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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 70 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +8
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 7 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.54% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.10% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £100,000 - £33,009
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £29,500 £34,686
Median % change year-on-year +255.93% -14.95% -38.34%
75th Percentile £110,000 - £44,600
90th Percentile - - £48,750
England median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% +10.00% +5.26%

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 975 729 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 75.29% 91.01% 86.99%
Number of salaries quoted 658 297 993
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,098 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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
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 19 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
Tyne and Wear -18 5 £105,000 +255.93% 3
Durham - 2 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) French Language
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Head of IT
1 4 (57.14%) Head of IT Security
1 4 (57.14%) Head of Security
2 3 (42.86%) Head of Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Business Continuity
2 6 (85.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) High Availability
3 4 (57.14%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
3 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Management
3 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
2 4 (57.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Azure Certification
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft