Major Incident Management Contracts

Major Incident Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Major Incident Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Major Incident Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 604 752
Rank change year-on-year +27 +148 -110
Contract jobs citing Major Incident Management 21 115 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 74 65
10th Percentile £285 £200 £198
25th Percentile £463 £315 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £450 £417
Median % change year-on-year +14.56% +8.04% +4.13%
75th Percentile £722 £590 £549
90th Percentile £865 £684 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £516 £400 £325
% change year-on-year +28.88% +23.08% +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 2
Median hourly rate - £37.50 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year - +226.09% -56.60%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £37.50 £11.50
% change year-on-year - +226.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Major Incident 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Major Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Major Incident Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Major Incident Management in the UK

Major Incident Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Management.

Daily rate trend for Major Incident Management in the UK

Major Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Major Incident Management in the UK

Major Incident Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Management.

Hourly rate trend for Major Incident Management in the UK

Major Incident Management
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Major Incident Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +46 17 £506 +12.44% 38
Work from Home +118 10 £725 +81.25% 15
UK excluding London -5 10 £516 +28.88% 28
London +76 8 £570 +20.00% 9
North of England +5 7 £500 +25.00% 10
North West -12 6 £475 +18.75% 1
Scotland +19 1 £525 +21.39%
Yorkshire +17 1 £600 +50.00% 4
South East +14 1 £725 +22.88% 3
South West - 1 £506 - 5

Major Incident Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) SMS
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Incident Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Major Incident Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Service Manager
4 2 (9.52%) E-Commerce Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Service Management
5 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL Availability Manager
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL Service Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Operations Director
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Service Continuity Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Service Operations Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) CMDB
2 1 (4.76%) Replication
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 13 (61.90%) Service Management
3 11 (52.38%) ITIL
4 8 (38.10%) ITSM
5 7 (33.33%) Business Continuity
6 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (28.57%) Service Continuity Management
7 5 (23.81%) Change Management
7 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement Process
7 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
8 3 (14.29%) Configuration Management
8 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
8 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (14.29%) Release Management
9 2 (9.52%) Availability Management
9 2 (9.52%) Business Continuity Management
9 2 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) ISO 22301
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow