Problem Management Job Trends in Scotland

Problem Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Problem Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 132 156
Rank change year-on-year +18 +24 +23
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 29 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.07% 0.54% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.58% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 24
10th Percentile £37,000 £21,500 £44,450
25th Percentile - £26,375 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42,188 £68,114 £68,733
90th Percentile £59,625 - £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +1.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,173 2,395 2,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.89% 92.90% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,005 1,817
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,808 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,950 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Problem Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Problem Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in Scotland

Problem Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Edinburgh +8 17 - - 2
Glasgow +15 6 £66,250 +103.85% 6
Aberdeen - 6 £40,000 -
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (58.62%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) Firewall
2 16 (55.17%) LAN
2 16 (55.17%) SD-WAN
2 16 (55.17%) WAN
2 16 (55.17%) Wireless
2 16 (55.17%) Wireshark
3 2 (6.90%) DHCP
3 2 (6.90%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (6.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (93.10%) Social Skills
2 17 (58.62%) Finance
3 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
4 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Law
6 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Network Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) IT Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 5 (17.24%) Senior IT Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Service Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Network Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Network Support
4 4 (13.79%) Network Support Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Problem Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Problem Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Incident and Problem Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Incident Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Major Incident Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Incident Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Lead
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (62.07%) Management Information System
2 16 (55.17%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Asset Management
1 16 (55.17%) Capacity Planning
1 16 (55.17%) Change Management
1 16 (55.17%) Coaching
1 16 (55.17%) Customer Service
1 16 (55.17%) Load Balancing
1 16 (55.17%) Network Monitoring
1 16 (55.17%) Network Planning
1 16 (55.17%) Network Virtualisation
2 9 (31.03%) ITIL
3 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
4 6 (20.69%) ITSM
4 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.90%) Service Management
6 2 (6.90%) Ticket Management
7 1 (3.45%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Bash
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) CheckPoint
1 16 (55.17%) Cisco
1 16 (55.17%) Meraki
1 16 (55.17%) Palo Alto
1 16 (55.17%) SolarWinds
2 6 (20.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) BeyondTrust