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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 244 238
Rank change year-on-year -78 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 278 255 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 1.05% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.15% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 150 207
10th Percentile £306 £273 £300
25th Percentile £404 £388 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.22% -9.27%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £525
90th Percentile £671 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 51
10th Percentile - £23.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £32.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.80 £14.49
Median % change year-on-year -51.42% +195.44% -15.23%
75th Percentile £26.11 £68.44 £25.00
90th Percentile £58.85 £70.00 £40.25
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £42.80 £16.24
% change year-on-year -51.42% +163.48% -4.95%

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 33,593 22,172 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,515 14,589 21,312
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,076 879 2,200
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.50 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.30 £71.30
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £30.78 £33.31
% change year-on-year +19.27% -7.59% -7.48%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -48 111 £500 - 26
North of England -69 50 £465 +24.83% 32
Midlands -40 48 £463 -5.32% 16
West Midlands -44 45 £463 -5.32% 13
South West -21 36 £575 +17.95% 9
Yorkshire -39 33 £500 +33.78% 17
South East -39 31 £370 -17.78% 25
North West -58 16 £401 +23.38% 12
East of England -62 3 £400 -11.11% 5
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 3
North East -16 1 £400 -4.99% 3
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 (6.47%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.12%) Confluence
3 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.60%) SAS
4 5 (1.80%) Apache
5 4 (1.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.36%) CICS
8 1 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.94%) Azure
2 38 (13.67%) Entra ID
3 35 (12.59%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (11.51%) AWS
5 22 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.12%) GitHub
7 16 (5.76%) GCP
8 15 (5.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (5.04%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.60%) Datadog
12 7 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.52%) IaaS
12 7 (2.52%) Serverless
13 6 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.16%) PaaS
14 5 (1.80%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.80%) Snowflake
15 4 (1.44%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.07%) Firewall
2 15 (5.40%) Network Security
3 12 (4.32%) DNS
4 11 (3.96%) TCP/IP
4 11 (3.96%) VPN
5 6 (2.16%) LAN
5 6 (2.16%) NetScaler
5 6 (2.16%) WAN
6 5 (1.80%) MPLS
6 5 (1.80%) SAN
7 4 (1.44%) Broadband
7 4 (1.44%) DHCP
7 4 (1.44%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.44%) Wireless
8 3 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.08%) Internet
8 3 (1.08%) NAS
8 3 (1.08%) Skype
8 3 (1.08%) SSL
8 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.24%) Metadata
2 9 (3.24%) Metadata Repository
3 8 (2.88%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.16%) MySQL
4 6 (2.16%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.80%) Power BI
5 5 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.44%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.72%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (0.72%) Tableau
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.36%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 50 (17.99%) JIRA
2 14 (5.04%) Git
3 10 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.88%) GitLab
5 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.44%) Maven
6 3 (1.08%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.08%) Jaeger
6 3 (1.08%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.72%) JUnit
7 2 (0.72%) Mockito
8 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Introscope
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 81 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 71 (25.54%) Finance
3 37 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.43%) Banking
5 26 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.96%) Legal
7 10 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.60%) Law
8 8 (2.88%) Retail
9 6 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.80%) Military
11 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.44%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.44%) Local Government
11 4 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.36%) International Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Marketing
12 1 (0.36%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (13.67%) Service Manager
2 32 (11.51%) Analyst
3 27 (9.71%) Architect
4 21 (7.55%) IT Support
5 18 (6.47%) Senior
6 17 (6.12%) Lead
6 17 (6.12%) Support Engineer
7 16 (5.76%) Consultant
8 13 (4.68%) Developer
8 13 (4.68%) IT Engineer
9 12 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (4.32%) Support Analyst
10 11 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (3.96%) Service Analyst
11 9 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 9 (3.24%) Incident Manager
11 9 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.52%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.40%) REST
2 12 (4.32%) Microsoft Graph
3 11 (3.96%) Middleware
4 6 (2.16%) .NET
4 6 (2.16%) Kafka
5 5 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.80%) Spring
6 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.44%) Bootstrap
6 4 (1.44%) CSS
6 4 (1.44%) J2EE
6 4 (1.44%) jQuery
6 4 (1.44%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.44%) Sass
6 4 (1.44%) Spring MVC
6 4 (1.44%) Web Services
7 3 (1.08%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.08%) Loki
7 3 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.12%) CMDB
2 13 (4.68%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.96%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.52%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.52%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.16%) Replication
8 5 (1.80%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.80%) PKI
9 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.08%) Clustering
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.50%) Windows
2 42 (15.11%) Linux
3 17 (6.12%) Unix
3 17 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.96%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.52%) zOS
6 5 (1.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.08%) CentOS
8 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.72%) Debian
9 2 (0.72%) VMS
10 1 (0.36%) AIX
10 1 (0.36%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (49.64%) ITIL
2 93 (33.45%) Change Management
3 90 (32.37%) Service Management
4 78 (28.06%) Root Cause Analysis
5 75 (26.98%) ITSM
6 64 (23.02%) Incident Management
7 58 (20.86%) DevOps
8 54 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (17.99%) Agile
10 48 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (16.55%) Service Delivery
12 42 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (13.67%) Observability
14 37 (13.31%) CI/CD
15 25 (8.99%) Incident Response
16 23 (8.27%) Data Modelling
17 22 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (7.55%) Data Protection
19 19 (6.83%) Decision-Making
19 19 (6.83%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.99%) PowerShell
2 40 (14.39%) SQL
3 28 (10.07%) Python
4 16 (5.76%) Bash
4 16 (5.76%) Java
5 10 (3.60%) C#
6 8 (2.88%) Shell Script
7 7 (2.52%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.16%) Go
9 5 (1.80%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.44%) JCL
11 2 (0.72%) Perl
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
11 2 (0.72%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.36%) CLIST
12 1 (0.36%) Jython
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.36%) REXX
12 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (38.49%) Security Cleared
2 91 (32.73%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.07%) DV Cleared
4 21 (7.55%) Degree
5 8 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.16%) MCSE
7 5 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.80%) CCNA
7 5 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.44%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.44%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
9 3 (1.08%) PMP
9 3 (1.08%) SAFe Agilist
10 2 (0.72%) RHCA
10 2 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.31%) SLA
2 9 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.52%) GDPR
4 6 (2.16%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.80%) GRC
6 4 (1.44%) NIST
7 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.72%) QA
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) COBIT
9 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.83%) Docker
3 8 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.44%) NFS
5 4 (1.44%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.36%) XenApp
8 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.12%) Grafana
2 17 (6.12%) Terraform
3 13 (4.68%) Ansible
4 11 (3.96%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.60%) SCCM
6 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.16%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.08%) Istio
9 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (1.08%) WSUS
10 2 (0.72%) Avamar
10 2 (0.72%) CASB
10 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.72%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.72%) Podman
10 2 (0.72%) Rancher
11 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 56 (20.14%) ServiceNow
2 53 (19.06%) Microsoft
3 29 (10.43%) Oracle
4 18 (6.47%) Remedy
5 17 (6.12%) Splunk
6 13 (4.68%) Cisco
6 13 (4.68%) VMware
7 11 (3.96%) Atlassian
8 10 (3.60%) AppDynamics
9 9 (3.24%) BMC
9 9 (3.24%) SAP
10 8 (2.88%) Citrix
10 8 (2.88%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.88%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.16%) Broadcom
11 6 (2.16%) IBM
12 5 (1.80%) Brocade
12 5 (1.80%) Dell
13 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
13 4 (1.44%) Google