Problem Manager Contracts

Problem Manager
UK

The median Problem Manager daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 694 833
Rank change year-on-year +135 +139 -174
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Manager 32 22 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.036% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.038% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 21
10th Percentile £425 £350 £240
25th Percentile £493 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -7.91%
75th Percentile £530 £570 £525
90th Percentile - £638 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £388 £495
% change year-on-year +27.23% -21.72% +85.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £30.96
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £30.96

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,563 57,633 85,848
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.56% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,521 40,186 60,274
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,603 1,618 2,130
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.25 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £44.06 £22.94
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% +92.04% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.43 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £42.08 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.28% +115.78% +2.63%

Problem Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Manager in the UK

Problem Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Manager.

Daily rate trend for Problem Manager in the UK

Problem Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Manager over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Manager in the UK

Problem Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Manager in the UK

Problem Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 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
England +149 30 £493 +3.79% 8
UK excluding London +67 27 £493 +27.23% 8
South West +42 12 £503 +25.63% 1
Work from Home +118 9 £500 -1.96% 3
North West - 8 £493 - 2
North of England - 8 £493 - 5
London +114 5 £500 +5.26%
South East +21 5 £525 -7.89%
Scotland - 2 £513 -

Problem Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 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 featuring Problem Manager in the job title.

1 26 (81.25%) ITIL
1 26 (81.25%) Problem Management
2 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (59.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 16 (50.00%) Incident Management
5 14 (43.75%) SC Cleared
5 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
6 13 (40.63%) Service Management
7 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (21.88%) Statistics
8 7 (21.88%) Quality Management
8 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
8 7 (21.88%) Virtual Team Management
8 7 (21.88%) Virtual Team
8 7 (21.88%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (18.75%) Configuration Management
9 6 (18.75%) ITSM
9 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
9 6 (18.75%) Agile
10 5 (15.63%) Change Management
10 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
10 5 (15.63%) Proactive Management
10 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (15.63%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
11 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
11 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
11 4 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making

Problem Manager Skill Set
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 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Military
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) ITIL
1 26 (81.25%) Problem Management
2 19 (59.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 16 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 13 (40.63%) Service Management
5 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
6 7 (21.88%) Proactive Monitoring
6 7 (21.88%) Quality Management
6 7 (21.88%) Statistics
6 7 (21.88%) Virtual Team Management
7 6 (18.75%) Agile
7 6 (18.75%) Configuration Management
7 6 (18.75%) ITSM
8 5 (15.63%) Change Management
8 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (15.63%) Proactive Management
8 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 4 (12.50%) Due Diligence
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) BT
2 2 (6.25%) Remedy
3 1 (3.13%) Fujitsu