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Problem Management freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Problem Management – calculated from 89 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
89
Rank 189 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 39 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
6 %
Rated for 89 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
88 %
18 % fully remote · stated in 92 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Problem Management

Growing, but still small.

Problem Management sits at rank 189 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 39 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 189 of 531 skills, 89 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 39 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible88 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Problem Management – and why do companies hire Problem Management freelancers?

The postings that mention Problem Management fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Infrastructure and operations62 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Problem Management.
Consulting and design20 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Problem Management.
Operations and enhancement13 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Problem Management.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (36 %), DevOps Engineer (33 %), Consultant (7 %) and Project Manager (7 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 52 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 39 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 98 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
189 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Problem Management are rising: from an average of 5 to 12 per week (+130 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Problem Management is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Incident Management appears in 92 % of Problem Management postings.

Often named together

Incident Management92 %(opens in new tab)Change Management63 %(opens in new tab)Share of Problem Management postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Problem Management – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior52 %
Mid-level45 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (52 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software58 %
banking_finance10 %
energy6 %
public_sector6 %
healthcare4 %

it_software dominates (58 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance65 %
Permanent22 %
Temp agency12 %

Freelance dominates (65 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote70 %
Fully remote18 %
On site12 %

Partly remote dominates (70 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 18 % of postings.

Stated in 92 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main13 %
Karlsruhe8 %
Berlin6 %
Frankfurt6 %
Köln5 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (13 %).

Stated in 71 % of listings

Project language

German83 %
English17 %

German dominates (83 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Problem Management?

Full time required79 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 42 postings with this information (47 % of all postings).

Current Problem Management projects

Frequently asked questions about Problem Management freelancing

How many Problem Management projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 89 projects and jobs mentioning Problem Management were posted. That is around 7 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 39 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Problem Management still in demand for freelancers?

Problem Management ranks 189 of 531 skills.

Are Problem Management projects possible remotely?

88 % of Problem Management postings allow remote work. 18 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Problem Management freelancer?

Incident Management (92 %) and Change Management (63 %) are most often required together with Problem Management. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Problem Management. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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