Problem Management Contract Job Trends

Problem Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 241 242
Rank change year-on-year -92 +1 +18
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 324 313 402
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.07% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.18% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 192 234
10th Percentile £269 £305 £300
25th Percentile £401 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.22% -7.01%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £500
90th Percentile £671 £601 £599
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 40
10th Percentile - £16.84 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.31 £14.16
Median hourly rate £27.58 £24.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% +6.67% +64.71%
75th Percentile £58.58 £45.25 £25.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £47.50 £28.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.32 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +147.16% +6.67% +64.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41,434 26,510 36,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.66% 90.99% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,895 16,942 23,625
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,481 1,120 2,526
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.71
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the UK

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in the UK

Problem Management
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2026. 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 -73 294 £475 +5.56% 97
UK excluding London -84 190 £463 +2.78% 83
London -40 112 £500 - 30
Work from Home -31 99 £496 +15.35% 45
North of England -81 59 £465 +23.18% 22
Midlands -20 58 £463 +2.10% 15
West Midlands -23 57 £463 +2.10% 11
Yorkshire -46 38 £500 +33.33% 9
South West -26 30 £463 -5.13% 6
South East -48 30 £398 -16.32% 19
North West -66 20 £401 +3.42% 11
Scotland -18 17 £513 +13.89% 3
East of England -48 4 £400 -12.71% 10
Wales -12 3 £750 +106.90% 7
North East -26 1 £400 -4.99% 2
East Midlands - 1 £163 - 4

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.63%) Confluence
3 11 (3.40%) SAS
4 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.23%) Apache
5 4 (1.23%) IIS
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.31%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (4.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.31%) iTrent
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Primavera
5 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.31%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 69 (21.30%) Azure
2 47 (14.51%) Entra ID
3 44 (13.58%) AWS
4 36 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (8.33%) GitHub
6 21 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.94%) GCP
9 15 (4.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (4.63%) OneDrive
10 14 (4.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (3.70%) Power Platform
11 12 (3.70%) Serverless
12 11 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.09%) Amazon S3
13 10 (3.09%) AWS CodePipeline
13 10 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.57%) Firewall
2 25 (7.72%) DNS
3 16 (4.94%) DHCP
3 16 (4.94%) VPN
4 12 (3.70%) LAN
4 12 (3.70%) WAN
5 11 (3.40%) Network Security
5 11 (3.40%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.09%) SAN
7 9 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.47%) MPLS
8 8 (2.47%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.16%) Wireless
10 6 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (1.85%) VLAN
11 3 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.93%) Internet
11 3 (0.93%) NAS
11 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.93%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.70%) Power BI
2 10 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.47%) Metadata
4 8 (2.47%) Oracle Database
5 7 (2.16%) MySQL
6 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.85%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.54%) Metadata Repository
7 5 (1.54%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.93%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.93%) Tableau
10 2 (0.62%) KDB
10 2 (0.62%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 59 (18.21%) JIRA
2 19 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.94%) Git
3 16 (4.94%) GitLab
4 11 (3.40%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.23%) Jaeger
5 4 (1.23%) Maven
6 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.31%) Introscope
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
General
1 123 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 79 (24.38%) Finance
3 44 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.65%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.95%) Banking
6 19 (5.86%) Legal
7 17 (5.25%) Law
8 12 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.78%) Retail
10 6 (1.85%) Military
10 6 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.23%) Police
13 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.93%) Front Office
13 3 (0.93%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Local Government
14 2 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (11.42%) Service Manager
2 29 (8.95%) Analyst
3 27 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 26 (8.02%) Architect
5 23 (7.10%) Senior
6 19 (5.86%) IT Support
6 19 (5.86%) Lead
7 16 (4.94%) Administrator
7 16 (4.94%) Incident Manager
8 15 (4.63%) Consultant
9 14 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.32%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (4.01%) Network Engineer
11 12 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (3.70%) Developer
12 11 (3.40%) Scrum Master
13 9 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.47%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (2.47%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.32%) Microsoft Graph
1 14 (4.32%) Middleware
2 8 (2.47%) AWS CDK
2 8 (2.47%) REST
3 7 (2.16%) .NET
3 7 (2.16%) Spring
4 5 (1.54%) SAP Basis
5 4 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.23%) Bootstrap
5 4 (1.23%) CSS
5 4 (1.23%) J2EE
5 4 (1.23%) jQuery
5 4 (1.23%) Loki
5 4 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.23%) Sass
5 4 (1.23%) Software Packaging
5 4 (1.23%) Spring MVC
5 4 (1.23%) Web Services
6 3 (0.93%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.86%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.25%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.63%) CMDB
5 13 (4.01%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.40%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.16%) Clustering
9 7 (2.16%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.85%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.85%) PKI
10 6 (1.85%) Replication
11 4 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 66 (20.37%) Windows
2 60 (18.52%) Linux
3 22 (6.79%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.48%) Unix
5 13 (4.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.09%) zOS
7 9 (2.78%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.54%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.23%) Android
9 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.62%) Debian
11 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.31%) AIX
12 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (46.60%) ITIL
2 93 (28.70%) Change Management
3 84 (25.93%) Service Management
4 83 (25.62%) ITSM
5 81 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (24.38%) Root Cause Analysis
7 68 (20.99%) Incident Management
8 66 (20.37%) Agile
9 65 (20.06%) DevOps
10 60 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 54 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (16.05%) CI/CD
12 52 (16.05%) Service Delivery
13 39 (12.04%) Observability
14 37 (11.42%) Decision-Making
15 34 (10.49%) Incident Response
16 31 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
17 28 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 24 (7.41%) Scrum
19 22 (6.79%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.27%) PowerShell
2 36 (11.11%) SQL
3 33 (10.19%) Python
4 26 (8.02%) Bash
5 19 (5.86%) Java
6 13 (4.01%) C#
7 8 (2.47%) PL/SQL
7 8 (2.47%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.16%) Go
8 7 (2.16%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.54%) JCL
10 2 (0.62%) Perl
10 2 (0.62%) PHP
10 2 (0.62%) REXX
10 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) Jython
11 1 (0.31%) Korn
11 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.31%) SOQL
11 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (39.20%) Security Cleared
2 102 (31.48%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.42%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.10%) Degree
5 10 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.09%) SAFe Agilist
6 8 (2.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.85%) CCNA
8 6 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.23%) CCNP
10 4 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.23%) MCSE
10 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.93%) PMP
11 3 (0.93%) RHCA
11 3 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.81%) SLA
2 13 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.78%) GDPR
4 8 (2.47%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.85%) GRC
6 6 (1.85%) NIST
7 4 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.31%) COBIT
9 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.31%) QA
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (14.51%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.64%) Docker
3 15 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.70%) NFS
5 8 (2.47%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.54%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.93%) Firmware
7 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.62%) XenApp
8 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 24 (7.41%) Terraform
2 22 (6.79%) Grafana
3 17 (5.25%) Ansible
4 15 (4.63%) Prometheus
5 14 (4.32%) SCCM
6 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.78%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.23%) Istio
9 4 (1.23%) Podman
10 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.93%) Rancher
10 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.62%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.62%) Avamar
11 2 (0.62%) CASB
11 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.62%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 66 (20.37%) ServiceNow
2 53 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.95%) Oracle
4 21 (6.48%) Cisco
5 20 (6.17%) Remedy
5 20 (6.17%) VMware
6 19 (5.86%) Splunk
7 15 (4.63%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.40%) Dell
8 11 (3.40%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.40%) SAP
9 10 (3.09%) AppDynamics
10 9 (2.78%) Broadcom
10 9 (2.78%) IBM
11 7 (2.16%) BMC
11 7 (2.16%) Brocade
11 7 (2.16%) Citrix
11 7 (2.16%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.16%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.16%) SolarWinds