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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 274 313
Rank change year-on-year -68 +39 -58
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 319 256 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.94% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.03% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 141 142
10th Percentile £250 £313 £331
25th Percentile £370 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £550
90th Percentile £671 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £477 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +6.00% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 7
10th Percentile £16.12 £17.33 £25.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £20.83 £26.63
Median hourly rate £25.47 £26.57 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% -30.99% +181.84%
75th Percentile £52.65 £47.12 £58.05
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.45 £75.09
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £20.83 £38.50
% change year-on-year +22.25% -45.90% +181.84%

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 39,005 24,820 27,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.75% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,032 15,769 17,764
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £637 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,622 1,447 1,355
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.28 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.87 £20.40
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.38 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% +3.24%

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 8 September 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 -41 129 £463 -7.50% 128
North of England -88 64 £475 +5.56% 43
Midlands -24 61 £469 +5.34% 26
West Midlands -14 53 £469 +16.46% 15
South East -51 38 £538 +4.88% 53
Yorkshire -31 36 £500 +19.05% 14
North West -80 27 £415 +0.61% 23
South West -48 12 £350 -33.33% 28
East of England -23 10 £400 -20.00% 12
East Midlands -13 8 - - 11
North East -42 1 £400 -38.46% 6
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 18 (5.64%) Confluence
2 14 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.82%) SAS
5 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.25%) IIS
6 3 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.63%) CMS
7 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.63%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.31%) Apache
8 1 (0.31%) CICS
8 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (8.15%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 14 (4.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) iTrent
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.94%) Azure
2 48 (15.05%) AWS
3 46 (14.42%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.60%) Entra ID
5 25 (7.84%) GitHub
6 18 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (5.33%) OneDrive
8 15 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (4.08%) Power Platform
10 13 (4.08%) Serverless
11 12 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (3.76%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
13 10 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.11%) DNS
2 28 (8.78%) Firewall
3 27 (8.46%) DHCP
4 18 (5.64%) VPN
5 13 (4.08%) Network Security
5 13 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.76%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.45%) Wireless
8 10 (3.13%) WAN
9 9 (2.82%) LAN
10 8 (2.51%) Kerberos
10 8 (2.51%) SAN
11 6 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.57%) NAS
13 4 (1.25%) HTTP
14 3 (0.94%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.94%) VLAN
14 3 (0.94%) VoIP
15 2 (0.63%) Internet
15 2 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.08%) Power BI
3 8 (2.51%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.51%) Metadata
3 8 (2.51%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.19%) Pentaho
5 6 (1.88%) Db2
5 6 (1.88%) MySQL
6 4 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.63%) KDB
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.63%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (13.17%) JIRA
2 17 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.39%) GitLab
4 13 (4.08%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.19%) Git
6 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.75%) Finance
3 50 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.52%) Banking
6 14 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.45%) Legal
8 11 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.82%) Front Office
10 8 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.19%) Law
12 5 (1.57%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.57%) Military
13 4 (1.25%) Police
13 4 (1.25%) Retail
14 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.94%) Local Government
14 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (13.17%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.66%) Analyst
3 24 (7.52%) Architect
4 22 (6.90%) Senior
5 21 (6.58%) Lead
6 20 (6.27%) Incident Manager
7 18 (5.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (5.02%) Consultant
8 16 (5.02%) Service Manager
9 14 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.39%) IT Support
9 14 (4.39%) Major Incident Manager
10 12 (3.76%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.76%) Scrum Master
11 11 (3.45%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (3.13%) Administrator
12 10 (3.13%) Support Analyst
13 9 (2.82%) Developer
13 9 (2.82%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.52%) Terraform
2 12 (3.76%) REST
3 11 (3.45%) Middleware
4 9 (2.82%) AWS CDK
5 8 (2.51%) LDAP
5 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (1.88%) Software Packaging
7 5 (1.57%) .NET
7 5 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.57%) SOAP
7 5 (1.57%) Web Services
7 5 (1.57%) XML
8 4 (1.25%) Ajax
8 4 (1.25%) CSS
8 4 (1.25%) FIDO
8 4 (1.25%) HTML
8 4 (1.25%) pytest
8 4 (1.25%) SAP Basis
9 3 (0.94%) Django
9 3 (0.94%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.52%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.70%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (3.45%) CMDB
6 11 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.45%) PKI
7 10 (3.13%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.51%) Mainframe
9 7 (2.19%) Autonomous Agent
10 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.88%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.57%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.25%) Clustering
12 4 (1.25%) SCADA
13 3 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 100 (31.35%) Windows
2 41 (12.85%) Linux
3 36 (11.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (5.33%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.70%) Unix
6 11 (3.45%) Android
6 11 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.19%) zOS
8 5 (1.57%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.94%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (47.02%) ITIL
2 107 (33.54%) ITSM
3 106 (33.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (29.15%) Service Management
5 88 (27.59%) Incident Management
6 86 (26.96%) Stakeholder Management
7 83 (26.02%) Change Management
8 76 (23.82%) Agile
9 68 (21.32%) Root Cause Analysis
10 66 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (18.18%) DevOps
12 57 (17.87%) Service Delivery
13 48 (15.05%) CI/CD
14 41 (12.85%) Runbook
15 38 (11.91%) Decision-Making
16 34 (10.66%) Observability
17 32 (10.03%) Customer Service
17 32 (10.03%) Major Incident Management
18 30 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
19 29 (9.09%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.11%) Python
2 42 (13.17%) PowerShell
3 40 (12.54%) SQL
4 26 (8.15%) Java
5 20 (6.27%) Bash
6 12 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.51%) C#
8 7 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.88%) JCL
10 5 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.94%) VBScript
12 2 (0.63%) Bicep
12 2 (0.63%) Magik
12 2 (0.63%) REXX
12 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
13 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 106 (33.23%) Security Cleared
2 79 (24.76%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.09%) Degree
4 21 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (3.45%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 8 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.19%) CCNA
9 7 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.88%) MCSE
11 5 (1.57%) CISSP
11 5 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.25%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.25%) PMP
12 4 (1.25%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.36%) SLA
2 11 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.88%) COBIT
5 5 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.25%) NIST
7 3 (0.94%) GDPR
8 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.63%) GRC
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) QA
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (21.32%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.21%) Docker
4 14 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.08%) NFS
6 12 (3.76%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.19%) vSphere
8 5 (1.57%) Time Sharing Option
8 5 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.94%) Firmware
9 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.63%) UAG
10 2 (0.63%) XenApp
10 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.33%) Ansible
2 17 (5.33%) SCCM
3 16 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (4.39%) vCenter Server
5 11 (3.45%) SCOM
6 6 (1.88%) Grafana
7 5 (1.57%) Podman
7 5 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.25%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.63%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.63%) Istio
10 2 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (22.57%) ServiceNow
2 69 (21.63%) Microsoft
3 35 (10.97%) VMware
4 23 (7.21%) Cisco
4 23 (7.21%) Oracle
5 18 (5.64%) Remedy
6 17 (5.33%) Broadcom
7 15 (4.70%) Splunk
8 11 (3.45%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.82%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.82%) HP
9 9 (2.82%) SAP
10 8 (2.51%) Denodo
11 7 (2.19%) Dell
12 6 (1.88%) Canon
12 6 (1.88%) Citrix
12 6 (1.88%) IBM
12 6 (1.88%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.88%) Sybase
13 5 (1.57%) Red Hat