Problem Management Contracts in the Midlands

Problem Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 109 120
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 -30
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 25 29 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.22% 1.04% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.28% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 17
10th Percentile £210 £278 £250
25th Percentile £275 £331 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.63% -4.04%
75th Percentile £524 £488 £600
90th Percentile £538 - £650
England median daily rate £450 £465 £525
% change year-on-year -3.22% -11.43% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile - £23.75 £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.05 £22.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +73.53% +64.71% -5.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands +17 25 £453 -2.05% 23
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (8.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
1 12 (48.00%) Power Platform
1 12 (48.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) Wireless
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (12.00%) DHCP
3 3 (12.00%) DNS
3 3 (12.00%) Network Security
3 3 (12.00%) VPN
4 2 (8.00%) Ethereal
4 2 (8.00%) NGFW
4 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (8.00%) Wireshark
5 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Back Office
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Automotive
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Lead
1 8 (32.00%) Technical Leader
2 4 (16.00%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 2 (8.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Report Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Software Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
1 2 (8.00%) Middleware
1 2 (8.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Agile
2 15 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (56.00%) Configuration Management
4 12 (48.00%) Data Modelling
4 12 (48.00%) DevOps
4 12 (48.00%) OO
4 12 (48.00%) Process Improvement
4 12 (48.00%) Test Strategy
5 8 (32.00%) ITIL
6 4 (16.00%) Change Management
6 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (16.00%) Service Management
7 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
8 2 (8.00%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (8.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) C#
2 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (12.00%) CCIE
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) CCNA
3 2 (8.00%) CCNP
3 2 (8.00%) CISA
3 2 (8.00%) CISM
3 2 (8.00%) CISSP
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) GIAC
3 2 (8.00%) ISACA
3 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.00%) SANS
3 2 (8.00%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 1 (4.00%) CCIE Security
4 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.00%) Grafana
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.00%) OpenView
2 1 (4.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) F5
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.00%) Tenable
4 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) Zscaler