0.42%) C++
10 1 (0.42%) COBOL
10 1 (0.42%) Perl
10 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (21.61%) Security Cleared
2 42 (17.80%) Degree
3 35 (14.83%) SC Cleared
4 27 (11.44%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.39%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.54%) MCP
9 6 (2.54%) PMP
10 5 (2.12%) CCNP
10 5 (2.12%) MCDST
11 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.69%) CCIE
11 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.85%) MCSE
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) SLA
2 9 (3.81%) QA
3 6 (2.54%) NIST
4 5 (2.12%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) GDPR
6 2 (0.85%) PMO
7 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) GxP
7 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.54%) Time Sharing Option
4 5 (2.12%) Docker
5 3 (1.27%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 2 (0.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.42%) RACF
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (10.59%) SCCM
2 20 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (8.05%) SCOM
4 15 (6.36%) HP SiteScope
5 10 (4.24%) Ansible
5 10 (4.24%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.81%) Grafana
7 8 (3.39%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.39%) Terraform
8 7 (2.97%) OMEGAMON
8 7 (2.97%) Puppet
9 5 (2.12%) CA Endevor
10 4 (1.69%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.27%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.27%) CA Wily
11 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.27%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.85%) OpenView
12 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (36.44%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.56%) Splunk
3 31 (13.14%) Cisco
4 26 (11.02%) Remedy
5 18 (7.63%) ServiceNow
6 15 (6.36%) Oracle
6 15 (6.36%) SAP
7 13 (5.51%) IBM
8 10 (4.24%) VMware
9 8 (3.39%) MuleSoft
9 8 (3.39%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.97%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.12%) Dynatrace
11 5 (2.12%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.12%) iManage
11 5 (2.12%) Mitel
11 5 (2.12%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.69%) F5
12 4 (1.69%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.27%) Broadcom