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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 244 241
Rank change year-on-year -69 -3 +31
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 293 244 349
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.02% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.12% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 145 204
10th Percentile £272 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £375 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.22% -10.58%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £500
90th Percentile £654 £648 £579
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.22% -7.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 40
10th Percentile - £21.79 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.13% +73.53% +64.71%
75th Percentile £55.25 £47.22 £25.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £54.25 £28.33
UK median hourly rate £27.58 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +14.90% +6.67% +64.71%

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 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -50 112 £500 - 31
North of England -84 59 £465 +23.18% 21
Midlands -22 58 £463 +2.10% 14
West Midlands -25 57 £463 +2.10% 9
Yorkshire -46 38 £500 +33.33% 10
South West -26 30 £463 -5.13% 5
South East -49 29 £393 -17.26% 22
North West -57 20 £401 +3.42% 10
East of England -46 4 £400 -12.71% 9
North East -30 1 £400 -4.99% 1
East Midlands - 1 £163 - 5
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 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.12%) Confluence
3 11 (3.75%) SAS
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (1.37%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (1.02%) Apache
6 3 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.68%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.34%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (5.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.02%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.02%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.34%) iTrent
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.18%) Azure
2 44 (15.02%) Entra ID
3 41 (13.99%) AWS
4 32 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (9.22%) GitHub
6 21 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (6.14%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (5.46%) GCP
9 15 (5.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (5.12%) OneDrive
10 14 (4.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (4.10%) Serverless
12 11 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.75%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.41%) AWS CodePipeline
13 10 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.22%) Firewall
2 22 (7.51%) DNS
3 13 (4.44%) DHCP
3 13 (4.44%) VPN
4 11 (3.75%) Network Security
5 10 (3.41%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.73%) LAN
7 7 (2.39%) WAN
7 7 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.05%) SAN
9 5 (1.71%) MPLS
9 5 (1.71%) Wireless
10 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
11 3 (1.02%) Broadband
11 3 (1.02%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.02%) Internet
11 3 (1.02%) NAS
11 3 (1.02%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.02%) NGFW
11 3 (1.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.75%) Power BI
2 10 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.73%) Metadata
3 8 (2.73%) Oracle Database
4 6 (2.05%) MySQL
5 5 (1.71%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.71%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.71%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.02%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.02%) Pentaho
7 3 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.68%) KDB
8 2 (0.68%) MaxDB
8 2 (0.68%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 57 (19.45%) JIRA
2 19 (6.48%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.46%) GitLab
4 13 (4.44%) Git
5 11 (3.75%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.37%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.37%) Maven
7 3 (1.02%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.34%) Introscope
8 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 110 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 75 (25.60%) Finance
3 40 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.60%) Public Sector
5 28 (9.56%) Banking
6 14 (4.78%) Law
7 12 (4.10%) Legal
8 9 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Military
9 6 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Retail
10 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.37%) Police
12 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.02%) Front Office
12 3 (1.02%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.02%) Local Government
13 2 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (12.63%) Service Manager
2 26 (8.87%) Analyst
2 26 (8.87%) Architect
3 21 (7.17%) Senior
4 20 (6.83%) Support Engineer
5 19 (6.48%) Lead
6 17 (5.80%) IT Support
7 16 (5.46%) Incident Manager
8 13 (4.44%) Consultant
9 12 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (4.10%) IT Engineer
9 12 (4.10%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.75%) Scrum Master
11 10 (3.41%) Administrator
11 10 (3.41%) Developer
12 9 (3.07%) Network Engineer
12 9 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (2.73%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 12 (4.10%) Middleware
3 8 (2.73%) AWS CDK
4 7 (2.39%) .NET
5 6 (2.05%) REST
6 5 (1.71%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.71%) Spring
7 4 (1.37%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.37%) Bootstrap
7 4 (1.37%) CSS
7 4 (1.37%) J2EE
7 4 (1.37%) jQuery
7 4 (1.37%) Loki
7 4 (1.37%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.37%) Sass
7 4 (1.37%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.37%) Web Services
8 3 (1.02%) Kafka
8 3 (1.02%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.48%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.14%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.78%) CMDB
4 13 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.10%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.39%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.05%) Replication
10 5 (1.71%) Clustering
10 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.71%) PKI
11 4 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.37%) Mainframe
12 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (1.02%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 64 (21.84%) Windows
2 50 (17.06%) Linux
3 21 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.83%) Unix
5 8 (2.73%) zOS
6 6 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.71%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.02%) Android
9 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.34%) AIX
11 1 (0.34%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (48.12%) ITIL
2 81 (27.65%) Change Management
2 81 (27.65%) Service Management
3 77 (26.28%) ITSM
4 76 (25.94%) Root Cause Analysis
5 67 (22.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (21.84%) Incident Management
7 62 (21.16%) DevOps
8 59 (20.14%) Agile
9 54 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (17.06%) CI/CD
12 48 (16.38%) Service Delivery
13 36 (12.29%) Observability
14 33 (11.26%) Incident Response
15 30 (10.24%) Decision-Making
15 30 (10.24%) Infrastructure as Code
16 22 (7.51%) Scrum
16 22 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (7.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.68%) PowerShell
2 36 (12.29%) SQL
3 29 (9.90%) Python
4 23 (7.85%) Bash
5 17 (5.80%) Java
6 11 (3.75%) C#
7 8 (2.73%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.39%) Go
8 7 (2.39%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.71%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.71%) JCL
10 2 (0.68%) Perl
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
10 2 (0.68%) REXX
10 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.34%) Jython
11 1 (0.34%) Korn
11 1 (0.34%) SOQL
11 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (39.59%) Security Cleared
2 94 (32.08%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.26%) DV Cleared
4 21 (7.17%) Degree
5 10 (3.41%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.41%) SAFe Agilist
6 8 (2.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.05%) CCNA
8 6 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.37%) MCSE
10 4 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.02%) CCNP
11 3 (1.02%) PMP
11 3 (1.02%) RHCA
11 3 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.68%) SLA
2 11 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.07%) GDPR
4 8 (2.73%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.05%) GRC
6 6 (2.05%) NIST
7 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.34%) COBIT
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (15.02%) Active Directory
2 26 (8.87%) Docker
3 15 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.07%) NFS
5 8 (2.73%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.71%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (1.02%) Firmware
7 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.68%) XenApp
8 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (7.51%) Kubernetes
1 22 (7.51%) Terraform
2 20 (6.83%) Grafana
3 17 (5.80%) Ansible
4 14 (4.78%) SCCM
5 13 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.05%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (1.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.37%) Istio
9 4 (1.37%) Podman
10 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.02%) Rancher
11 2 (0.68%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.68%) Avamar
11 2 (0.68%) CASB
11 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.68%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (21.50%) ServiceNow
2 52 (17.75%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.56%) Oracle
4 20 (6.83%) Remedy
5 19 (6.48%) Splunk
5 19 (6.48%) VMware
6 16 (5.46%) Cisco
7 11 (3.75%) Dynatrace
7 11 (3.75%) SAP
8 10 (3.41%) AppDynamics
9 9 (3.07%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.39%) BMC
10 7 (2.39%) Brocade
10 7 (2.39%) Citrix
10 7 (2.39%) Dell
10 7 (2.39%) Denodo
10 7 (2.39%) IBM
10 7 (2.39%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.37%) ForeScout
11 4 (1.37%) Google