Fault Management Contracts

Fault Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Fault Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fault Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 546 633
Rank change year-on-year +31 +87 +213
Contract jobs citing Fault Management 31 28 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.070% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.082% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 19
10th Percentile £309 £351 £325
25th Percentile £403 £381 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% -0.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £544
90th Percentile - £710 £552
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -13.79% -1.40% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fault 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,730 34,042 48,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.44% 85.45% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,649 21,882 33,358
10th Percentile £300 £308 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.12% -0.44%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,624 1,979 1,602
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.74 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.68 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £40.33 £40.33
% change year-on-year -42.96% - +85.15%

Fault Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fault Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fault Management in the UK

Fault Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fault Management.

Daily rate trend for Fault Management in the UK

Fault Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fault Management over the 6 months to 30 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fault Management in the UK

Fault Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fault Management.

Hourly rate trend for Fault Management in the UK

Fault Management
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fault Management within the UK over the 6 months to 30 July 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
England +32 29 £425 -15.00% 14
UK excluding London +23 25 £425 -13.79% 12
South East +38 15 £450 -14.29% 4
South West - 6 £425 - 1
London +17 5 £210 -61.82% 3
Work from Home +18 4 £425 -12.82% 3
East of England - 3 - - 1
Wales - 1 - -

Fault Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.45%) Camunda
1 2 (6.45%) IIS
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) LTE
1 14 (45.16%) MPLS
2 11 (35.48%) ATM
2 11 (35.48%) Ethernet
2 11 (35.48%) Frame Relay
2 11 (35.48%) GPRS
2 11 (35.48%) GSM
2 11 (35.48%) LAN
2 11 (35.48%) SAN
2 11 (35.48%) SDH
2 11 (35.48%) UMTS
2 11 (35.48%) VPN
2 11 (35.48%) WAN
2 11 (35.48%) Wireshark
3 9 (29.03%) 5G
4 3 (9.68%) 4G
4 3 (9.68%) GPON
4 3 (9.68%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (9.68%) VoIP
4 3 (9.68%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (67.74%) Telecoms
2 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Banking
3 7 (22.58%) Finance
4 6 (19.35%) Billing
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) IP Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Test Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Data Centre Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) OSS Project Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Project Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 5 (16.13%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Architect
5 3 (9.68%) OSS Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Data Centre Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Data Manager
6 2 (6.45%) IP Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Monitoring Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.23%) OSS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (29.03%) Cloud Native
2 9 (29.03%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.68%) TM Forum
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) Linux
1 11 (35.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Project Management
2 19 (61.29%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (38.71%) Risk Management
4 11 (35.48%) Regression Testing
4 11 (35.48%) Test Strategy
5 8 (25.81%) Agile
6 7 (22.58%) Capacity Management
6 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (19.35%) Budget Management
7 6 (19.35%) Budgeting
7 6 (19.35%) Change Management
7 6 (19.35%) CRM
7 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
7 6 (19.35%) Network Management
7 6 (19.35%) Preventative Maintenance
7 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2
7 6 (19.35%) Problem Management
7 6 (19.35%) Scrum
7 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) Java
2 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) CCNP
1 11 (35.48%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (35.48%) ISEB
1 11 (35.48%) ISTQB
1 11 (35.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 6 (19.35%) PMI Certification
2 6 (19.35%) PMP
3 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) PCI DSS
2 6 (19.35%) NIST
3 2 (6.45%) OASIS TOSCA
3 2 (6.45%) SLA
4 1 (3.23%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Amdocs OSS
2 3 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.45%) Ansible
3 2 (6.45%) WMI
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 11 (35.48%) Cisco
2 11 (35.48%) Juniper
3 8 (25.81%) Amdocs
3 8 (25.81%) Ericsson
3 8 (25.81%) NetCracker
3 8 (25.81%) Nokia
4 6 (19.35%) Ciena
5 2 (6.45%) Huawei
6 1 (3.23%) Citrix
6 1 (3.23%) Spotify