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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 255 244
Rank change year-on-year -64 -11 +11
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 254 246 355
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.94% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.05% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 137 199
10th Percentile £263 £230 £300
25th Percentile £350 £411 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £473 £465
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% +1.62% -2.11%
75th Percentile £581 £585 £575
90th Percentile £654 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £472 £465
% change year-on-year +0.64% +1.51% -0.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £35.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.38 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +300.74% -27.38%
75th Percentile £24.83 £68.75 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.25 £70.00 £29.45
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £14.16
% change year-on-year -63.36% +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 29,880 23,401 33,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.79% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,087 14,489 22,006
10th Percentile £309 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,872 735 1,965
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.62 £13.35
25th Percentile £18.03 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -44 82 £500 - 20
North of England -57 52 £463 +2.78% 14
Midlands -24 45 £375 +78.57% 20
South East -19 42 £350 -18.98% 22
West Midlands -25 37 £356 +69.64% 15
South West -12 30 £575 +4.55% 14
Yorkshire -45 26 £550 +22.22% 6
North West -47 26 £342 -24.11% 4
East Midlands - 8 £413 - 5
East of England -43 4 £275 -38.89% 4
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 35 (13.78%) SharePoint
2 20 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.91%) Confluence
3 15 (5.91%) Skype for Business
4 9 (3.54%) SAS
5 7 (2.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (2.76%) Mattermost
6 4 (1.57%) Apache
7 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.39%) CICS
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.39%) IIS
8 1 (0.39%) iPlanet
8 1 (0.39%) JBoss
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 30 (11.81%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (8.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) assyst
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 57 (22.44%) Azure
2 53 (20.87%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (11.81%) Entra ID
4 29 (11.42%) OneDrive
5 22 (8.66%) AWS
6 15 (5.91%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (4.72%) GCP
8 10 (3.94%) Datadog
8 10 (3.94%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.54%) SaaS
10 8 (3.15%) GitHub
11 5 (1.97%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.97%) PaaS
11 5 (1.97%) Serverless
12 4 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.18%) IaaS
13 3 (1.18%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.66%) DNS
2 18 (7.09%) Skype
3 14 (5.51%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.12%) Firewall
4 13 (5.12%) VPN
5 9 (3.54%) DHCP
6 8 (3.15%) Network Security
6 8 (3.15%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.36%) Internet
7 6 (2.36%) NetScaler
8 5 (1.97%) Broadband
8 5 (1.97%) WAN
8 5 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.57%) LAN
10 3 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (1.18%) SAN
10 3 (1.18%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.18%) SSH
10 3 (1.18%) VoIP
10 3 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.54%) Metadata
2 9 (3.54%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (3.15%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.18%) Power BI
6 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.39%) GIS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.39%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 25 (9.84%) JIRA
2 10 (3.94%) Git
3 6 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.97%) GitLab
5 3 (1.18%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.18%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.79%) JUnit
6 2 (0.79%) Mockito
7 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.39%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (37.40%) Social Skills
2 64 (25.20%) Finance
3 44 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 25 (9.84%) Banking
6 13 (5.12%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.94%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.54%) Law
8 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.97%) Legal
10 4 (1.57%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.57%) Military
10 4 (1.57%) Retail
11 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.18%) Local Government
11 3 (1.18%) Marketing
12 2 (0.79%) Electronics
12 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (25.20%) Analyst
2 41 (16.14%) Support Analyst
3 31 (12.20%) Service Manager
4 26 (10.24%) IT Support
5 25 (9.84%) Architect
6 17 (6.69%) Operations Analyst
7 16 (6.30%) Lead
7 16 (6.30%) Operational Support Analyst
7 16 (6.30%) Operations Support Analyst
8 14 (5.51%) IT Analyst
9 13 (5.12%) Consultant
9 13 (5.12%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (5.12%) Senior
10 12 (4.72%) Service Analyst
11 11 (4.33%) Incident Manager
12 9 (3.54%) Data Architect
12 9 (3.54%) Developer
12 9 (3.54%) Service Desk Analyst
13 8 (3.15%) SharePoint Analyst
13 8 (3.15%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Graph
2 10 (3.94%) REST
3 8 (3.15%) Middleware
4 6 (2.36%) Kafka
5 5 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.57%) .NET
7 3 (1.18%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.79%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (0.79%) ADO
8 2 (0.79%) LDAP
8 2 (0.79%) RESTful
8 2 (0.79%) SAML
8 2 (0.79%) WireMock
8 2 (0.79%) XML
8 2 (0.79%) XMPP
9 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.39%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.39%) OpenID
9 1 (0.39%) React
9 1 (0.39%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (5.51%) CMDB
2 14 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.94%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.54%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.36%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.97%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.97%) PKI
7 5 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.57%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.18%) Tandem
9 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (20.87%) Windows
2 26 (10.24%) Linux
3 15 (5.91%) Windows 10
4 12 (4.72%) Unix
5 11 (4.33%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.57%) Android
6 4 (1.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.18%) CentOS
7 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.79%) Debian
8 2 (0.79%) VMS
8 2 (0.79%) zOS
9 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (59.45%) ITIL
2 79 (31.10%) ITSM
3 78 (30.71%) Service Management
4 74 (29.13%) Change Management
5 68 (26.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 62 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (23.23%) Incident Management
8 48 (18.90%) Service Delivery
9 39 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (14.57%) DevOps
11 36 (14.17%) Agile
12 35 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (12.60%) Observability
14 26 (10.24%) Information Security
15 24 (9.45%) Customer Service
16 23 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (9.06%) Project Management
17 21 (8.27%) CI/CD
17 21 (8.27%) Incident Response
18 20 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 58 (22.83%) PowerShell
2 39 (15.35%) SQL
3 21 (8.27%) Python
4 10 (3.94%) Bash
4 10 (3.94%) Java
5 8 (3.15%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.57%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.18%) Go
8 2 (0.79%) C#
9 1 (0.39%) CLIST
9 1 (0.39%) Groovy
9 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.39%) JCL
9 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.39%) REXX
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (35.83%) Security Cleared
2 71 (27.95%) SC Cleared
3 39 (15.35%) Degree
4 20 (7.87%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (7.09%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.15%) A+ Certification
7 8 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.97%) MCDST
9 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.57%) MCSE
10 4 (1.57%) PMP
11 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.79%) CCNP
11 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.24%) SLA
2 5 (1.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.18%) GDPR
3 3 (1.18%) GRC
3 3 (1.18%) QA
4 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.79%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 65 (25.59%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.91%) Docker
3 5 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 1 (0.39%) XenApp
5 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (9.84%) SCCM
2 21 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.30%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.91%) HP SiteScope
4 15 (5.91%) SCOM
5 12 (4.72%) Grafana
6 7 (2.76%) Ansible
6 7 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.76%) Terraform
7 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.18%) WSUS
9 2 (0.79%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.39%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.39%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.39%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (35.83%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.57%) ServiceNow
3 29 (11.42%) Remedy
3 29 (11.42%) Splunk
4 22 (8.66%) Oracle
5 18 (7.09%) Cisco
6 11 (4.33%) AppDynamics
7 8 (3.15%) Atlassian
7 8 (3.15%) BMC
7 8 (3.15%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.76%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.36%) Citrix
10 5 (1.97%) IBM
10 5 (1.97%) iManage
10 5 (1.97%) Mitel
10 5 (1.97%) SAP
10 5 (1.97%) VMware
11 3 (1.18%) Datto
11 3 (1.18%) Dell
11 3 (1.18%) Talend