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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 296 269
Rank change year-on-year +32 -27 +75
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 116 156 194
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.88% 0.90% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.98% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 90 105 145
10th Percentile £36,750 £44,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,000 £91,500
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 11,986 15,960 17,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.09% 91.61% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7,573 9,383 14,193
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - +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% - -3.04%

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 29 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 29 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 +12 26 £65,000 +8.33% 6
West London +4 4 £60,000 +118.18% 2
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 (14.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (6.90%) Confluence
4 4 (3.45%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.45%) Shopify
3 3 (2.59%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.86%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.86%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.79%) Azure
2 35 (30.17%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.93%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.21%) AWS
5 10 (8.62%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.31%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.45%) Boomi
8 4 (3.45%) iPaaS
8 4 (3.45%) Workato
9 3 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.59%) SaaS
9 3 (2.59%) Slack
10 2 (1.72%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.86%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.86%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.66%) Firewall
2 16 (13.79%) WAN
3 15 (12.93%) VPN
3 15 (12.93%) Wireless
4 14 (12.07%) SD-WAN
5 11 (9.48%) LAN
6 8 (6.90%) Wireshark
7 7 (6.03%) TCP/IP
8 6 (5.17%) Network Security
9 5 (4.31%) DHCP
9 5 (4.31%) DNS
10 3 (2.59%) BGP
10 3 (2.59%) EIGRP
10 3 (2.59%) MPLS
10 3 (2.59%) OSPF
11 2 (1.72%) 802.11
11 2 (1.72%) IPsec
11 2 (1.72%) PBX
11 2 (1.72%) SAN
11 2 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.76%) MySQL
3 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (10.34%) JIRA
2 5 (4.31%) GitLab
General
1 68 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 38 (32.76%) Finance
3 28 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.38%) Law
5 16 (13.79%) Legal
6 15 (12.93%) Banking
7 12 (10.34%) Front Office
8 9 (7.76%) Retail
9 8 (6.90%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.31%) Games
10 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.45%) Back Office
12 3 (2.59%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.86%) Marketing
14 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (36.21%) Analyst
2 24 (20.69%) Support Analyst
3 17 (14.66%) Senior
4 14 (12.07%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (11.21%) Applications Support
6 12 (10.34%) Problem Manager
7 11 (9.48%) Applications Support Analyst
7 11 (9.48%) IT Support
7 11 (9.48%) Support Engineer
8 10 (8.62%) Lead
9 8 (6.90%) Senior Support Analyst
9 8 (6.90%) Service Manager
10 7 (6.03%) Service Analyst
11 6 (5.17%) Incident Manager
11 6 (5.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 6 (5.17%) Network Engineer
12 5 (4.31%) Cisco Analyst
12 5 (4.31%) Linux Administrator
12 5 (4.31%) Senior Cisco Analyst
12 5 (4.31%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) REST
1 6 (5.17%) SOAP
2 5 (4.31%) Web Services
3 4 (3.45%) JSON
3 4 (3.45%) RESTful
3 4 (3.45%) XML
4 3 (2.59%) 802.1X
4 3 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.72%) CSS
5 2 (1.72%) HTML
6 1 (0.86%) .NET
6 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.86%) Middleware
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (9.48%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.17%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.31%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.31%) EPoS
4 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.45%) CMDB
5 4 (3.45%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.45%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.45%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.59%) Derivative
6 3 (2.59%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.59%) Equities
6 3 (2.59%) iPad
6 3 (2.59%) iPhone
6 3 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (30.17%) Windows
2 20 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 19 (16.38%) Windows 10
4 17 (14.66%) Linux
5 8 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (6.03%) Unix
7 5 (4.31%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.72%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.72%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.72%) Solaris
8 2 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (56.03%) ITIL
2 52 (44.83%) Change Management
3 40 (34.48%) Service Management
4 39 (33.62%) Incident Management
5 38 (32.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 36 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (21.55%) ITSM
9 24 (20.69%) Customer Service
10 23 (19.83%) Agile
11 19 (16.38%) Service Delivery
12 14 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (12.07%) Incident Response
13 13 (11.21%) Coaching
14 12 (10.34%) DevOps
15 11 (9.48%) Asset Management
15 11 (9.48%) Capacity Planning
15 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
15 11 (9.48%) Network Monitoring
16 10 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.10%) SQL
2 13 (11.21%) Python
3 7 (6.03%) C#
3 7 (6.03%) Java
4 6 (5.17%) Shell Script
5 5 (4.31%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.86%) Perl
7 1 (0.86%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) Azure Certification
2 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.59%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.72%) CCNP
4 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.72%) PMP
5 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.86%) CCNA
5 1 (0.86%) JNCIA
5 1 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.10%) SLA
2 11 (9.48%) QA
3 10 (8.62%) GDPR
4 6 (5.17%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.86%) COBIT
System Software
1 25 (21.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.31%) Docker
3 5 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.86%) Firmware
5 1 (0.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.31%) Grafana
3 4 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.59%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.59%) SCCM
5 2 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (1.72%) Nagios
6 1 (0.86%) Ansible
6 1 (0.86%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (0.86%) CASB
6 1 (0.86%) QRadar
6 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.97%) Cisco
3 19 (16.38%) Meraki
4 18 (15.52%) ServiceNow
5 15 (12.93%) VMware
6 14 (12.07%) SolarWinds
7 11 (9.48%) Palo Alto
8 9 (7.76%) Oracle
9 8 (6.90%) CheckPoint
10 7 (6.03%) BMC
10 7 (6.03%) HP
10 7 (6.03%) Remedy
11 6 (5.17%) Apple
12 5 (4.31%) Logitech
12 5 (4.31%) Yealink
13 4 (3.45%) Datto
13 4 (3.45%) IFS
13 4 (3.45%) Jitterbit
13 4 (3.45%) SnapLogic
13 4 (3.45%) Workday