Problem Management Contracts in the South West

Problem Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Problem Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 139 152
Rank change year-on-year +28 +13 -29
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 41 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.30% 0.58% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 0.64% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 17
10th Percentile £425 £355 £227
25th Percentile £488 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £388
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +35.48% +46.23%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £475
90th Percentile £678 £688 £550
England median daily rate £465 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -11.43% +5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
% change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Problem Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,622 3,107 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.72% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,271 2,297
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 204
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.03% +13.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in the South West

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in the South West

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in the South West

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in the South West

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in the South West

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Wiltshire +24 22 £520 -16.80% 5
Somerset +13 9 - - 1
Bristol +20 5 £600 +71.43% 2
Gloucestershire +6 4 £425 +6.25%
Dorset +7 1 £625 +25.00% 4
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (9.76%) OneDrive
2 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) RTP
1 2 (4.88%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (17.07%) Metadata
1 7 (17.07%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 14 (34.15%) Public Sector
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.88%) Electronics
6 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) IT Support
1 9 (21.95%) IT Support Specialist
1 9 (21.95%) Support Specialist
2 8 (19.51%) Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Data Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Problem Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Availability Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Incident and Problem Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Incident Manager
6 4 (9.76%) Administrator
6 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Lead
7 3 (7.32%) Product Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Wintel Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) DevOps Administrator
9 1 (2.44%) Junior DevOps
9 1 (2.44%) Junior DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
1 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) CentOS
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
1 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
1 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
1 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) ITIL
2 18 (43.90%) Incident Management
3 16 (39.02%) Data Analysis
4 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (24.39%) Knowledge Management
5 10 (24.39%) User Experience
6 9 (21.95%) Analytics
6 9 (21.95%) Data Protection
7 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
7 7 (17.07%) Data Design
7 7 (17.07%) Data Governance
7 7 (17.07%) Data Migration
7 7 (17.07%) Impact Analysis
7 7 (17.07%) Metadata Management
7 7 (17.07%) Reverse Engineering
7 7 (17.07%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (17.07%) Strategic Planning
7 7 (17.07%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (39.02%) DV Cleared
2 16 (39.02%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (9.76%) Degree
5 2 (4.88%) HNC
5 2 (4.88%) HND
5 2 (4.88%) MCSE
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Remedy
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.88%) SAP