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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 282 286
Rank change year-on-year +35 +4 +34
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 149 114 213
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.87% 0.86% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.89% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 116 86 166
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,563 £41,250
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% +19.47%
75th Percentile £77,813 £71,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £101,250
England median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% +5.77% +9.47%

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 14,558 12,785 20,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.23% 96.22% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,461 7,542 15,893
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £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 £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 18 March 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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +25 43 £57,000 -12.31% 6
West London -12 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 (20.81%) SharePoint
2 26 (17.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.68%) Anypoint
Applications
1 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.68%) Shopify
3 3 (2.01%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 56 (37.58%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (33.56%) Azure
3 27 (18.12%) Entra ID
4 25 (16.78%) OneDrive
5 11 (7.38%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (6.71%) SaaS
7 8 (5.37%) AWS
8 7 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.70%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (4.70%) Azure Functions
8 7 (4.70%) Azure Storage
8 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.70%) Serverless
9 6 (4.03%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.68%) Boomi
10 4 (2.68%) iPaaS
10 4 (2.68%) Workato
11 3 (2.01%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.01%) Slack
12 2 (1.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.77%) VPN
2 17 (11.41%) TCP/IP
3 16 (10.74%) WAN
4 14 (9.40%) DHCP
4 14 (9.40%) DNS
4 14 (9.40%) SD-WAN
5 13 (8.72%) Firewall
6 9 (6.04%) Wireless
7 5 (3.36%) ADSL
7 5 (3.36%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (3.36%) WAAS
7 5 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.68%) LAN
9 3 (2.01%) Network Security
10 2 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (1.34%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (1.34%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (1.34%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.67%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (3.36%) Power BI
3 4 (2.68%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.01%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.67%) MySQL
5 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.67%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (51.68%) Social Skills
2 57 (38.26%) Finance
3 32 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.41%) Law
5 15 (10.07%) Banking
6 13 (8.72%) Legal
7 9 (6.04%) Games
8 8 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (4.03%) Front Office
9 6 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.03%) Retail
10 4 (2.68%) Back Office
10 4 (2.68%) Investment Banking
11 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (18.12%) Support Engineer
2 24 (16.11%) Analyst
3 21 (14.09%) Senior
4 16 (10.74%) Lead
4 16 (10.74%) Problem Manager
5 14 (9.40%) Service Manager
6 13 (8.72%) Applications Support
7 12 (8.05%) Incident Manager
7 12 (8.05%) IT Support
8 11 (7.38%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (7.38%) Service Delivery Manager
9 10 (6.71%) Support Analyst
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) IT Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Network Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (5.37%) Incident and Problem Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.70%) .NET
1 7 (4.70%) WPF
2 5 (3.36%) REST
3 4 (2.68%) JSON
3 4 (2.68%) RESTful
3 4 (2.68%) SOAP
3 4 (2.68%) Web Services
3 4 (2.68%) XML
4 3 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.67%) OAuth
5 1 (0.67%) OpenID
5 1 (0.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.40%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.05%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.38%) CMDB
4 9 (6.04%) Fat Client
4 9 (6.04%) Thin Client
4 9 (6.04%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.68%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.68%) iPad
6 4 (2.68%) iPhone
6 4 (2.68%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.68%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.01%) Derivative
7 3 (2.01%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.01%) EPoS
7 3 (2.01%) Equities
7 3 (2.01%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 61 (40.94%) Windows
2 34 (22.82%) Windows Server
3 30 (20.13%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.05%) Apple iOS
5 10 (6.71%) Linux
6 5 (3.36%) Android
6 5 (3.36%) Unix
7 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (65.10%) ITIL
2 67 (44.97%) Service Management
3 52 (34.90%) Root Cause Analysis
3 52 (34.90%) Service Delivery
4 50 (33.56%) Incident Management
5 48 (32.21%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (31.54%) ITSM
7 43 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (28.19%) Change Management
9 24 (16.11%) Proactive Management
10 23 (15.44%) Customer Service
11 21 (14.09%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (13.42%) Agile
13 19 (12.75%) AI
13 19 (12.75%) Runbook
13 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (12.08%) Analytics
15 16 (10.74%) Cost Management
15 16 (10.74%) Identity Access Management
16 15 (10.07%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.75%) SQL
2 15 (10.07%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.07%) Python
3 13 (8.72%) C#
4 10 (6.71%) Java
5 5 (3.36%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.01%) C++
7 3 (2.01%) Rust
8 1 (0.67%) Bash
8 1 (0.67%) Korn
8 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) Degree
2 8 (5.37%) CCNP
2 8 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.36%) CCNA
5 5 (3.36%) JNCIA
5 5 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.68%) PMP
7 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.34%) MCSE
8 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.34%) MOS
9 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (26.85%) SLA
2 9 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.37%) GDPR
4 7 (4.70%) GRC
5 2 (1.34%) COBIT
5 2 (1.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (25.50%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.71%) Firmware
4 4 (2.68%) Docker
4 4 (2.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (18.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.04%) SCCM
3 7 (4.70%) Ansible
3 7 (4.70%) Grafana
3 7 (4.70%) Kibana
3 7 (4.70%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.36%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.34%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 59 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.45%) ServiceNow
3 18 (12.08%) Cisco
4 14 (9.40%) Remedy
4 14 (9.40%) VMware
5 13 (8.72%) BMC
6 9 (6.04%) Acronis
6 9 (6.04%) Apple
6 9 (6.04%) Datto
7 7 (4.70%) Oracle
8 6 (4.03%) Meraki
8 6 (4.03%) SAP
9 5 (3.36%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.36%) IBM
9 5 (3.36%) Juniper
9 5 (3.36%) Logitech
9 5 (3.36%) Yealink
10 4 (2.68%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.68%) Dell
10 4 (2.68%) Infor