Problem Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Problem Management
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 116 116
Rank change year-on-year +17 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 38 32 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.44% 1.13% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.23% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 31
10th Percentile £292 £349 £388
25th Percentile £300 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £440
Median % change year-on-year +8.32% -5.58% +3.53%
75th Percentile £475 £508 £460
90th Percentile £515 £531 £543
South East median daily rate £450 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £33.45 -
25th Percentile - £49.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +297.37% -9.74%
75th Percentile - £78.56 £21.01
90th Percentile - £80.25 £21.05
South East median hourly rate £51.75 £75.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.46% +259.52% -0.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,300 2,605 3,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 91.66% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,293 1,807 2,067
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.76% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 82
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.69% -17.05%
75th Percentile £63.72 £66.21 £24.69
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.49
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -17.31%

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

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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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
Buckinghamshire +25 19 £450 +8.32% 6
Berkshire +2 19 £350 -32.69% 9
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) NetWeaver
3 3 (7.89%) Appian
3 3 (7.89%) Confluence
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) DHCP
1 7 (18.42%) DNS
2 3 (7.89%) SAN
3 2 (5.26%) VPN
4 1 (2.63%) Firewall
4 1 (2.63%) HTTP
4 1 (2.63%) Internet
4 1 (2.63%) RNC
4 1 (2.63%) SGSN
4 1 (2.63%) Skype
4 1 (2.63%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) SAP BW
1 4 (10.53%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.63%) GIS
2 1 (2.63%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
1 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Analyst
1 6 (15.79%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Server Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Administrator
3 4 (10.53%) Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Problem Manager
3 4 (10.53%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Backup Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.26%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.63%) Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) SAP Basis
1 4 (10.53%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.63%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) PKI
2 5 (13.16%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Linux
3 5 (13.16%) Unix
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) ITIL
2 14 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (34.21%) Incident Management
4 10 (26.32%) Agile
4 10 (26.32%) Change Management
5 7 (18.42%) Data Analysis
5 7 (18.42%) Release Management
6 5 (13.16%) Break/Fix
6 5 (13.16%) Customer Experience
6 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (13.16%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.53%) Due Diligence
7 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
7 4 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (10.53%) Proactive Management
7 4 (10.53%) SAP Security
8 3 (7.89%) BPMN
8 3 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (7.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) Shell Script
2 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) Java
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (10.53%) SAP Certification
6 1 (2.63%) APMP
6 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.63%) ISEB
6 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.26%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.63%) Docker
3 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) NetBackup
1 3 (7.89%) SCCM
2 2 (5.26%) Ansible
3 1 (2.63%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (2.63%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.63%) Puppet
3 1 (2.63%) SCOM
3 1 (2.63%) Terraform
3 1 (2.63%) vRealize
3 1 (2.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
1 11 (28.95%) ServiceNow
2 10 (26.32%) HP
3 6 (15.79%) Dell
4 4 (10.53%) BT
4 4 (10.53%) SAP
5 3 (7.89%) 3PAR
5 3 (7.89%) NetApp
5 3 (7.89%) Nimble Storage
5 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
5 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
5 3 (7.89%) Veritas
6 2 (5.26%) McAfee
6 2 (5.26%) MobileIron
6 2 (5.26%) VMware
7 1 (2.63%) Citrix
7 1 (2.63%) EMC
7 1 (2.63%) Ericsson
7 1 (2.63%) Mapinfo
7 1 (2.63%) Nokia