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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 282 297
Rank change year-on-year -62 +15 -45
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 325 250 231
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.90% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.99% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 136 145
10th Percentile £244 £263 £332
25th Percentile £390 £362 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £468 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% -5.07% -1.40%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £560
90th Percentile £674 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 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 £26.57 £58.49
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £17.79 £56.75
% change year-on-year +43.14% -68.65% +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 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -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 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -48 127 £445 -11.10% 110
Midlands -9 61 £475 +18.16% 31
North of England -97 61 £500 +11.11% 65
West Midlands -22 46 £482 +37.39% 20
South East -36 44 £538 +2.38% 35
Yorkshire -30 37 £500 +9.59% 24
North West -77 24 £525 +40.00% 33
East Midlands -10 15 £425 -34.62% 11
East of England -22 14 £775 +55.00% 23
South West -43 11 £350 -33.33% 19
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 (4.92%) Confluence
2 14 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.00%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.08%) SAS
5 6 (1.85%) CMS
6 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.92%) IIS
7 3 (0.92%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.62%) 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 22 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Maple
Business Applications
1 13 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP BRIM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.92%) SAP FI-CA
3 2 (0.62%) SAP PSCD
3 2 (0.62%) 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 (21.23%) Azure
2 48 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (13.85%) AWS
4 36 (11.08%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.46%) GitHub
6 17 (5.23%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.62%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.08%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.08%) GCP
10 10 (3.08%) Serverless
10 10 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.38%) DNS
2 30 (9.23%) DHCP
3 25 (7.69%) Firewall
4 20 (6.15%) VPN
5 17 (5.23%) WAN
6 16 (4.92%) TCP/IP
7 14 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (4.00%) LAN
8 13 (4.00%) Network Security
9 11 (3.38%) SAN
10 10 (3.08%) Wireless
11 8 (2.46%) Kerberos
12 7 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.54%) NAS
13 5 (1.54%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.23%) H.323
14 4 (1.23%) HTTP
14 4 (1.23%) VLAN
14 4 (1.23%) VoIP
15 2 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.62%) Power BI
3 10 (3.08%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.08%) Metadata
3 10 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.77%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.54%) Db2
5 5 (1.54%) MySQL
6 4 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.62%) KDB
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (9.85%) JIRA
2 13 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.38%) GitLab
4 9 (2.77%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.77%) Git
5 4 (1.23%) 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
1 151 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.15%) Finance
3 51 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.77%) Banking
6 15 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.69%) Front Office
10 10 (3.08%) Legal
11 8 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.15%) Law
13 6 (1.85%) Retail
14 4 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.23%) Police
15 3 (0.92%) Billing
15 3 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.92%) Local Government
15 3 (0.92%) Military
15 3 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (12.62%) Support Engineer
2 34 (10.46%) Analyst
3 28 (8.62%) Architect
4 24 (7.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 21 (6.46%) Senior
6 20 (6.15%) Lead
7 19 (5.85%) Incident Manager
8 18 (5.54%) Applications Support
9 16 (4.92%) Consultant
10 15 (4.62%) Service Manager
11 13 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.00%) Major Incident Manager
12 12 (3.69%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (3.38%) Administrator
13 11 (3.38%) IT Support
13 11 (3.38%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.38%) Server Engineer
14 10 (3.08%) IT Engineer
15 9 (2.77%) Data Architect
15 9 (2.77%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.46%) Terraform
2 16 (4.92%) Middleware
3 15 (4.62%) REST
4 11 (3.38%) .NET
5 8 (2.46%) LDAP
5 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (1.85%) AWS CDK
6 6 (1.85%) JSON
6 6 (1.85%) SOAP
6 6 (1.85%) Web Services
7 5 (1.54%) Ajax
7 5 (1.54%) CSS
7 5 (1.54%) Django
7 5 (1.54%) Flask
7 5 (1.54%) HTML
7 5 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.54%) Software Packaging
7 5 (1.54%) XML
8 4 (1.23%) FIDO
8 4 (1.23%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.85%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.92%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.69%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.38%) PKI
7 10 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.08%) CMDB
7 10 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.77%) Autonomous Agent
9 8 (2.46%) Mainframe
10 7 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.85%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.85%) Smartphone
12 5 (1.54%) Clustering
13 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (0.92%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 107 (32.92%) Windows
2 42 (12.92%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.00%) Linux
4 16 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.62%) Unix
6 13 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (3.69%) Android
8 7 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.85%) zOS
10 5 (1.54%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.23%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.92%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.31%) SUSE
14 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (46.15%) ITIL
2 110 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 101 (31.08%) ITSM
4 96 (29.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 90 (27.69%) Service Management
6 86 (26.46%) Incident Management
7 75 (23.08%) Change Management
8 72 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (21.85%) Agile
10 70 (21.54%) Root Cause Analysis
11 59 (18.15%) Service Delivery
12 49 (15.08%) DevOps
13 47 (14.46%) CI/CD
14 42 (12.92%) Runbook
15 36 (11.08%) Observability
16 35 (10.77%) Decision-Making
17 34 (10.46%) Migration
18 32 (9.85%) Incident Response
19 31 (9.54%) Major Incident Management
20 30 (9.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.77%) Python
2 42 (12.92%) PowerShell
3 40 (12.31%) SQL
4 27 (8.31%) Java
5 19 (5.85%) Bash
6 13 (4.00%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.69%) C#
7 12 (3.69%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.23%) JCL
8 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.92%) Bicep
9 3 (0.92%) VBScript
10 2 (0.62%) Go
10 2 (0.62%) Magik
10 2 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.62%) REXX
11 1 (0.31%) ABAP
11 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) SOQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 71 (21.85%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.31%) Degree
4 21 (6.46%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 9 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.46%) SAFe Agilist
9 6 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.54%) CISSP
10 5 (1.54%) MCSE
11 4 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.92%) PMP
12 3 (0.92%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.54%) SLA
2 14 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.54%) COBIT
5 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.23%) NIST
6 3 (0.92%) GDPR
6 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (20.31%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.85%) Docker
4 16 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.38%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.08%) NFS
7 7 (2.15%) vSphere
8 5 (1.54%) Firmware
9 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.92%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.62%) UAG
11 2 (0.62%) XenApp
11 2 (0.62%) 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 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.92%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.62%) SCCM
5 13 (4.00%) SCOM
6 12 (3.69%) Ansible
7 5 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (1.54%) Grafana
8 4 (1.23%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.23%) Podman
9 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.62%) Istio
10 2 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.31%) ServiceNow
3 39 (12.00%) VMware
4 25 (7.69%) Cisco
5 23 (7.08%) Oracle
6 17 (5.23%) Remedy
7 14 (4.31%) Broadcom
8 13 (4.00%) SolarWinds
9 12 (3.69%) SAP
9 12 (3.69%) Splunk
10 9 (2.77%) Denodo
10 9 (2.77%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.46%) HP
12 7 (2.15%) Citrix
12 7 (2.15%) IBM
13 6 (1.85%) Canon
13 6 (1.85%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.54%) Dell
14 5 (1.54%) Sybase
15 4 (1.23%) Salesforce