Problem Manager Contracts

Problem Manager
UK

The median Problem Manager daily rate in the UK is £493 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 673 815
Rank change year-on-year +127 +142 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Manager 39 20 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.034% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.036% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 19 23
10th Percentile £421 £327 £242
25th Percentile £439 £364 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -4.04% -7.91%
75th Percentile £514 £570 £531
90th Percentile £530 £608 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £400 £495
% change year-on-year +23.25% -19.19% +212.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.96
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 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

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 7 May 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 10 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 7 May 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 +121 38 £493 +3.79% 11
UK excluding London +93 33 £493 +23.25% 11
North of England - 15 £493 - 3
North West - 14 £493 - 1
Work from Home +131 12 £493 -13.51% 5
South West +27 12 £503 +25.63% 1
London +84 6 £475 -0.52%
South East +19 5 £525 -7.89% 5
Scotland - 1 £513 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 34 (87.18%) Problem Management
2 31 (79.49%) ITIL
3 26 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 25 (64.10%) Security Cleared
5 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
6 19 (48.72%) SC Cleared
7 18 (46.15%) Service Management
7 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (41.03%) Incident Management
9 14 (35.90%) Mentoring
10 13 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
10 13 (33.33%) Virtual Team
10 13 (33.33%) Statistics
10 13 (33.33%) Quality Management
11 11 (28.21%) Proactive Monitoring
12 7 (17.95%) Agile
13 6 (15.38%) DV Cleared
13 6 (15.38%) Change Management
13 6 (15.38%) ITSM
13 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
13 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
14 5 (12.82%) Proactive Management
14 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
14 5 (12.82%) Finance
14 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
15 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis
15 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
15 4 (10.26%) BT

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 (2.56%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Military
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (87.18%) Problem Management
2 31 (79.49%) ITIL
3 26 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (46.15%) Service Management
5 16 (41.03%) Incident Management
6 14 (35.90%) Mentoring
7 13 (33.33%) Quality Management
7 13 (33.33%) Statistics
7 13 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
8 11 (28.21%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (17.95%) Agile
10 6 (15.38%) Change Management
10 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
10 6 (15.38%) ITSM
11 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (12.82%) Proactive Management
11 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
12 4 (10.26%) Due Diligence
12 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 25 (64.10%) Security Cleared
2 19 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.56%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) BT
2 2 (5.13%) Remedy
3 1 (2.56%) Fujitsu
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft