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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 295 279
Rank change year-on-year +34 -16 +50
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 118 153 195
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.89% 0.90% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.97% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 91 107 146
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,875 £51,250 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +4.17% +11.06%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £73,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +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 11,980 15,700 17,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.37% 92.43% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,679 9,167 13,976
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,865 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +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% - -4.00%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 +27 24 £62,000 +3.33% 6
West London +4 4 £60,000 +118.18% 1
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 20 (16.95%) SharePoint
2 18 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (6.78%) Confluence
4 4 (3.39%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.39%) Shopify
3 3 (2.54%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.85%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.14%) Azure
2 39 (33.05%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (14.41%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.02%) OneDrive
5 12 (10.17%) AWS
6 7 (5.93%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.24%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.39%) Boomi
8 4 (3.39%) iPaaS
8 4 (3.39%) Workato
9 3 (2.54%) SaaS
9 3 (2.54%) Slack
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.41%) Firewall
2 16 (13.56%) WAN
2 16 (13.56%) Wireless
3 15 (12.71%) VPN
4 14 (11.86%) SD-WAN
5 10 (8.47%) LAN
6 8 (6.78%) Wireshark
7 7 (5.93%) DHCP
7 7 (5.93%) DNS
7 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
8 5 (4.24%) Network Security
9 2 (1.69%) BGP
9 2 (1.69%) BIG-IP
9 2 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.69%) EIGRP
9 2 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (1.69%) MPLS
9 2 (1.69%) OSPF
9 2 (1.69%) SAN
9 2 (1.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.63%) MySQL
3 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (10.17%) JIRA
2 5 (4.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (60.17%) Social Skills
2 40 (33.90%) Finance
3 28 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (14.41%) Law
5 15 (12.71%) Banking
5 15 (12.71%) Legal
6 12 (10.17%) Front Office
7 9 (7.63%) Retail
8 8 (6.78%) Telecoms
9 6 (5.08%) Games
10 5 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.39%) Back Office
12 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (33.90%) Analyst
2 25 (21.19%) Support Analyst
3 18 (15.25%) Senior
4 15 (12.71%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (11.02%) Applications Support
6 12 (10.17%) Problem Manager
6 12 (10.17%) Support Engineer
7 11 (9.32%) Applications Support Analyst
7 11 (9.32%) IT Support
8 10 (8.47%) Lead
9 9 (7.63%) Senior Support Analyst
10 8 (6.78%) Service Manager
11 7 (5.93%) Network Engineer
11 7 (5.93%) Service Analyst
12 6 (5.08%) Incident Manager
12 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support
12 6 (5.08%) IT Engineer
13 5 (4.24%) 1st Line Engineer
13 5 (4.24%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.08%) REST
1 6 (5.08%) SOAP
2 5 (4.24%) Web Services
3 4 (3.39%) JSON
3 4 (3.39%) RESTful
3 4 (3.39%) XML
4 3 (2.54%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.69%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.69%) CSS
5 2 (1.69%) HTML
6 1 (0.85%) .NET
6 1 (0.85%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.85%) Middleware
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.95%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.17%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.08%) CMDB
4 6 (5.08%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.24%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.24%) EPoS
5 5 (4.24%) Fat Client
5 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.24%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.24%) Thin Client
5 5 (4.24%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.39%) iPad
6 4 (3.39%) iPhone
6 4 (3.39%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.54%) Derivative
7 3 (2.54%) Equities
7 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 38 (32.20%) Windows
2 22 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 21 (17.80%) Windows 10
4 17 (14.41%) Linux
5 8 (6.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (5.93%) Unix
7 6 (5.08%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.69%) Solaris
8 2 (1.69%) VMS
9 1 (0.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (56.78%) ITIL
2 51 (43.22%) Change Management
3 41 (34.75%) Root Cause Analysis
4 39 (33.05%) Service Management
5 38 (32.20%) Incident Management
6 36 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (27.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (22.03%) ITSM
9 25 (21.19%) Customer Service
10 23 (19.49%) Agile
11 21 (17.80%) Service Delivery
12 14 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (11.86%) Incident Response
13 12 (10.17%) Capacity Planning
13 12 (10.17%) Coaching
13 12 (10.17%) DevOps
13 12 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (9.32%) Analytics
14 11 (9.32%) Asset Management
14 11 (9.32%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.80%) SQL
2 14 (11.86%) Python
3 7 (5.93%) C#
3 7 (5.93%) Java
4 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.08%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.85%) Perl
6 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (10.17%) Degree
2 4 (3.39%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.39%) CCNP
2 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.69%) CCNA
3 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.69%) JNCIA
3 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (1.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.69%) PMP
3 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.34%) SLA
2 10 (8.47%) GDPR
2 10 (8.47%) QA
3 6 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.85%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (23.73%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.24%) Docker
4 5 (4.24%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.54%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (18.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.39%) Grafana
2 4 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.39%) SCCM
3 3 (2.54%) Ansible
4 2 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (1.69%) Nagios
4 2 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.85%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (0.85%) CASB
5 1 (0.85%) QRadar
5 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (36.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.19%) Cisco
3 19 (16.10%) Meraki
4 18 (15.25%) ServiceNow
5 16 (13.56%) VMware
6 12 (10.17%) SolarWinds
7 10 (8.47%) Palo Alto
8 9 (7.63%) CheckPoint
8 9 (7.63%) Oracle
9 7 (5.93%) Apple
9 7 (5.93%) BMC
9 7 (5.93%) HP
9 7 (5.93%) Remedy
10 5 (4.24%) Acronis
10 5 (4.24%) Datto
10 5 (4.24%) Logitech
10 5 (4.24%) Yealink
11 4 (3.39%) IFS
11 4 (3.39%) Talend
11 4 (3.39%) Workday