Incident Management Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Incident Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 62 55
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +21
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 5 8 24
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.63% 1.02% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.21% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £230 - £448
25th Percentile £276 £140 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £315 £645
Median % change year-on-year +12.96% -51.16% +54.14%
75th Percentile £439 £547 £650
90th Percentile £487 £658 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £563 £506
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
South West median hourly rate £14.81 £15.22 £83.40
% change year-on-year -2.66% -81.76% +541.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Incident Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 699 662 916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 87.48% 84.33% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 350 574
10th Percentile £231 £225 £300
25th Percentile £388 £383 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 96 124
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £51.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Incident Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Incident Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Management

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in Bristol

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Management

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) NEC
2 1 (20.00%) Northgate
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) VMware