Problem Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Problem Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 189 177
Rank change year-on-year +30 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 38 64 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.91% 0.81% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.00% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 26 45 67
10th Percentile £32,625 £29,101 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £36,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.30% +14.89% +5.62%
75th Percentile £48,000 £66,294 £67,500
90th Percentile £51,250 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,814 6,401 5,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.10% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,573 4,665 3,155
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,350 £30,602
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the West Midlands

Problem Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Problem Management in the West Midlands

Problem Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem Management in the West Midlands

Problem Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
Birmingham +32 18 £41,778 -30.22% 4
Warwickshire +2 7 - - 2
Staffordshire +20 3 £27,500 -3.51% 5
Solihull +9 3 £42,500 +3.03% 2
Herefordshire - 2 - -
Shropshire - 2 - - 3
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.26%) IIS
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Entra ID
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (10.53%) Route 53
4 4 (10.53%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (21.05%) Firewall
3 4 (10.53%) HTTPS
3 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 4 (10.53%) VLAN
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
3 4 (10.53%) WAN
4 2 (5.26%) DHCP
4 2 (5.26%) DNS
4 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.63%) Broadband
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) DB2
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Law
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.63%) Advertising
4 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Games
4 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) Support Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Security Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) HR Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) SAP HR Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Lead
6 3 (7.89%) Support Team Leader
6 3 (7.89%) Team Leader
7 2 (5.26%) Malware Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Senior
7 2 (5.26%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) .NET
2 2 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.63%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.89%) iPad
2 3 (7.89%) iPhone
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (52.63%) Windows
2 9 (23.68%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.16%) Linux
4 3 (7.89%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (5.26%) Unix
6 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Change Management
2 17 (44.74%) Incident Management
3 14 (36.84%) ITIL
4 11 (28.95%) ITSM
4 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (26.32%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (23.68%) Asset Management
6 9 (23.68%) Major Incident Management
6 9 (23.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (23.68%) Service Delivery
7 8 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (21.05%) Process Improvement
8 7 (18.42%) Customer Service
8 7 (18.42%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (13.16%) Compliance Management
10 5 (13.16%) Configuration Management
11 4 (10.53%) Identity Management
11 4 (10.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.89%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) Bash
3 2 (5.26%) Java
3 2 (5.26%) Perl
3 2 (5.26%) SQL
4 1 (2.63%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.79%) CISA
3 6 (15.79%) CISM
3 6 (15.79%) CISSP
3 6 (15.79%) GIAC
3 6 (15.79%) ISACA
3 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (15.79%) SANS
4 4 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
4 4 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (10.53%) GISP
5 3 (7.89%) Degree
6 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.26%) MCSA
7 1 (2.63%) CCNA
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) GRC
1 5 (13.16%) JSP 440
1 5 (13.16%) NCSC
1 5 (13.16%) SLA
2 4 (10.53%) GDPR
2 4 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
1 10 (26.32%) BitLocker
1 10 (26.32%) Firmware
2 5 (13.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) SCCM
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.26%) Ansible
3 2 (5.26%) Nessus
3 2 (5.26%) Progress Chef
3 2 (5.26%) Puppet
3 2 (5.26%) SCOM
4 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) Apple
2 10 (26.32%) HP
2 10 (26.32%) MobileIron
3 7 (18.42%) McAfee
3 7 (18.42%) Remedy
4 4 (10.53%) SAP
5 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.89%) Tenable
6 2 (5.26%) ArcSight
6 2 (5.26%) Cisco
6 2 (5.26%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.26%) Splunk
6 2 (5.26%) Sybase
7 1 (2.63%) Meraki