Problem Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Problem Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Problem Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £340, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 392 437
Rank change year-on-year +59 +45 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Analyst 3 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.005% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.005% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £320 - £205
25th Percentile £328 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £470
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.29%
75th Percentile £343 - £473
90th Percentile £344 - -
UK median daily rate £340 - £400

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,786 18,942 22,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.49% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 11,550 15,489
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,258 1,140
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.72 £17.86
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +115.78%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%

Problem Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Problem Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Analyst in the UK excluding London

Problem Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Problem Analyst in the UK excluding London

Problem Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Analyst in the UK excluding London

Problem Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Yorkshire - 3 £340 - 1
North of England - 3 £340 - 2
Problem Analyst
UK

Problem Analyst Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Problem Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Problem Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management

Problem Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow