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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 303 305
Rank change year-on-year +33 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 145 104 204
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.75% 0.81% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.84% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 115 82 165
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £40,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +15.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £80,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +5.26%

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 16,126 12,405 21,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.34% 96.08% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,558 7,549 16,067
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,050
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 19 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 19 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 +29 44 £57,000 -12.31% 10
West London - 1 £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 25 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 24 (16.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.38%) Anypoint
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (8.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.38%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (33.79%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (33.10%) Azure
3 26 (17.93%) Entra ID
4 23 (15.86%) OneDrive
5 12 (8.28%) SaaS
6 11 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (5.52%) Serverless
8 7 (4.83%) AWS
8 7 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.83%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (4.83%) Azure Functions
8 7 (4.83%) Azure Storage
9 6 (4.14%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.76%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.07%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.07%) Slack
12 2 (1.38%) Boomi
12 2 (1.38%) Datadog
12 2 (1.38%) iPaaS
12 2 (1.38%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.79%) VPN
2 17 (11.72%) TCP/IP
3 14 (9.66%) DHCP
3 14 (9.66%) DNS
3 14 (9.66%) WAN
4 12 (8.28%) Firewall
4 12 (8.28%) SD-WAN
5 8 (5.52%) Wireless
6 5 (3.45%) ADSL
6 5 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (3.45%) WAAS
6 5 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.76%) Network Security
8 2 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.38%) LAN
8 2 (1.38%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (1.38%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (3.45%) Power BI
3 3 (2.07%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) MySQL
5 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.69%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (2.76%) JIRA
2 2 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (47.59%) Social Skills
2 56 (38.62%) Finance
3 28 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.03%) Banking
4 16 (11.03%) Law
5 11 (7.59%) Legal
6 8 (5.52%) Games
6 8 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Front Office
8 5 (3.45%) Retail
9 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.07%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Back Office
10 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (16.55%) Support Engineer
2 21 (14.48%) Analyst
3 18 (12.41%) Senior
4 16 (11.03%) Problem Manager
5 15 (10.34%) Lead
6 13 (8.97%) Applications Support
6 13 (8.97%) Incident Manager
7 11 (7.59%) Service Manager
8 10 (6.90%) Delivery Manager
8 10 (6.90%) Service Delivery Manager
9 9 (6.21%) Applications Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (5.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) IT Support
10 8 (5.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Major Incident Manager
10 8 (5.52%) Network Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Problem Analyst
10 8 (5.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.52%) .NET
2 7 (4.83%) WPF
3 3 (2.07%) REST
4 2 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.38%) JSON
4 2 (1.38%) RESTful
4 2 (1.38%) SOAP
4 2 (1.38%) Web Services
4 2 (1.38%) XML
5 1 (0.69%) Kafka
5 1 (0.69%) OAuth
5 1 (0.69%) OpenID
5 1 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.66%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.28%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.21%) CMDB
3 9 (6.21%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.52%) Fat Client
4 8 (5.52%) Thin Client
5 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.76%) iPad
5 4 (2.76%) iPhone
5 4 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.38%) Clustering
6 2 (1.38%) Derivative
6 2 (1.38%) Equities
6 2 (1.38%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.38%) Web3
7 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 53 (36.55%) Windows
2 31 (21.38%) Windows Server
3 24 (16.55%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.28%) Apple iOS
5 8 (5.52%) Linux
6 5 (3.45%) Android
7 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.07%) Unix
8 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (66.90%) ITIL
2 65 (44.83%) Service Management
3 57 (39.31%) Root Cause Analysis
4 51 (35.17%) Incident Management
4 51 (35.17%) Service Delivery
5 50 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (29.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (29.66%) ITSM
7 35 (24.14%) Change Management
8 24 (16.55%) Proactive Management
9 23 (15.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (15.17%) Agile
11 20 (13.79%) AI
11 20 (13.79%) Runbook
12 19 (13.10%) Customer Service
13 18 (12.41%) DevOps
14 17 (11.72%) Analytics
15 16 (11.03%) Cost Management
16 15 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
16 15 (10.34%) Major Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.72%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.03%) SQL
3 14 (9.66%) Python
4 11 (7.59%) C#
5 9 (6.21%) Java
6 3 (2.07%) Bash
6 3 (2.07%) C++
6 3 (2.07%) Rust
6 3 (2.07%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 32 (22.07%) Degree
2 9 (6.21%) CCNP
2 9 (6.21%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.83%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.45%) CCNA
6 5 (3.45%) JNCIA
6 5 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.45%) PMP
7 4 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.07%) MOS
9 2 (1.38%) MCSE
9 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (24.83%) SLA
2 9 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.83%) GRC
4 5 (3.45%) GDPR
5 4 (2.76%) PMO
6 2 (1.38%) COBIT
System Software
1 35 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.90%) Firmware
4 4 (2.76%) Docker
4 4 (2.76%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (16.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.21%) Ansible
2 9 (6.21%) SCCM
2 9 (6.21%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (5.52%) Grafana
4 7 (4.83%) Kibana
5 6 (4.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.45%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.38%) DatAdvantage
7 2 (1.38%) Terraform
8 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 60 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 14 (9.66%) Cisco
3 14 (9.66%) VMware
4 13 (8.97%) Remedy
5 12 (8.28%) BMC
6 8 (5.52%) Acronis
6 8 (5.52%) Apple
6 8 (5.52%) Datto
7 6 (4.14%) Varonis
8 5 (3.45%) Fortinet
8 5 (3.45%) Juniper
8 5 (3.45%) Logitech
8 5 (3.45%) Yealink
9 4 (2.76%) Oracle
9 4 (2.76%) SAP
10 3 (2.07%) CyberArk
10 3 (2.07%) IBM
10 3 (2.07%) PagerDuty
10 3 (2.07%) Red Hat