Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Problem Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.27% 1.02% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 - -
North West median daily rate £401 £375 £493
% change year-on-year +6.93% -23.94% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £47.12 -
North West median hourly rate - £47.12 £26.50
% change year-on-year - +77.81% -64.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 290 176 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.23% 89.34% 71.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 87 58
10th Percentile £233 £363 £216
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.41%
75th Percentile £640 £588 £631
90th Percentile £688 £662 £743
North West median daily rate £500 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +10.25% -9.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 22 40
10th Percentile £18.82 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £31.68
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +39.17% -31.40%
75th Percentile £71.50 £63.40 £43.10
90th Percentile £71.91 £71.32 £46.66
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -22.86% +14.20%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
Preston -10 1 £676 -
Problem Management
North West

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow