Problem Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Problem Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 108 115
Rank change year-on-year +24 +7 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 18 37 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 1.38% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.58% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 22
10th Percentile £137 £290 £257
25th Percentile £312 £300 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year - +8.32% +0.11%
75th Percentile £491 £475 £509
90th Percentile £500 £519 £542
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £520
% change year-on-year - -13.46% +16.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £21.60
25th Percentile £23.50 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -63.08% +31.98% +134.52%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £77.16
90th Percentile - - £79.68
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £51.75 £49.25
% change year-on-year -53.62% +5.08% +134.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the Thames Valley

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +23 11 £450 +28.57% 6
Buckinghamshire +5 7 £274 -40.07% 7
Problem Management
South East

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
2 3 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) Wireless
4 1 (5.56%) PuTTY
4 1 (5.56%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) DTS
2 1 (5.56%) MariaDB
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.56%) Maven
1 1 (5.56%) Toad
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Telecoms Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Major Incident Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Database Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) DBA
5 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Desktop Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) Ajax
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) REST
1 4 (22.22%) SOAP
1 4 (22.22%) Web Services
1 4 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) CMDB
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Replication
3 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Unix
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) ITIL
2 10 (55.56%) ITSM
3 9 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 7 (38.89%) Configuration Management
5 5 (27.78%) Change Management
5 5 (27.78%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (27.78%) Service Management
6 4 (22.22%) Agile
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Migration
7 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Break/Fix
8 2 (11.11%) Operational Stability
8 2 (11.11%) Operations Management
8 2 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) COBIT
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (16.67%) BMC
2 3 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (5.56%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.56%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.56%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) McAfee
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Snow
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk