Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Problem Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.49% 2.94% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 3.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £47.12 -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £47.12 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 166 63 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.77% 92.65% 83.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 43 18
10th Percentile £310 £341 £200
25th Percentile £453 £415 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.11% +28.77%
75th Percentile £601 £648 £611
90th Percentile £670 £680 £629
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +12.82% +2.63% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £34.35 £25.30
Median hourly rate £70.00 £44.53 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.20% +20.35% -19.88%
75th Percentile £80.00 £50.17 £51.88
90th Percentile - £62.56 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £40.53 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year -13.99% +16.85% -12.68%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
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%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
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