Problem Management Contracts in England

Problem Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 258 265
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +38
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 345 463 720
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.94% 0.97% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.08% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 292 471
10th Percentile £300 £272 £250
25th Percentile £384 £409 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +5.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £500 £638 £575
90th Percentile £577 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -7.01% +1.01% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 43 81
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%
75th Percentile £25.00 £35.63 £21.50
90th Percentile £27.00 £65.00 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £13.66 £14.50
% change year-on-year +64.71% -5.79% -31.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,578 42,765 64,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.86% 89.99% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,635 30,003 45,576
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £449 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,521 1,733
10th Percentile £12.84 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Problem Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem Management in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem Management in England

Problem Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London -30 102 £440 -20.00% 35
North of England +52 86 £490 +11.42% 21
North West +14 48 £493 +12.05% 12
South East -18 48 £450 -10.89% 27
South West +33 42 £520 -5.45% 11
Yorkshire +36 36 £430 -8.51% 9
Midlands +18 31 £475 -5.00% 22
East of England -11 26 £350 -36.36% 14
West Midlands +9 23 £475 -5.00% 12
East Midlands +14 8 - - 10
North East +10 2 £488 -2.50%
Problem Management
UK

Problem Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.06%) Confluence
3 10 (2.90%) NetWeaver
4 6 (1.74%) IIS
4 6 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.45%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.87%) Apache
6 3 (0.87%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 21 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (2.90%) SAP IBP
2 4 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.58%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.62%) Azure
2 28 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.09%) AWS
4 17 (4.93%) GitHub
5 11 (3.19%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.19%) SaaS
6 9 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.03%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.03%) Serverless
8 6 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.74%) GCP
9 5 (1.45%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.45%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.16%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.16%) PaaS
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.58%) IaaS
11 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.96%) Firewall
2 21 (6.09%) DHCP
2 21 (6.09%) DNS
3 18 (5.22%) LAN
4 17 (4.93%) VPN
4 17 (4.93%) WAN
4 17 (4.93%) Wireless
5 8 (2.32%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (2.03%) IPsec
6 7 (2.03%) MPLS
6 7 (2.03%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.74%) BGP
7 6 (1.74%) Internet
7 6 (1.74%) OSPF
7 6 (1.74%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.45%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.45%) VLAN
9 4 (1.16%) Cisco Wireless
9 4 (1.16%) Intranet
10 3 (0.87%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.90%) SAP BW
1 10 (2.90%) SAP HANA
1 10 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.61%) Power BI
3 8 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.03%) Metadata
4 7 (2.03%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (1.45%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) DTS
7 1 (0.29%) GIS
7 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.29%) MySQL
7 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (6.67%) JIRA
2 15 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.87%) Git
4 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.58%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.58%) JMeter
4 2 (0.58%) MSI
4 2 (0.58%) Selenium
4 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 125 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.55%) Finance
3 63 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.51%) Banking
6 13 (3.77%) Legal
6 13 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.32%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.03%) Front Office
9 6 (1.74%) Back Office
9 6 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Marketing
11 3 (0.87%) Billing
11 3 (0.87%) Electronics
11 3 (0.87%) French Language
11 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Automotive
12 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (15.07%) Analyst
2 34 (9.86%) Problem Manager
3 24 (6.96%) Senior
3 24 (6.96%) Service Analyst
4 23 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
5 22 (6.38%) Incident Manager
6 20 (5.80%) IT Support
6 20 (5.80%) Storage Manager
7 19 (5.51%) Service Manager
8 18 (5.22%) Administrator
9 17 (4.93%) Availability Manager
9 17 (4.93%) Capacity and Availability Manager
9 17 (4.93%) Capacity Manager
9 17 (4.93%) Consultant
10 15 (4.35%) Support Specialist
11 14 (4.06%) IT Support Specialist
12 12 (3.48%) Architect
12 12 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (3.48%) Service Delivery Manager
12 12 (3.48%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.35%) YAML
2 10 (2.90%) SAP Basis
2 10 (2.90%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (1.45%) .NET
3 5 (1.45%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.45%) Web Services
4 3 (0.87%) CSS
4 3 (0.87%) HTML
4 3 (0.87%) LDAP
4 3 (0.87%) Middleware
5 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.58%) Kafka
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.58%) RESTful
5 2 (0.58%) XMPP
6 1 (0.29%) ISPF
6 1 (0.29%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.29%) React Native
6 1 (0.29%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.86%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.09%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.64%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.48%) PKI
5 11 (3.19%) CMDB
6 9 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.16%) Clustering
8 4 (1.16%) Handset
8 4 (1.16%) Replication
9 3 (0.87%) AS400
9 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 64 (18.55%) Windows
2 45 (13.04%) Linux
3 22 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.09%) zOS
5 16 (4.64%) Unix
6 14 (4.06%) Windows 10
7 12 (3.48%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.87%) VMS
10 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.58%) Android
11 2 (0.58%) CentOS
12 1 (0.29%) AIX
12 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (48.70%) ITIL
2 118 (34.20%) Incident Management
2 118 (34.20%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (27.54%) Service Management
4 82 (23.77%) Change Management
5 59 (17.10%) Agile
6 48 (13.91%) Mentoring
7 47 (13.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 45 (13.04%) ITSM
9 40 (11.59%) Service Delivery
10 35 (10.14%) Customer Service
11 34 (9.86%) Data Analysis
12 33 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (9.28%) Statistics
14 31 (8.99%) Project Management
15 29 (8.41%) Decision-Making
15 29 (8.41%) Quality Management
16 25 (7.25%) Capacity Management
16 25 (7.25%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.12%) Python
3 20 (5.80%) JCL
4 19 (5.51%) SQL
5 16 (4.64%) REXX
6 8 (2.32%) Swift
7 4 (1.16%) Java
7 4 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.87%) C#
9 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (28.12%) Security Cleared
2 73 (21.16%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.72%) Degree
4 28 (8.12%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (4.06%) MCP
7 13 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.32%) CCNP
9 8 (2.32%) SAP Certification
10 7 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.45%) CCNA
12 5 (1.45%) MCSE
13 2 (0.58%) CCIE
13 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.58%) Dell Certification
13 2 (0.58%) HNC
13 2 (0.58%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.43%) SLA
2 6 (1.74%) QA
3 4 (1.16%) GDPR
4 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.87%) IASME
4 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (10.43%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.80%) Time Sharing Option
3 19 (5.51%) NFS
4 8 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (2.03%) Firmware
6 6 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (0.87%) Docker
8 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.87%) vSphere
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.58%) XenApp
10 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (6.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 18 (5.22%) Ansible
3 12 (3.48%) SCCM
4 8 (2.32%) Control-M
5 5 (1.45%) SysTrack
6 4 (1.16%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.87%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.87%) Terraform
8 2 (0.58%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.58%) Nagios
8 2 (0.58%) WSUS
8 2 (0.58%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
9 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 31 (8.99%) Dell
4 25 (7.25%) IBM
5 24 (6.96%) Broadcom
5 24 (6.96%) Citrix
5 24 (6.96%) SAP
6 19 (5.51%) Brocade
6 19 (5.51%) CA
7 17 (4.93%) Cisco
8 11 (3.19%) Remedy
9 10 (2.90%) F5
9 10 (2.90%) HP
9 10 (2.90%) VMware
10 8 (2.32%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.32%) Okta
11 6 (1.74%) Oracle
12 5 (1.45%) New Relic
12 5 (1.45%) OpenAI
13 4 (1.16%) Qualys