Problem Manager Contracts in England

Problem Manager
UK > England

The median Problem Manager daily rate in England is £493 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 491 617 765
Rank change year-on-year +126 +148 -144
Contract jobs requiring a Problem Manager 51 22 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.046% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.049% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 20 18
10th Percentile £425 £359 £229
25th Percentile £450 £472 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £490 £491
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -0.15% +30.87%
75th Percentile £530 £570 £544
90th Percentile £536 £604 £575
UK median daily rate £493 £490 £495
% change year-on-year +0.61% -1.01% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.96
UK median hourly rate - - £30.96

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,255 45,148 67,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 32,138 48,275
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,311 1,778
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Problem Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Problem Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Manager in England

Problem Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +53 25 £493 +3.79%
North West +30 15 £493 +3.79%
London +103 12 £500 +4.17% 2
Yorkshire - 10 £475 -
South West +16 9 £520 -0.95% 1
South East +9 5 £525 -7.89% 2
Problem Manager
UK

Problem Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Problem Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Problem Manager in the job title.

1 33 (64.71%) Problem Management
2 29 (56.86%) ITIL
3 28 (54.90%) Root Cause Analysis
4 26 (50.98%) Security Cleared
5 22 (43.14%) SC Cleared
6 20 (39.22%) Service Management
7 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
9 16 (31.37%) Change Management
9 16 (31.37%) Incident Management
10 15 (29.41%) Finance
11 14 (27.45%) Quality Management
11 14 (27.45%) Statistics
11 14 (27.45%) Virtual Team Management
11 14 (27.45%) Virtual Team
11 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
12 12 (23.53%) Proactive Monitoring
13 11 (21.57%) Banking
13 11 (21.57%) ServiceNow
14 8 (15.69%) ITSM
15 7 (13.73%) Configuration Management
15 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
16 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 6 (11.76%) DV Cleared
17 5 (9.80%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (9.80%) Risk Management
17 5 (9.80%) Proactive Management
18 4 (7.84%) Due Diligence
18 4 (7.84%) Process Improvement
18 4 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate

Problem Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Finance
3 11 (21.57%) Banking
4 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (64.71%) Problem Management
2 29 (56.86%) ITIL
3 28 (54.90%) Root Cause Analysis
4 20 (39.22%) Service Management
5 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (31.37%) Change Management
6 16 (31.37%) Incident Management
7 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
7 14 (27.45%) Quality Management
7 14 (27.45%) Statistics
7 14 (27.45%) Virtual Team Management
8 12 (23.53%) Proactive Monitoring
9 8 (15.69%) ITSM
10 7 (13.73%) Configuration Management
11 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (9.80%) Proactive Management
12 5 (9.80%) Risk Management
13 4 (7.84%) Agile
13 4 (7.84%) Customer Experience
13 4 (7.84%) Due Diligence
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (43.14%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (21.57%) ServiceNow
2 4 (7.84%) BT
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft