Problem Management Contracts in the South West

Problem Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Problem Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 143 145
Rank change year-on-year +32 +2 -21
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 41 31 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.29% 0.85% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.94% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 19
10th Percentile £425 £370 £241
25th Percentile £441 - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £400 £388
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +3.23% -6.06%
75th Percentile £628 £572 £513
90th Percentile £638 £648 £555
England median daily rate £465 £525 £487
% change year-on-year -11.43% +7.80% +20.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
% change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Problem Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 3,282 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.87% 89.53% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,410 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £311 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 344 193
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.97
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire +19 21 £520 -16.80% 8
Somerset +11 9 - -
Bristol +17 6 £600 +71.43% 5
Gloucestershire -1 4 £425 +6.25%
Dorset +4 1 £625 +25.00% 1
Problem Management
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (9.76%) OneDrive
2 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (14.63%) Metadata
1 6 (14.63%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 14 (34.15%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.32%) Electronics
5 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) IT Support
1 9 (21.95%) IT Support Specialist
1 9 (21.95%) Support Specialist
2 8 (19.51%) Problem Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Data Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Incident Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Availability Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Incident and Problem Manager
6 4 (9.76%) Administrator
6 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Lead
7 3 (7.32%) Product Manager
8 1 (2.44%) DevOps Administrator
8 1 (2.44%) ITIL Incident Manager
8 1 (2.44%) Junior DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Junior DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (51.22%) ITIL
2 19 (46.34%) Incident Management
3 15 (36.59%) Data Analysis
3 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (26.83%) Knowledge Management
5 10 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (24.39%) User Experience
6 9 (21.95%) Agile
6 9 (21.95%) Analytics
6 9 (21.95%) Data Protection
7 7 (17.07%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (14.63%) Data Architecture
8 6 (14.63%) Data Design
8 6 (14.63%) Data Governance
8 6 (14.63%) Data Management
8 6 (14.63%) Data Migration
8 6 (14.63%) Metadata Management
8 6 (14.63%) Reverse Engineering
8 6 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) DV Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) HNC
4 2 (4.88%) HND
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Remedy
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Fujitsu