Problem Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Problem Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Problem Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £493 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 454 511
Rank change year-on-year +87 +57 -97
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Manager 28 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.045% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.048% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 7
10th Percentile £424 £232 £328
25th Percentile £468 £353 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £388 £495
Median % change year-on-year +27.23% -21.72% +85.39%
75th Percentile £530 £570 £524
90th Percentile - £573 £550
UK median daily rate £497 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +4.53% -4.04% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.96
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - £30.96

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,271 22,924 30,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,866 16,072 21,068
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,189 1,202 1,498
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Problem Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Manager in the UK excluding London

Problem Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Manager in the UK excluding London

Problem Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Manager in the UK excluding London

Problem Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Manager in the UK excluding London

Problem Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South West +36 12 £503 +25.63% 1
North West - 9 £493 - 3
North of England - 9 £493 - 9
South East +13 5 £525 -7.89% 1
Scotland - 2 £513 -
Problem Manager
UK

Problem Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Problem Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 22 (78.57%) Problem Management
2 21 (75.00%) ITIL
3 19 (67.86%) Security Cleared
4 16 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
5 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
6 12 (42.86%) Incident Management
6 12 (42.86%) Service Management
7 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 8 (28.57%) Virtual Team Management
8 8 (28.57%) Virtual Team
8 8 (28.57%) Statistics
8 8 (28.57%) Quality Management
9 7 (25.00%) Agile
9 7 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
11 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
12 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
12 4 (14.29%) Change Management
12 4 (14.29%) ITSM
12 4 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
12 4 (14.29%) BT
12 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
12 4 (14.29%) Proactive Management
12 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (14.29%) Due Diligence
12 4 (14.29%) Public Sector

Problem Manager 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 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Military
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) Problem Management
2 21 (75.00%) ITIL
3 16 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (42.86%) Incident Management
4 12 (42.86%) Service Management
5 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 8 (28.57%) Quality Management
6 8 (28.57%) Statistics
6 8 (28.57%) Virtual Team Management
7 7 (25.00%) Agile
7 7 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
9 4 (14.29%) Change Management
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 4 (14.29%) Due Diligence
9 4 (14.29%) ITSM
9 4 (14.29%) Proactive Management
9 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) BT
2 2 (7.14%) Remedy
3 1 (3.57%) Fujitsu