Incident Management Contract Job Trends in Chester

Incident Management
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 2.36% - 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% - 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £475 £555
% change year-on-year - -14.41% +5.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 63 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 74.02% 88.73% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 27 9
10th Percentile £190 £405 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £632 £588 £600
90th Percentile £710 £642 £712
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 10
10th Percentile £19.00 - £17.03
25th Percentile £21.70 £16.00 £17.17
Median hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £28.31
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -29.34% +80.75%
75th Percentile £34.17 £29.60 £38.75
90th Percentile £78.25 £86.00 £40.38
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £23.61
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.41% +54.82%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in Chester

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
1 1 (33.33%) F5