Problem Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Problem Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 100 102
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -34
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 23 10 16
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.22% 0.54% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.64% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 8
10th Percentile £125 - £241
25th Percentile £139 £165 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £281 £348
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% -19.06% -35.65%
75th Percentile £466 £533 £413
90th Percentile £528 £645 £490
England median daily rate £468 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -5.07% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile - - £24.38
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £13.66
% change year-on-year -64.75% +315.41% -17.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,695 1,553 1,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.02% 83.14% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 978 1,158
10th Percentile £261 £227 £263
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £683 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 40 54
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.66 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.40 £15.44 £21.48
Median hourly rate £23.05 £23.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - -16.18% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.78 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the West Midlands

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Birmingham +1 8 £145 -14.71% 2
Shropshire -15 8 £462 -9.46% 2
Warwickshire +1 5 £475 -36.67%
Worcestershire - 2 £369 - 4
Coventry -8 1 £220 -16.19%
Solihull - 1 £220 -
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (8.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
3 3 (13.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) DHCP
1 9 (39.13%) DNS
2 8 (34.78%) VPN
3 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
4 5 (21.74%) Wireless
5 4 (17.39%) Firewall
6 3 (13.04%) Network Security
6 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
6 3 (13.04%) Wireshark
7 2 (8.70%) Broadband
7 2 (8.70%) Ethereal
8 1 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.70%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
2 2 (8.70%) Tableau
3 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.35%) Metadata
3 1 (4.35%) Metadata Repository
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Automotive
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
1 7 (30.43%) Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 5 (21.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) IT Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) IT Support
2 5 (21.74%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Leader
5 2 (8.70%) Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Report Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Data Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Network Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) .NET
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (21.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) ITIL
1 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 9 (39.13%) Service Delivery
3 7 (30.43%) Change Management
4 6 (26.09%) Incident Management
5 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) CRM
5 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
5 5 (21.74%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (21.74%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
6 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) Service Management
7 3 (13.04%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (13.04%) DevOps
7 3 (13.04%) OO
7 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
7 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (21.74%) CCNP
2 5 (21.74%) MCDST
2 5 (21.74%) MCP
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (17.39%) CCIE
3 4 (17.39%) Degree
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (8.70%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (4.35%) CCIE Security
6 1 (4.35%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) CCSE
6 1 (4.35%) CCSM
6 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (4.35%) Novell Certification
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) SCCM
2 2 (8.70%) Grafana
2 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.70%) OpenView
3 1 (4.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) iManage
2 5 (21.74%) Mitel
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco
3 4 (17.39%) F5
4 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.35%) Dell
5 1 (4.35%) HP
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.35%) Remedy
5 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.35%) Zscaler