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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 288 261
Rank change year-on-year +36 -27 +69
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 127 144 195
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.94% 0.90% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.96% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 96 100 150
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,438 £51,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,997
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,750
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 12,047 15,025 16,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.09% 94.20% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,529 13,255
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £117,500
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 22 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 22 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 27 £65,000 +8.33% 6
West London -1 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 21 (16.54%) SharePoint
2 17 (13.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.51%) Confluence
4 4 (3.15%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.79%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (7.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.15%) Shopify
3 3 (2.36%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.79%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.79%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 42 (33.07%) Azure
2 40 (31.50%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.75%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.81%) OneDrive
5 10 (7.87%) AWS
6 7 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.94%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.15%) Boomi
8 4 (3.15%) iPaaS
8 4 (3.15%) Workato
9 3 (2.36%) SaaS
9 3 (2.36%) Slack
10 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.17%) Firewall
2 17 (13.39%) WAN
3 15 (11.81%) SD-WAN
3 15 (11.81%) VPN
3 15 (11.81%) Wireless
4 9 (7.09%) DHCP
4 9 (7.09%) DNS
4 9 (7.09%) LAN
5 8 (6.30%) TCP/IP
5 8 (6.30%) Wireshark
6 5 (3.94%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (3.15%) Network Security
7 4 (3.15%) WAAS
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.79%) DMARC
8 1 (0.79%) DMVPN
8 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.79%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.30%) MySQL
3 4 (3.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) JIRA
2 5 (3.94%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (60.63%) Social Skills
2 44 (34.65%) Finance
3 27 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.75%) Law
5 16 (12.60%) Banking
6 14 (11.02%) Legal
7 11 (8.66%) Front Office
8 8 (6.30%) Retail
8 8 (6.30%) Telecoms
9 7 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.72%) Games
11 4 (3.15%) Back Office
12 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.36%) Investment Banking
12 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 33 (25.98%) Analyst
2 23 (18.11%) Support Analyst
3 18 (14.17%) Problem Manager
3 18 (14.17%) Senior
4 14 (11.02%) Lead
5 13 (10.24%) Applications Support
5 13 (10.24%) Support Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (7.87%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (7.87%) Network Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Incident Manager
8 9 (7.09%) IT Manager
8 9 (7.09%) IT Support
8 9 (7.09%) Service Manager
9 8 (6.30%) Incident and Problem Manager
9 8 (6.30%) Senior Support Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (4.72%) IT Engineer
10 6 (4.72%) Major Incident Manager
10 6 (4.72%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) REST
1 6 (4.72%) SOAP
2 5 (3.94%) Web Services
3 4 (3.15%) JSON
3 4 (3.15%) RESTful
3 4 (3.15%) XML
4 3 (2.36%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.57%) .NET
5 2 (1.57%) CSS
5 2 (1.57%) HTML
5 2 (1.57%) SAML
6 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.79%) Middleware
6 1 (0.79%) OAuth
6 1 (0.79%) OpenID
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.32%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.45%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.87%) CMDB
3 10 (7.87%) Data Centre
4 8 (6.30%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (5.51%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.94%) Fat Client
6 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.94%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.94%) Thin Client
7 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
7 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.15%) EPoS
7 4 (3.15%) iPad
7 4 (3.15%) iPhone
7 4 (3.15%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.36%) Derivative
8 3 (2.36%) Equities
8 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (32.28%) Windows
2 24 (18.90%) Windows Server
3 20 (15.75%) Windows 10
4 14 (11.02%) Linux
5 7 (5.51%) Apple iOS
5 7 (5.51%) Unix
6 6 (4.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.15%) Android
8 2 (1.57%) Solaris
9 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (55.12%) ITIL
2 50 (39.37%) Change Management
2 50 (39.37%) Root Cause Analysis
3 45 (35.43%) Service Management
4 40 (31.50%) Incident Management
5 38 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (28.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (27.56%) ITSM
8 28 (22.05%) Service Delivery
9 26 (20.47%) Customer Service
10 22 (17.32%) Agile
11 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (11.02%) Mentoring
13 13 (10.24%) AI
13 13 (10.24%) Analytics
13 13 (10.24%) Coaching
13 13 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (10.24%) DevOps
13 13 (10.24%) Incident Response
14 12 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.54%) SQL
2 17 (13.39%) Python
3 10 (7.87%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.30%) C#
5 7 (5.51%) Java
6 6 (4.72%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.79%) Perl
8 1 (0.79%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (9.45%) Degree
2 7 (5.51%) CCNP
2 7 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.94%) CCNA
3 5 (3.94%) JNCIA
3 5 (3.94%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.57%) PMP
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (21.26%) SLA
2 10 (7.87%) GDPR
3 9 (7.09%) QA
4 8 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.72%) Accessibility
5 6 (4.72%) GRC
6 2 (1.57%) COBIT
System Software
1 27 (21.26%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.09%) Firmware
4 5 (3.94%) Docker
4 5 (3.94%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (18.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.72%) Ansible
2 6 (4.72%) SCCM
3 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.57%) Grafana
4 2 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.79%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (0.79%) CASB
5 1 (0.79%) Kibana
5 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (35.43%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.05%) Cisco
3 22 (17.32%) ServiceNow
4 16 (12.60%) Meraki
5 15 (11.81%) VMware
6 10 (7.87%) SolarWinds
7 9 (7.09%) BMC
7 9 (7.09%) CheckPoint
7 9 (7.09%) Palo Alto
7 9 (7.09%) Remedy
8 7 (5.51%) Oracle
9 6 (4.72%) Apple
10 5 (3.94%) Acronis
10 5 (3.94%) Datto
10 5 (3.94%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.94%) HP
10 5 (3.94%) IBM
10 5 (3.94%) Juniper
10 5 (3.94%) SAP
10 5 (3.94%) Yealink