Problem Management Job Trends in the North East

Problem Management
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Problem Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 75 81
Rank change year-on-year -56 +6 -25
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 11 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.31% 0.10% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.13% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £42,542 - £35,300
25th Percentile £44,104 £100,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,653 £105,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.09% +133.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £75,257 £110,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,748 - £56,296
England median annual salary £47,767 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.02% +5.00% -9.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,497 793 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.44% 82.09% 79.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,841 479 602
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,086 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -5.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £93,634 £73,852 £79,103
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in the North East

Problem Management
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Problem Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the North East over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in the North East

Problem Management
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Tyne and Wear -58 10 £46,000 -56.19% 10
Durham - 1 £71,991 - 1
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) dbt
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) IT Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Process Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 8 (72.73%) Service Management
2 8 (72.73%) User Experience
3 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
4 6 (54.55%) Coaching
4 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
4 6 (54.55%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (36.36%) ITSM
5 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) Service Design
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (27.27%) Backlog Management
6 3 (27.27%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 3 (27.27%) Change Management
6 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
6 3 (27.27%) Logistics
6 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
6 3 (27.27%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) C++
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) YouTube
2 1 (9.09%) AppDynamics
2 1 (9.09%) Apple
2 1 (9.09%) Dynatrace
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk