Incident Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Incident Engineer
North West > Cheshire

As of 23 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Incident Engineer daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 617 436 492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 90.64% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 312 331
10th Percentile £322 £311 £276
25th Percentile £400 £358 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £441 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% -7.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £575
90th Percentile £652 £649 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £465 £488
% change year-on-year +2.15% -4.62% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 37
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.46 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.32 £16.54
Median hourly rate £32.23 £37.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% +42.31% -7.08%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.63 £38.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £29.27 £29.50
% change year-on-year +70.82% -0.78% -3.41%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Incident Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Incident Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Incident Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Warrington - 1 - -
Incident Engineer
North West

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Incident Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow