Problem Management Contracts in Manchester

Problem Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Problem Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 100
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +27
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 13 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.40% 1.19% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.36% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 11
10th Percentile £216 £313 £363
25th Percentile £250 £344 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £575 £519 £466
90th Percentile £800 £553 £513
North West median daily rate £363 £493 £425
% change year-on-year -26.42% +16.00% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
Median hourly rate - £26.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -59.23% +300.49%
North West median hourly rate £40.59 £26.66 £65.00
% change year-on-year +52.25% -58.98% +300.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in Manchester

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in Manchester

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in Manchester

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in Manchester

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Salford -1 3 £800 - 3
Bolton - 1 £150 - 3
Problem Management
North West

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) MPLS
1 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Support
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Service Continuity Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) CMDB
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Change Management
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
5 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (23.08%) ITSM
5 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Service Catalogue
5 3 (23.08%) Service Continuity Management
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Matrix Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO 22301
1 3 (23.08%) ISO 31000
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (7.69%) Nagios
1 1 (7.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
2 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.69%) Aruba
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto