Problem Management Job Trends in Wales

Problem Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Problem Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 53 102
Rank change year-on-year -20 +49 -4
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 15 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.89% 1.50% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.71% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 7
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile - £37,170 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,094 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% -26.03% +66.13%
75th Percentile £49,219 £39,018 £72,433
90th Percentile £61,875 - -
UK median annual salary £59,450 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.33% -0.95% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,145 468 1,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 67.99% 87.97% 75.86%
Number of salaries quoted 751 277 1,053
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,757 £26,550
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,009 £51,398 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +14.22% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Problem Management
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Problem Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in Wales

Problem Management
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South Wales -17 15 £45,000 +18.13% 4
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Amazon S3
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) IaaS
2 3 (20.00%) PaaS
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
General
1 9 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 9 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) IT Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) IT Support
1 9 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Incident and Problem Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Incident Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Problem Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Mac OS
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) ITIL
1 12 (80.00%) Mentoring
1 12 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
2 9 (60.00%) Security Management
2 9 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (60.00%) Web Filtering
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Design Thinking
4 3 (20.00%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Information Security
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (20.00%) Open Source
4 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Java
1 3 (20.00%) Python
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 9 (60.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 9 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (60.00%) Proxmox
1 9 (60.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow