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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 284 296
Rank change year-on-year -63 +12 -44
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 327 248 239
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.88% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.97% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 134 151
10th Percentile £245 £263 £331
25th Percentile £393 £352 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £473 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -4.16% -1.40%
75th Percentile £559 £538 £558
90th Percentile £674 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £456 £485
% change year-on-year +9.59% -5.92% -3.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 5
10th Percentile £16.53 - £38.10
25th Percentile £20.72 £15.50 £55.87
Median hourly rate £25.47 £20.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.33% -64.75% +315.41%
75th Percentile £35.91 £26.05 £58.49
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £17.62 £56.75
% change year-on-year +44.54% -68.95% +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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £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 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -36 129 £432 -13.60% 152
Midlands -18 61 £475 +18.16% 41
North of England -89 61 £500 +11.11% 78
West Midlands -16 46 £482 +37.39% 24
South East -36 46 £538 +2.38% 60
Yorkshire -24 36 £500 +8.11% 23
North West -78 25 £525 +40.00% 46
East Midlands -10 15 £425 -34.62% 17
East of England -20 14 £775 +55.00% 28
South West -41 9 £350 -33.33% 30
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 (4.89%) Confluence
2 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.98%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.06%) SAS
5 6 (1.83%) CMS
6 4 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.92%) IIS
7 3 (0.92%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.61%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.61%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.31%) CICS
9 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.31%) IBM Transformation Extender
Applications
1 23 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 13 (3.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP BRIM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.92%) SAP FI-CA
3 2 (0.61%) SAP PSCD
3 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 69 (21.10%) Azure
2 49 (14.98%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (13.76%) AWS
4 37 (11.31%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.42%) GitHub
6 17 (5.20%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.59%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.67%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (3.06%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.06%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.06%) GCP
10 10 (3.06%) Serverless
10 10 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.29%) DNS
2 30 (9.17%) DHCP
3 25 (7.65%) Firewall
4 20 (6.12%) VPN
5 17 (5.20%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.20%) WAN
6 15 (4.59%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.98%) LAN
7 13 (3.98%) Network Security
8 12 (3.67%) SAN
9 10 (3.06%) Wireless
10 8 (2.45%) Kerberos
11 7 (2.14%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (1.83%) NAS
13 5 (1.53%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.22%) H.323
14 4 (1.22%) HTTP
14 4 (1.22%) VLAN
14 4 (1.22%) VoIP
15 2 (0.61%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.59%) Power BI
3 10 (3.06%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.06%) Metadata
3 10 (3.06%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.75%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.53%) Db2
5 5 (1.53%) MySQL
6 4 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.61%) KDB
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (9.79%) JIRA
2 13 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.36%) GitLab
4 9 (2.75%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.75%) Git
5 4 (1.22%) 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
1 150 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.04%) Finance
3 51 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.73%) Banking
6 15 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.67%) Front Office
9 9 (2.75%) Legal
10 8 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.14%) Law
12 6 (1.83%) Retail
13 4 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.22%) Police
14 3 (0.92%) Billing
14 3 (0.92%) Local Government
14 3 (0.92%) Military
14 3 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (12.54%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.40%) Analyst
3 28 (8.56%) Architect
4 24 (7.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.12%) Lead
5 20 (6.12%) Senior
6 19 (5.81%) Applications Support
6 19 (5.81%) Incident Manager
7 16 (4.89%) Consultant
8 14 (4.28%) Service Manager
9 13 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (3.98%) Major Incident Manager
10 12 (3.67%) Administrator
10 12 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
11 11 (3.36%) IT Support
11 11 (3.36%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.36%) Server Engineer
12 10 (3.06%) IT Engineer
13 9 (2.75%) IT Support Engineer
13 9 (2.75%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.42%) Terraform
2 16 (4.89%) Middleware
3 15 (4.59%) REST
4 12 (3.67%) .NET
5 8 (2.45%) LDAP
5 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (1.83%) AWS CDK
6 6 (1.83%) JSON
6 6 (1.83%) SOAP
6 6 (1.83%) Web Services
7 5 (1.53%) Ajax
7 5 (1.53%) CSS
7 5 (1.53%) Django
7 5 (1.53%) Flask
7 5 (1.53%) HTML
7 5 (1.53%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.53%) Software Packaging
7 5 (1.53%) XML
8 4 (1.22%) FIDO
8 4 (1.22%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.26%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.89%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.36%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.36%) PKI
7 10 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.06%) CMDB
8 9 (2.75%) Autonomous Agent
9 8 (2.45%) Mainframe
10 7 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.83%) Smartphone
12 5 (1.53%) Clustering
13 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (0.92%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 109 (33.33%) Windows
2 43 (13.15%) Windows Server
3 39 (11.93%) Linux
4 16 (4.89%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.59%) Unix
6 13 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (3.67%) Android
8 7 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.83%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.83%) zOS
10 5 (1.53%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.92%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.31%) SUSE
13 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (46.18%) ITIL
2 112 (34.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 102 (31.19%) ITSM
4 94 (28.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 90 (27.52%) Service Management
6 88 (26.91%) Incident Management
7 75 (22.94%) Change Management
8 73 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (22.02%) Root Cause Analysis
10 70 (21.41%) Agile
11 60 (18.35%) Service Delivery
12 48 (14.68%) DevOps
13 47 (14.37%) CI/CD
14 42 (12.84%) Runbook
15 36 (11.01%) Observability
16 34 (10.40%) Decision-Making
16 34 (10.40%) Incident Response
16 34 (10.40%) Migration
17 33 (10.09%) Major Incident Management
18 31 (9.48%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.68%) Python
2 43 (13.15%) PowerShell
3 41 (12.54%) SQL
4 27 (8.26%) Java
5 19 (5.81%) Bash
6 14 (4.28%) T-SQL
7 13 (3.98%) C#
8 12 (3.67%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.22%) JCL
9 4 (1.22%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.92%) Bicep
10 3 (0.92%) VBScript
11 2 (0.61%) Go
11 2 (0.61%) Magik
11 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.61%) REXX
12 1 (0.31%) ABAP
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) SOQL
12 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (30.58%) Security Cleared
2 71 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.56%) Degree
4 21 (6.42%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.45%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.53%) CISSP
11 5 (1.53%) MCSE
12 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.92%) PMP
13 3 (0.92%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.46%) SLA
2 14 (4.28%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.53%) COBIT
5 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.22%) NIST
5 4 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.92%) GDPR
7 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) ITGC
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (20.49%) Active Directory
2 33 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.81%) Docker
4 16 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.67%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.06%) NFS
7 7 (2.14%) vSphere
8 5 (1.53%) Firmware
9 4 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.92%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.61%) UAG
11 2 (0.61%) XenApp
11 2 (0.61%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.89%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.59%) SCCM
5 13 (3.98%) SCOM
6 12 (3.67%) Ansible
7 5 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (1.53%) Grafana
8 4 (1.22%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.22%) Podman
9 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.61%) Istio
10 2 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (21.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.18%) ServiceNow
3 40 (12.23%) VMware
4 25 (7.65%) Cisco
5 24 (7.34%) Oracle
6 17 (5.20%) Remedy
7 14 (4.28%) Broadcom
8 13 (3.98%) SolarWinds
9 12 (3.67%) SAP
9 12 (3.67%) Splunk
10 9 (2.75%) Denodo
10 9 (2.75%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.45%) HP
12 7 (2.14%) Citrix
12 7 (2.14%) IBM
13 6 (1.83%) Canon
13 6 (1.83%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.53%) Dell
14 5 (1.53%) Sybase
15 4 (1.22%) Salesforce