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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 312 276
Rank change year-on-year +76 -36 +43
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 149 124 202
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.99% 0.81% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.85% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 105 83 158
10th Percentile £31,300 £46,500 £37,350
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.23% +12.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £100,375
England median annual salary £58,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.48% +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 13,075 14,532 19,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.81% 95.17% 91.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,411 7,927 15,607
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £39,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,225 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £96,688 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -11.30%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 37 £67,500 +8.00% 4
West London -3 3 £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 33 (22.15%) SharePoint
2 21 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.68%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.68%) Shopify
3 3 (2.01%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.67%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.67%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 53 (35.57%) Azure
2 51 (34.23%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (18.12%) Entra ID
4 26 (17.45%) OneDrive
5 11 (7.38%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.04%) AWS
7 7 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.70%) Azure Event Grid
7 7 (4.70%) Azure Functions
7 7 (4.70%) Azure Storage
7 7 (4.70%) Serverless
8 6 (4.03%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.03%) SaaS
9 4 (2.68%) Boomi
9 4 (2.68%) iPaaS
9 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.68%) Workato
10 3 (2.01%) Slack
11 2 (1.34%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (16.11%) WAN
2 23 (15.44%) VPN
3 21 (14.09%) SD-WAN
4 18 (12.08%) Firewall
5 16 (10.74%) TCP/IP
5 16 (10.74%) Wireless
6 15 (10.07%) DHCP
6 15 (10.07%) DNS
7 11 (7.38%) LAN
8 8 (5.37%) Wireshark
9 6 (4.03%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (3.36%) WAAS
11 3 (2.01%) Network Security
12 2 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.34%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (1.34%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (0.67%) DMVPN
13 1 (0.67%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.68%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.01%) MySQL
3 3 (2.01%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.34%) Power BI
5 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.67%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.67%) GitLab
General
1 86 (57.72%) Social Skills
2 63 (42.28%) Finance
3 31 (20.81%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.08%) Law
5 15 (10.07%) Legal
6 13 (8.72%) Banking
7 9 (6.04%) Games
7 9 (6.04%) Telecoms
8 8 (5.37%) Front Office
8 8 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.03%) Retail
11 4 (2.68%) Back Office
11 4 (2.68%) Investment Banking
12 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.13%) Analyst
2 24 (16.11%) Senior
3 23 (15.44%) Support Engineer
4 18 (12.08%) Problem Manager
4 18 (12.08%) Support Analyst
5 17 (11.41%) Lead
6 13 (8.72%) Applications Support
6 13 (8.72%) IT Support
6 13 (8.72%) Service Manager
7 12 (8.05%) Incident Manager
8 11 (7.38%) Network Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Delivery Manager
9 10 (6.71%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (6.71%) Service Delivery Manager
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (6.04%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) IT Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (5.37%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.70%) .NET
1 7 (4.70%) WPF
2 5 (3.36%) REST
3 4 (2.68%) JSON
3 4 (2.68%) RESTful
3 4 (2.68%) SOAP
3 4 (2.68%) Web Services
3 4 (2.68%) XML
4 3 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.34%) CSS
5 2 (1.34%) HTML
6 1 (0.67%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.67%) OAuth
6 1 (0.67%) OpenID
6 1 (0.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.08%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.07%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.05%) CMDB
3 12 (8.05%) Data Centre
4 9 (6.04%) Fat Client
4 9 (6.04%) Thin Client
4 9 (6.04%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.68%) EPoS
5 4 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.68%) iPad
5 4 (2.68%) iPhone
5 4 (2.68%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.68%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.01%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.01%) Derivative
6 3 (2.01%) Equities
6 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (42.28%) Windows
2 35 (23.49%) Windows Server
3 32 (21.48%) Windows 10
4 13 (8.72%) Apple iOS
5 11 (7.38%) Linux
6 7 (4.70%) Unix
7 5 (3.36%) Android
8 3 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (59.73%) ITIL
2 57 (38.26%) Service Management
3 53 (35.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 51 (34.23%) Incident Management
5 48 (32.21%) Service Delivery
6 44 (29.53%) Change Management
7 43 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (28.19%) ITSM
9 39 (26.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (19.46%) Customer Service
11 21 (14.09%) Proactive Management
12 20 (13.42%) Agile
13 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (12.08%) Analytics
14 18 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (12.08%) Runbook
15 17 (11.41%) AI
15 17 (11.41%) Coaching
16 16 (10.74%) Mentoring
16 16 (10.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.09%) SQL
2 17 (11.41%) Python
3 15 (10.07%) C#
4 13 (8.72%) PowerShell
5 10 (6.71%) Java
6 7 (4.70%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.01%) C++
8 3 (2.01%) Rust
9 1 (0.67%) Bash
9 1 (0.67%) Korn
9 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (14.77%) Degree
2 8 (5.37%) CCNP
2 8 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.36%) CCNA
4 5 (3.36%) JNCIA
4 5 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.34%) MCSE
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (1.34%) MOS
6 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.34%) PMP
7 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (24.16%) SLA
2 9 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.37%) GDPR
4 7 (4.70%) GRC
5 3 (2.01%) QA
6 2 (1.34%) COBIT
7 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (25.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.71%) Firmware
4 4 (2.68%) Docker
4 4 (2.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (20.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.71%) SCCM
3 7 (4.70%) Ansible
3 7 (4.70%) Grafana
3 7 (4.70%) Kibana
4 5 (3.36%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.67%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.67%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 53 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 28 (18.79%) ServiceNow
3 25 (16.78%) Cisco
4 15 (10.07%) VMware
5 14 (9.40%) Remedy
6 13 (8.72%) BMC
6 13 (8.72%) Meraki
7 10 (6.71%) Apple
7 10 (6.71%) CheckPoint
8 9 (6.04%) Acronis
8 9 (6.04%) Datto
8 9 (6.04%) SolarWinds
9 8 (5.37%) Palo Alto
10 7 (4.70%) Oracle
11 6 (4.03%) SAP
12 5 (3.36%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.36%) HP
12 5 (3.36%) IBM
12 5 (3.36%) Juniper
12 5 (3.36%) Yealink