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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 296 267
Rank change year-on-year +20 -29 +116
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 111 153 202
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.87% 0.88% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.98% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 90 99 147
10th Percentile £39,675 £42,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £91,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% +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 11,845 15,682 17,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 92.54% 90.40% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7,442 9,243 14,424
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,500
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% - -0.50%

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 13 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 13 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 +40 29 £70,000 +21.74% 37
West London 0 4 £60,000 +118.18% 4
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 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.21%) Confluence
4 4 (3.60%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (3.60%) Shopify
2 2 (1.80%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.90%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.90%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 48 (43.24%) Azure
2 32 (28.83%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.71%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.91%) AWS
5 8 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (6.31%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (5.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (4.50%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.60%) Boomi
9 4 (3.60%) iPaaS
9 4 (3.60%) Workato
10 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.70%) SaaS
10 3 (2.70%) Slack
11 1 (0.90%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.90%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.22%) Firewall
2 15 (13.51%) WAN
3 14 (12.61%) Wireless
4 13 (11.71%) SD-WAN
5 12 (10.81%) LAN
5 12 (10.81%) VPN
6 8 (7.21%) Wireshark
7 5 (4.50%) Network Security
8 4 (3.60%) BGP
8 4 (3.60%) EIGRP
8 4 (3.60%) MPLS
8 4 (3.60%) OSPF
8 4 (3.60%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.70%) 802.11
9 3 (2.70%) DHCP
9 3 (2.70%) DNS
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 61 (54.95%) Social Skills
2 37 (33.33%) Finance
3 26 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (15.32%) Law
4 17 (15.32%) Legal
5 12 (10.81%) Banking
5 12 (10.81%) Front Office
6 9 (8.11%) Retail
7 8 (7.21%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.60%) Back Office
8 4 (3.60%) Games
9 2 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (41.44%) Analyst
2 22 (19.82%) Support Analyst
3 17 (15.32%) Senior
4 14 (12.61%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (10.81%) Applications Support
5 12 (10.81%) IT Support
6 11 (9.91%) Lead
7 10 (9.01%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (8.11%) Problem Manager
8 9 (8.11%) Service Analyst
8 9 (8.11%) Service Manager
8 9 (8.11%) Support Engineer
9 7 (6.31%) Cisco Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Incident Manager
9 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Senior Cisco Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (5.41%) Incident and Problem Manager
10 6 (5.41%) IT 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%) Distributed Architecture
3 6 (5.41%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.50%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.50%) EPoS
4 5 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.60%) CMDB
5 4 (3.60%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.70%) Equities
6 3 (2.70%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.70%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.80%) Derivative
7 2 (1.80%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.90%) TWAP
Operating Systems
1 33 (29.73%) Windows
2 18 (16.22%) Linux
2 18 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 16 (14.41%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (5.41%) Unix
6 3 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.80%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.80%) Solaris
7 2 (1.80%) VMS
8 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (57.66%) ITIL
2 52 (46.85%) Change Management
3 41 (36.94%) Service Management
4 38 (34.23%) Incident Management
5 34 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (24.32%) Root Cause Analysis
8 25 (22.52%) Customer Service
9 23 (20.72%) Agile
10 22 (19.82%) ITSM
11 19 (17.12%) Service Delivery
12 15 (13.51%) Coaching
12 15 (13.51%) DevOps
13 14 (12.61%) Mentoring
14 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
16 11 (9.91%) Asset Management
16 11 (9.91%) Capacity Planning
16 11 (9.91%) Incident Response
17 10 (9.01%) Performance Monitoring
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 12 (10.81%) Degree
2 8 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.41%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.41%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.70%) 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 14 (12.61%) QA
2 13 (11.71%) SLA
3 7 (6.31%) GDPR
4 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.80%) COBIT
6 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.50%) Docker
4 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.90%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (17.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.21%) Grafana
3 6 (5.41%) Prometheus
4 4 (3.60%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.70%) SCCM
6 2 (1.80%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (1.80%) Nagios
7 1 (0.90%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.90%) CASB
7 1 (0.90%) QRadar
7 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (36.94%) Microsoft
2 25 (22.52%) Cisco
3 21 (18.92%) Meraki
4 18 (16.22%) SolarWinds
5 14 (12.61%) ServiceNow
6 12 (10.81%) Palo Alto
6 12 (10.81%) VMware
7 9 (8.11%) Oracle
8 8 (7.21%) CheckPoint
9 7 (6.31%) HP
10 5 (4.50%) Apple
11 4 (3.60%) BMC
11 4 (3.60%) Citrix
11 4 (3.60%) Dell
11 4 (3.60%) Epicor
11 4 (3.60%) IBM
11 4 (3.60%) Informatica
11 4 (3.60%) SAP
11 4 (3.60%) Software AG
11 4 (3.60%) TIBCO