Problem Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Problem Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 67 86
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 2 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.21% 0.41% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.44% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £434 £500
25th Percentile - £437 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £441 £544
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -18.93% +4.62%
75th Percentile - £446 £595
90th Percentile - £448 £598
Berkshire median daily rate £338 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% +12.50% -21.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £59.78
% change year-on-year -63.36% -5.08% +21.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 856 684 1,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.25% 93.57% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 384 625
10th Percentile £310 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £613
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 4 37
10th Percentile £56.40 £27.08 £19.10
25th Percentile £80.50 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.58 £45.38 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +84.17% -26.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £67.50
90th Percentile £106.00 £72.56 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £82.50 £60.25 £58.65
% change year-on-year +36.94% +2.72% -9.32%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy