Problem Management Jobs in the North West

Problem Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Problem Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem Management over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 229 200
Rank change year-on-year -34 -29 +61
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 24 65 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.31% 0.63% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.78% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 17 45 41
10th Percentile £31,350 £38,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,000 £72,433 £67,070
England median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,985
% change year-on-year -0.95% +2.97% +1.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,450 8,352 7,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.92% 81.31% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 6,302 3,849
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,225
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Problem Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the North West

Problem Management
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in the North West.

Salary trend for Problem Management in the North West

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in the North West

Problem Management
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Manchester +33 9 £44,250 -23.04% 23
Lancashire -62 5 £50,000 -2.44% 8
Cumbria -66 5 £46,820 -
Merseyside +37 4 £32,500 -35.32% 3
Cheshire +2 1 £45,000 -21.74% 10
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) BGP
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
1 1 (4.17%) DHCP
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
1 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) MPLS
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
1 1 (4.17%) OSPF
1 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 4 (16.67%) Git
General
1 20 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.50%) Banking
6 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Games
7 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Lead
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 4 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Incident and Problem Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Support
5 1 (4.17%) Problem Management Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (4.17%) Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Transition Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) .NET
1 4 (16.67%) CSS
1 4 (16.67%) HTML
1 4 (16.67%) Jest
1 4 (16.67%) Node.js
1 4 (16.67%) React
1 4 (16.67%) RESTful
1 4 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) CMDB
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Replication
2 1 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) ITIL
2 13 (54.17%) Incident Management
3 10 (41.67%) ITSM
3 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (29.17%) Service Management
6 6 (25.00%) Change Management
6 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (20.83%) Agile
7 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.83%) Knowledge Management
8 4 (16.67%) Analytics
8 4 (16.67%) BCP
8 4 (16.67%) Business Continuity
8 4 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 4 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
8 4 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
1 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.33%) MOS
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CCIE
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.17%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.33%) SLA
3 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Firmware
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.17%) HubSpot
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) VMware