Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Problem Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 3.17% - 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% - 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £381 - -
90th Percentile £393 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.01% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.96 - -
25th Percentile £17.79 - -
Median hourly rate £21.55 - -
75th Percentile £27.29 - -
90th Percentile £29.31 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £57.62 £13.66
% change year-on-year -65.29% +321.80% -19.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 227 148 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.08% 77.89% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 65 76
10th Percentile £263 £146 £200
25th Percentile £325 £167 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £527
90th Percentile £634 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 17 9
10th Percentile £12.94 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile - £43.00 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -30.14% -17.88% +25.26%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
County Antrim - 6 £350 - 3
County Londonderry - 2 - -
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Technology Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Backup Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) ICT Support
3 2 (25.00%) ICT Support Technician
3 2 (25.00%) ICT Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Storage Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Storage and Backup Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Storage Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (62.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (62.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (62.50%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Brocade
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Dell
1 5 (62.50%) EMC
1 5 (62.50%) Isilon
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
1 5 (62.50%) VMware