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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 297 275
Rank change year-on-year +61 -22 +52
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 142 132 196
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.00% 0.85% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.90% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 102 87 153
10th Percentile £32,500 £43,875 £35,140
25th Percentile £45,313 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,500 £92,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +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 12,430 14,629 17,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.36% 94.69% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,910 7,999 14,056
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,245 £40,726
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,357 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.75% -4.71%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +33 34 £67,500 +12.50% 3
West London +5 4 £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 28 (19.72%) SharePoint
2 18 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.52%) Confluence
4 4 (2.82%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.70%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (9.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.82%) Shopify
3 3 (2.11%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.70%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.70%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 50 (35.21%) Azure
2 45 (31.69%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (17.61%) Entra ID
4 22 (15.49%) OneDrive
5 11 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (7.04%) AWS
7 6 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.23%) Azure Event Grid
7 6 (4.23%) Azure Functions
7 6 (4.23%) Azure Storage
7 6 (4.23%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.23%) Serverless
8 5 (3.52%) SaaS
9 4 (2.82%) Boomi
9 4 (2.82%) iPaaS
9 4 (2.82%) Workato
10 3 (2.11%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.11%) Slack
11 2 (1.41%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.70%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.49%) WAN
2 20 (14.08%) VPN
3 19 (13.38%) SD-WAN
4 18 (12.68%) Firewall
5 16 (11.27%) Wireless
6 13 (9.15%) DHCP
6 13 (9.15%) DNS
6 13 (9.15%) TCP/IP
7 11 (7.75%) LAN
8 8 (5.63%) Wireshark
9 6 (4.23%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (3.52%) WAAS
11 3 (2.11%) Network Security
12 2 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (1.41%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (0.70%) DMVPN
13 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (4.93%) MySQL
1 7 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.70%) Power BI
4 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.70%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 9 (6.34%) JIRA
2 3 (2.11%) GitLab
3 2 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (59.15%) Social Skills
2 55 (38.73%) Finance
3 27 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.38%) Law
5 16 (11.27%) Legal
6 14 (9.86%) Banking
7 9 (6.34%) Front Office
7 9 (6.34%) Telecoms
8 8 (5.63%) Games
8 8 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (5.63%) Retail
9 7 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.82%) Back Office
11 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Billing
13 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (21.83%) Analyst
2 21 (14.79%) Senior
2 21 (14.79%) Support Analyst
3 20 (14.08%) Support Engineer
4 18 (12.68%) Problem Manager
5 16 (11.27%) Applications Support
5 16 (11.27%) Lead
6 11 (7.75%) IT Support
6 11 (7.75%) Network Engineer
7 10 (7.04%) Incident Manager
7 10 (7.04%) Service Manager
8 9 (6.34%) IT Manager
8 9 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (5.63%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (5.63%) Incident and Problem Manager
9 8 (5.63%) Senior Support Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) 1st Line Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Incident and Problem Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) IT Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) .NET
2 6 (4.23%) REST
2 6 (4.23%) WPF
3 5 (3.52%) SOAP
3 5 (3.52%) Web Services
4 4 (2.82%) JSON
4 4 (2.82%) RESTful
4 4 (2.82%) XML
5 3 (2.11%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.41%) CSS
6 2 (1.41%) HTML
7 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.70%) OAuth
7 1 (0.70%) OpenID
7 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.79%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.56%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.45%) CMDB
3 12 (8.45%) Data Centre
4 9 (6.34%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (4.93%) Fat Client
5 7 (4.93%) Thin Client
6 5 (3.52%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.52%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.82%) EPoS
7 4 (2.82%) iPad
7 4 (2.82%) iPhone
7 4 (2.82%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.11%) Derivative
8 3 (2.11%) Equities
8 3 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (38.73%) Windows
2 31 (21.83%) Windows Server
3 27 (19.01%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.45%) Linux
5 11 (7.75%) Apple iOS
6 7 (4.93%) Unix
7 5 (3.52%) Android
7 5 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (56.34%) ITIL
2 55 (38.73%) Root Cause Analysis
3 52 (36.62%) Service Management
4 47 (33.10%) Incident Management
5 44 (30.99%) Change Management
6 42 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (28.17%) ITSM
7 40 (28.17%) Service Delivery
8 38 (26.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (19.72%) Customer Service
10 21 (14.79%) Agile
11 19 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (11.97%) Analytics
12 17 (11.97%) Runbook
13 16 (11.27%) DevOps
13 16 (11.27%) Mentoring
14 15 (10.56%) Coaching
14 15 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (10.56%) Migration
15 14 (9.86%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) SQL
2 15 (10.56%) Python
3 13 (9.15%) C#
3 13 (9.15%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.93%) Java
4 7 (4.93%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.82%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.70%) Bash
6 1 (0.70%) Korn
6 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (11.97%) Degree
2 8 (5.63%) CCNP
2 8 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.23%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.52%) CCNA
5 5 (3.52%) JNCIA
5 5 (3.52%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.41%) PMP
8 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.70%) MCP
8 1 (0.70%) MCSE
8 1 (0.70%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.83%) SLA
2 10 (7.04%) GDPR
3 9 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.93%) GRC
5 6 (4.23%) QA
6 4 (2.82%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.41%) COBIT
System Software
1 33 (23.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.04%) Firmware
4 5 (3.52%) Docker
5 4 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (19.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.34%) SCCM
3 7 (4.93%) Ansible
4 6 (4.23%) Grafana
4 6 (4.23%) Kibana
5 5 (3.52%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.70%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.70%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 51 (35.92%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.01%) ServiceNow
3 25 (17.61%) Cisco
4 15 (10.56%) VMware
5 13 (9.15%) Meraki
5 13 (9.15%) Remedy
6 12 (8.45%) BMC
7 10 (7.04%) CheckPoint
8 9 (6.34%) SolarWinds
9 8 (5.63%) Apple
9 8 (5.63%) Palo Alto
10 7 (4.93%) Acronis
10 7 (4.93%) Datto
10 7 (4.93%) Oracle
11 6 (4.23%) SAP
12 5 (3.52%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.52%) HP
12 5 (3.52%) IBM
12 5 (3.52%) Juniper
12 5 (3.52%) Yealink