Problem Management Job Trends in London

Problem Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Problem Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 300 265
Rank change year-on-year +20 -35 +103
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 111 156 198
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.86% 0.88% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.97% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 87 101 147
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,251 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.31% +2.50% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Problem Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,839 16,117 17,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.70% 90.94% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,482 9,523 14,344
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.93%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in London

Problem Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in London over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in London

Problem Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the London region over the 6 months to 23 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +34 27 £65,000 +13.04% 10
West London +6 4 £60,000 +118.18% 3
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 16 (14.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.21%) Confluence
4 4 (3.60%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (12.61%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.60%) Shopify
3 2 (1.80%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.90%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.90%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 44 (39.64%) Azure
2 31 (27.93%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (12.61%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.91%) AWS
5 8 (7.21%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.31%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.50%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (3.60%) Boomi
8 4 (3.60%) iPaaS
8 4 (3.60%) Workato
9 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.70%) SaaS
9 3 (2.70%) Slack
10 1 (0.90%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.90%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.41%) Firewall
1 16 (14.41%) WAN
2 15 (13.51%) Wireless
3 14 (12.61%) SD-WAN
4 13 (11.71%) VPN
5 12 (10.81%) LAN
6 8 (7.21%) Wireshark
7 5 (4.50%) Network Security
7 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
8 4 (3.60%) BGP
8 4 (3.60%) DHCP
8 4 (3.60%) DNS
8 4 (3.60%) EIGRP
8 4 (3.60%) MPLS
8 4 (3.60%) OSPF
9 3 (2.70%) 802.11
9 3 (2.70%) IPsec
9 3 (2.70%) PBX
9 3 (2.70%) SSL
9 3 (2.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.11%) MySQL
3 4 (3.60%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.80%) Power BI
5 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (10.81%) JIRA
2 5 (4.50%) GitLab
General
1 65 (58.56%) Social Skills
2 37 (33.33%) Finance
3 27 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (17.12%) Law
5 17 (15.32%) Legal
6 13 (11.71%) Banking
7 12 (10.81%) Front Office
8 9 (8.11%) Retail
9 8 (7.21%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.60%) Back Office
10 4 (3.60%) Games
11 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.90%) Marketing
13 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (38.74%) Analyst
2 23 (20.72%) Support Analyst
3 16 (14.41%) Senior
4 13 (11.71%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (10.81%) Applications Support
5 12 (10.81%) IT Support
6 10 (9.01%) Applications Support Analyst
6 10 (9.01%) Lead
6 10 (9.01%) Problem Manager
6 10 (9.01%) Support Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Service Manager
8 7 (6.31%) Senior Support Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Service Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) Incident Manager
9 6 (5.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) IT Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Incident and Problem Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Senior IT Support
10 5 (4.50%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) REST
1 6 (5.41%) SOAP
2 5 (4.50%) Web Services
3 4 (3.60%) 802.1X
3 4 (3.60%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (3.60%) JSON
3 4 (3.60%) RESTful
3 4 (3.60%) XML
4 2 (1.80%) CSS
4 2 (1.80%) HTML
5 1 (0.90%) .NET
5 1 (0.90%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.90%) Middleware
5 1 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.90%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.12%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.01%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.41%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.50%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.50%) EPoS
4 5 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.60%) CMDB
5 4 (3.60%) Distributed Architecture
5 4 (3.60%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.70%) Equities
6 3 (2.70%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.70%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.70%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.80%) Derivative
7 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.80%) iPad
7 2 (1.80%) iPhone
7 2 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (28.83%) Windows
2 17 (15.32%) Linux
2 17 (15.32%) Windows 10
2 17 (15.32%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (5.41%) Unix
5 4 (3.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.80%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.80%) Solaris
6 2 (1.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.86%) ITIL
2 50 (45.05%) Change Management
3 39 (35.14%) Service Management
4 38 (34.23%) Incident Management
5 35 (31.53%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (28.83%) Root Cause Analysis
7 29 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (20.72%) Agile
8 23 (20.72%) Customer Service
8 23 (20.72%) ITSM
9 18 (16.22%) Service Delivery
10 14 (12.61%) Coaching
11 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (11.71%) DevOps
12 12 (10.81%) Incident Response
12 12 (10.81%) Mentoring
12 12 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
13 11 (9.91%) Asset Management
13 11 (9.91%) Capacity Planning
14 10 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.92%) SQL
2 12 (10.81%) Python
3 7 (6.31%) C#
4 6 (5.41%) Java
4 6 (5.41%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.60%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.90%) Perl
6 1 (0.90%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (9.01%) Degree
2 6 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (3.60%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.90%) CCNP
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.90%) PMP
6 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.22%) SLA
2 12 (10.81%) QA
3 7 (6.31%) GDPR
4 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.90%) COBIT
5 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (20.72%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.50%) Docker
4 4 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.70%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.90%) Xen
Systems Management
1 18 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.41%) Grafana
3 4 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.60%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.70%) SCCM
5 2 (1.80%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (1.80%) Nagios
6 1 (0.90%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (0.90%) CASB
6 1 (0.90%) QRadar
6 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (36.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (19.82%) Cisco
3 19 (17.12%) Meraki
4 16 (14.41%) ServiceNow
4 16 (14.41%) SolarWinds
5 13 (11.71%) VMware
6 12 (10.81%) Palo Alto
7 9 (8.11%) Oracle
8 8 (7.21%) CheckPoint
9 7 (6.31%) HP
10 6 (5.41%) BMC
10 6 (5.41%) Remedy
11 5 (4.50%) Apple
11 5 (4.50%) Logitech
11 5 (4.50%) Yealink
12 4 (3.60%) IFS
12 4 (3.60%) Jitterbit
12 4 (3.60%) MuleSoft
12 4 (3.60%) SnapLogic
12 4 (3.60%) Workday