Problem Manager Contracts in England

Problem Manager
UK > England

The median Problem Manager daily rate in England is £493 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 654 759
Rank change year-on-year +151 +105 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Manager 38 19 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.038% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.040% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 16
10th Percentile £420 £316 £221
25th Percentile £439 £363 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £491
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -3.21% +36.89%
75th Percentile £508 £570 £528
90th Percentile £530 £611 £550
UK median daily rate £493 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +3.79% -4.04% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.96
UK median hourly rate - - £30.96

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Problem Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Problem Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England - 15 £493 - 4
North West - 14 £493 - 2
South West +28 12 £503 +25.63% 1
London +97 6 £475 -
South East +17 5 £525 -7.89% 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Problem Manager
UK

Problem Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Problem Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Problem Manager in the job title.

1 34 (89.47%) Problem Management
2 30 (78.95%) ITIL
3 26 (68.42%) Root Cause Analysis
4 25 (65.79%) Security Cleared
5 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
6 19 (50.00%) SC Cleared
7 18 (47.37%) Service Management
7 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (42.11%) Incident Management
9 14 (36.84%) Mentoring
10 13 (34.21%) Virtual Team Management
10 13 (34.21%) Virtual Team
10 13 (34.21%) Statistics
10 13 (34.21%) Quality Management
11 11 (28.95%) Proactive Monitoring
12 7 (18.42%) Agile
13 6 (15.79%) Configuration Management
13 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
13 6 (15.79%) Change Management
13 6 (15.79%) ITSM
13 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
14 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (13.16%) Proactive Management
14 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
15 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
15 4 (10.53%) Finance
15 4 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (10.53%) BT
15 4 (10.53%) Data Analysis

Problem Manager Skill Set
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 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Military
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (89.47%) Problem Management
2 30 (78.95%) ITIL
3 26 (68.42%) Root Cause Analysis
4 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (47.37%) Service Management
5 16 (42.11%) Incident Management
6 14 (36.84%) Mentoring
7 13 (34.21%) Quality Management
7 13 (34.21%) Statistics
7 13 (34.21%) Virtual Team Management
8 11 (28.95%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (18.42%) Agile
10 6 (15.79%) Change Management
10 6 (15.79%) Configuration Management
10 6 (15.79%) ITSM
11 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (13.16%) Proactive Management
11 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
12 4 (10.53%) Due Diligence
12 4 (10.53%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 25 (65.79%) Security Cleared
2 19 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) BT
2 2 (5.26%) Remedy
3 1 (2.63%) Fujitsu
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft