Major Incident Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Major Incident Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Major Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 128 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Major Incident Management 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.052% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.056% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £529 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 -
75th Percentile £675 £588 -
90th Percentile £728 - -
London median daily rate £508 £538 £675
% change year-on-year -5.58% -20.37% +38.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Major 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,200 1,800 2,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.61% 93.70% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 1,204 1,385
10th Percentile £359 £315 £363
25th Percentile £455 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.77%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 28
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £24.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +34.62%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £119.65
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -6.67%

Major Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Major Incident Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Major Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Major Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Major Incident Management

Major Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Management in Central London over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Major Incident Management in Central London

Major Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Major Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Major Incident Management

Major Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
City of London -18 4 £575 - 3
Major Incident Management
London

Major Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Change Control
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Escalation Management
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Demand Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BMC
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Nexthink
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow