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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 293 280
Rank change year-on-year +41 -13 +29
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 152 104 211
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.84% 0.81% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.84% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 121 86 166
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £40,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +17.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,188 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £87,500 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.63% +7.50% +4.17%

All Process & 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 15,295 12,359 20,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.40% 96.25% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,994 7,534 15,961
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,875 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 April 2026.

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 2 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +26 44 £59,000 -9.23% 7
West London - 3 £60,000 -
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 31 (20.39%) SharePoint
2 26 (17.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.63%) Anypoint
Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (9.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.63%) Shopify
3 2 (1.32%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 56 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (34.21%) Azure
3 29 (19.08%) Entra ID
4 25 (16.45%) OneDrive
5 12 (7.89%) SaaS
6 11 (7.24%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (5.92%) AWS
8 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 8 (5.26%) Serverless
9 7 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.61%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (4.61%) Azure Functions
9 7 (4.61%) Azure Storage
10 6 (3.95%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.63%) Boomi
11 4 (2.63%) iPaaS
11 4 (2.63%) Workato
12 3 (1.97%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.97%) Slack
13 2 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.47%) VPN
2 17 (11.18%) TCP/IP
3 14 (9.21%) DHCP
3 14 (9.21%) DNS
3 14 (9.21%) WAN
4 12 (7.89%) SD-WAN
5 11 (7.24%) Firewall
6 7 (4.61%) Wireless
7 5 (3.29%) ADSL
7 5 (3.29%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (3.29%) WAAS
7 5 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.97%) Network Security
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.32%) LAN
9 2 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.66%) SSL
10 1 (0.66%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (3.95%) Power BI
3 4 (2.63%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.97%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.66%) MySQL
5 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) JIRA
2 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (51.32%) Social Skills
2 56 (36.84%) Finance
3 32 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.84%) Law
5 16 (10.53%) Banking
6 13 (8.55%) Legal
7 9 (5.92%) Games
8 8 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.95%) Retail
10 5 (3.29%) Front Office
11 4 (2.63%) Back Office
12 3 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.97%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.97%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.66%) Billing
14 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (17.76%) Support Engineer
2 23 (15.13%) Analyst
3 21 (13.82%) Senior
4 16 (10.53%) Lead
4 16 (10.53%) Problem Manager
5 14 (9.21%) Applications Support
5 14 (9.21%) Service Manager
6 13 (8.55%) Incident Manager
7 12 (7.89%) IT Support
8 11 (7.24%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (7.24%) Service Delivery Manager
9 9 (5.92%) 1st Line Engineer
9 9 (5.92%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (5.92%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 9 (5.92%) IT Engineer
9 9 (5.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (5.92%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (5.92%) Support Analyst
10 8 (5.26%) Incident and Problem Analyst
10 8 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.61%) .NET
1 7 (4.61%) WPF
2 5 (3.29%) REST
3 4 (2.63%) JSON
3 4 (2.63%) RESTful
3 4 (2.63%) SOAP
3 4 (2.63%) Web Services
3 4 (2.63%) XML
4 2 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.66%) OAuth
5 1 (0.66%) OpenID
5 1 (0.66%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.24%) CMDB
4 9 (5.92%) Fat Client
4 9 (5.92%) Thin Client
4 9 (5.92%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.63%) iPad
5 4 (2.63%) iPhone
5 4 (2.63%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.97%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.97%) EPoS
6 3 (1.97%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.32%) Clustering
7 2 (1.32%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 60 (39.47%) Windows
2 34 (22.37%) Windows Server
3 30 (19.74%) Windows 10
4 12 (7.89%) Apple iOS
5 10 (6.58%) Linux
6 5 (3.29%) Android
6 5 (3.29%) Unix
7 3 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (67.76%) ITIL
2 70 (46.05%) Service Management
3 57 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 54 (35.53%) Service Delivery
5 53 (34.87%) Incident Management
6 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (30.92%) ITSM
8 45 (29.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (27.63%) Change Management
10 25 (16.45%) Proactive Management
11 23 (15.13%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (14.47%) Agile
12 22 (14.47%) Customer Service
13 20 (13.16%) AI
13 20 (13.16%) Runbook
14 19 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (11.84%) Analytics
15 18 (11.84%) DevOps
16 16 (10.53%) Cost Management
16 16 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.84%) PowerShell
1 18 (11.84%) SQL
2 15 (9.87%) Python
3 13 (8.55%) C#
4 9 (5.92%) Java
5 5 (3.29%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.97%) C++
7 3 (1.97%) Rust
8 2 (1.32%) Bash
9 1 (0.66%) Korn
9 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (21.05%) Degree
2 8 (5.26%) CCNP
2 8 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.95%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.95%) PMP
5 5 (3.29%) CCNA
5 5 (3.29%) JNCIA
5 5 (3.29%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.97%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.32%) MCSE
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.32%) MOS
8 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (26.32%) SLA
2 9 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.26%) GDPR
4 7 (4.61%) GRC
5 4 (2.63%) PMO
6 2 (1.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
System Software
1 40 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.58%) Firmware
4 5 (3.29%) Docker
5 4 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.92%) SCCM
2 9 (5.92%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (5.26%) Ansible
4 7 (4.61%) Grafana
4 7 (4.61%) Kibana
5 6 (3.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.29%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.32%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (41.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.76%) ServiceNow
3 16 (10.53%) Cisco
4 14 (9.21%) Remedy
4 14 (9.21%) VMware
5 13 (8.55%) BMC
6 9 (5.92%) Acronis
6 9 (5.92%) Apple
6 9 (5.92%) Datto
7 7 (4.61%) Oracle
8 6 (3.95%) SAP
8 6 (3.95%) Varonis
9 5 (3.29%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.29%) IBM
9 5 (3.29%) Juniper
9 5 (3.29%) Logitech
9 5 (3.29%) Yealink
10 4 (2.63%) Dell
10 4 (2.63%) Infor
10 4 (2.63%) Informatica