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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 79 85
Rank change year-on-year -38 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 40 17 27
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.42% 1.29% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.43% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 7 10
10th Percentile £264 £202 £390
25th Percentile £306 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £524 £463
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% +13.30% -14.35%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £488
90th Percentile £632 £553 £604
England median daily rate £484 £453 £475
% change year-on-year +6.73% -4.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% -
75th Percentile - £33.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £50.87 £14.16
% change year-on-year -60.69% +259.27% -27.38%

All Process & 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 2,389 1,189 1,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.57% 90.21% 84.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 781 1,080
10th Percentile £305 £200 £274
25th Percentile £402 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £700 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 52 122
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.29 £11.43
25th Percentile £16.18 £14.70 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.01 £18.13 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.40% -21.17% +29.80%
75th Percentile £28.13 £24.19 £41.44
90th Percentile £57.10 £34.88 £58.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

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 13 March 2026.

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 13 March 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
Shropshire -37 18 £578 +10.31%
Warwickshire -6 13 £306 -44.32% 1
Birmingham -28 6 £304 -42.14% 5
Worcestershire - 2 £369 -
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 9 (22.50%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
3 7 (17.50%) Datadog
3 7 (17.50%) GCP
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.00%) Matillion
5 2 (5.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) Broadband
2 2 (5.00%) DHCP
2 2 (5.00%) DNS
2 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.00%) VPN
2 2 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (25.00%) Metadata
2 10 (25.00%) Metadata Repository
3 6 (15.00%) Oracle Database
4 3 (7.50%) Power BI
4 3 (7.50%) SAP HANA
5 2 (5.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Architect
2 10 (25.00%) Data Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) SAS Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) IT Support
5 2 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) Middleware
2 3 (7.50%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Cloud Native
1 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (15.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.50%) Replication
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
1 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Change Management
1 15 (37.50%) ITIL
1 15 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (27.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (27.50%) Data Modelling
4 10 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 10 (25.00%) Data Design
5 9 (22.50%) Data Governance
5 9 (22.50%) Impact Analysis
5 9 (22.50%) Metadata Management
5 9 (22.50%) Reverse Engineering
5 9 (22.50%) Service Delivery
6 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (17.50%) Agile
7 7 (17.50%) CI/CD
7 7 (17.50%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) Bash
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
1 7 (17.50%) Python
2 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (72.50%) Security Cleared
2 28 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) CCNP
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.00%) MCDST
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (2.50%) CCNA
4 1 (2.50%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Docker
2 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Grafana
1 7 (17.50%) Kubernetes
1 7 (17.50%) Prometheus
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) AppDynamics
1 7 (17.50%) Dynatrace
1 7 (17.50%) Remedy
1 7 (17.50%) Splunk
2 6 (15.00%) Oracle
3 5 (12.50%) SAP
4 4 (10.00%) BMC
5 3 (7.50%) Denodo
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.50%) Talend
6 2 (5.00%) iManage
6 2 (5.00%) Informatica
6 2 (5.00%) Mitel
6 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow