Problem Management Contracts in England

Problem Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Problem Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem Management over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 260 271
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +59
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 347 459 725
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.94% 0.98% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.09% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 289 474
10th Percentile £300 £268 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +2.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £575
90th Percentile £575 £694 £673
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -7.01% +1.01% +20.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 39 81
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%
75th Percentile £25.00 £23.38 £21.50
90th Percentile £29.65 £65.00 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
% change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Problem Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,259 64,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.61% 89.98% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,577 29,660 45,742
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,328 1,505 1,722
10th Percentile £12.82 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +46.16% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.64%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Problem Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

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 5 June 2024. 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 -39 103 £440 -18.18% 32
North of England +45 90 £493 +12.05% 21
North West +7 47 £493 +12.05% 11
South East +5 47 £450 -10.00% 29
South West +30 42 £520 -0.95% 13
Yorkshire +45 41 £486 +3.40% 9
Midlands +17 29 £463 -2.63% 23
East of England -10 25 £350 -36.36% 14
West Midlands +8 21 £463 -7.50% 12
East Midlands +13 8 - - 11
North East +10 2 £488 -2.50% 1
Problem Management
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Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.75%) Confluence
3 10 (2.88%) NetWeaver
4 6 (1.73%) IIS
4 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.44%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.86%) Apache
6 3 (0.86%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 21 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (2.88%) SAP IBP
2 4 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.58%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.54%) Azure
2 28 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (5.76%) AWS
4 17 (4.90%) GitHub
4 17 (4.90%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.17%) SaaS
6 9 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.02%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.02%) Serverless
8 6 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.73%) GCP
9 5 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.44%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.44%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.15%) PaaS
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.58%) IaaS
11 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.63%) Firewall
2 20 (5.76%) DHCP
2 20 (5.76%) DNS
3 17 (4.90%) Wireless
4 16 (4.61%) LAN
4 16 (4.61%) VPN
5 15 (4.32%) WAN
6 8 (2.31%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (2.02%) IPsec
7 7 (2.02%) MPLS
7 7 (2.02%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.73%) BGP
8 6 (1.73%) Internet
8 6 (1.73%) OSPF
8 6 (1.73%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.44%) VLAN
10 4 (1.15%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (1.15%) Intranet
11 3 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.03%) Power BI
2 11 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.88%) SAP BW
3 10 (2.88%) SAP HANA
4 8 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.02%) Metadata
5 7 (2.02%) Metadata Repository
6 6 (1.73%) MySQL
6 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.44%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.44%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.29%) DTS
9 1 (0.29%) GIS
9 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (6.34%) JIRA
2 15 (4.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) Git
4 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.58%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.58%) JMeter
4 2 (0.58%) MSI
4 2 (0.58%) Selenium
4 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (18.16%) Finance
4 43 (12.39%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.19%) Banking
6 13 (3.75%) Legal
6 13 (3.75%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.31%) Front Office
7 8 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.44%) Back Office
10 4 (1.15%) Marketing
11 3 (0.86%) Billing
11 3 (0.86%) Electronics
11 3 (0.86%) French Language
11 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) German Language
12 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.58%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (14.12%) Analyst
2 33 (9.51%) Problem Manager
3 23 (6.63%) Incident Manager
3 23 (6.63%) Senior
4 22 (6.34%) Service Analyst
5 21 (6.05%) Service Desk Analyst
6 20 (5.76%) IT Support
6 20 (5.76%) Storage Manager
7 18 (5.19%) Administrator
7 18 (5.19%) Service Manager
8 17 (4.90%) Availability Manager
8 17 (4.90%) Capacity and Availability Manager
8 17 (4.90%) Capacity Manager
8 17 (4.90%) Consultant
9 15 (4.32%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.32%) Support Specialist
10 14 (4.03%) IT Support Specialist
11 12 (3.46%) Architect
11 12 (3.46%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (3.46%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.32%) YAML
2 10 (2.88%) AngularJS
2 10 (2.88%) SAP Basis
2 10 (2.88%) SAP Fiori
3 8 (2.31%) CSS
3 8 (2.31%) HTML
4 5 (1.44%) .NET
4 5 (1.44%) Web Services
5 3 (0.86%) LDAP
5 3 (0.86%) Middleware
6 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.58%) Kafka
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.58%) RESTful
6 2 (0.58%) XMPP
7 1 (0.29%) ISPF
7 1 (0.29%) OpenLayers
7 1 (0.29%) React Native
7 1 (0.29%) REST
7 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.80%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.34%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.61%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.46%) PKI
5 11 (3.17%) CMDB
6 9 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.15%) Clustering
8 4 (1.15%) Handset
8 4 (1.15%) Replication
9 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.58%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) SCADA
10 2 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 64 (18.44%) Windows
2 46 (13.26%) Linux
3 22 (6.34%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.05%) zOS
5 17 (4.90%) Unix
6 15 (4.32%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.46%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.15%) VMS
11 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.58%) Android
12 2 (0.58%) CentOS
13 1 (0.29%) AIX
13 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.29%) Solaris
13 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (48.99%) ITIL
2 117 (33.72%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (33.43%) Incident Management
4 98 (28.24%) Service Management
5 82 (23.63%) Change Management
6 58 (16.71%) Agile
7 50 (14.41%) ITSM
8 49 (14.12%) Mentoring
9 45 (12.97%) Root Cause Analysis
10 39 (11.24%) Service Delivery
11 34 (9.80%) Data Analysis
12 32 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (9.22%) Customer Service
12 32 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (9.22%) Statistics
13 29 (8.36%) Decision-Making
13 29 (8.36%) Project Management
13 29 (8.36%) Quality Management
14 25 (7.20%) Capacity Management
14 25 (7.20%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.51%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.07%) Python
3 24 (6.92%) SQL
4 20 (5.76%) JCL
5 16 (4.61%) REXX
6 9 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.31%) Swift
8 4 (1.15%) Java
9 3 (0.86%) C#
9 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) Perl
10 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 96 (27.67%) Security Cleared
2 73 (21.04%) SC Cleared
3 42 (12.10%) Degree
4 27 (7.78%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (4.03%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (3.75%) MCP
8 12 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.31%) CCNP
10 8 (2.31%) SAP Certification
11 6 (1.73%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.44%) CCNA
12 5 (1.44%) MCSE
12 5 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.44%) PMP
13 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.58%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.37%) SLA
2 6 (1.73%) QA
3 4 (1.15%) GDPR
4 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.86%) IASME
4 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.76%) Time Sharing Option
3 19 (5.48%) NFS
4 7 (2.02%) Firmware
4 7 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.86%) Docker
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.58%) vSphere
8 2 (0.58%) XenApp
9 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (6.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 19 (5.48%) Ansible
3 13 (3.75%) SCCM
4 8 (2.31%) Control-M
5 5 (1.44%) SysTrack
6 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.86%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.86%) Terraform
8 2 (0.58%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.58%) Nagios
8 2 (0.58%) WSUS
8 2 (0.58%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
9 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.41%) ServiceNow
3 31 (8.93%) Dell
4 25 (7.20%) IBM
5 24 (6.92%) Broadcom
6 23 (6.63%) Citrix
6 23 (6.63%) SAP
7 19 (5.48%) Brocade
7 19 (5.48%) CA
8 17 (4.90%) Cisco
9 11 (3.17%) Remedy
10 10 (2.88%) HP
10 10 (2.88%) VMware
11 9 (2.59%) F5
12 8 (2.31%) Infoblox
12 8 (2.31%) Okta
13 7 (2.02%) Oracle
14 5 (1.44%) New Relic
14 5 (1.44%) OpenAI
15 4 (1.15%) Qualys