Incident Management Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Incident Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 56 63
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.70% 0.17% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.19% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £406 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +43.40%
75th Percentile £438 - £488
90th Percentile £460 - -
England median daily rate £475 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £15.71
Median hourly rate - - £17.95
75th Percentile - - £19.87
90th Percentile - - £20.25
England median hourly rate £15.41 £16.23 £18.93
% change year-on-year -5.05% -14.26% -4.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 846 514 631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.26% 87.12% 81.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 323 435
10th Percentile £192 £201 £188
25th Percentile £359 £325 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £538
90th Percentile £625 £600 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 20 63
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.54 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +25.97% +3.98%
75th Percentile £24.86 £26.00 £27.63
90th Percentile £25.77 £34.34 £51.50
England median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.23
% change year-on-year -18.57% +2.25% -2.20%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Leicestershire - 4 £419 - 1
Derbyshire - 2 - - 2
Northamptonshire - 1 £450 - 2
Incident Management
England

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) PBX
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Service Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Service Assurance Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Service Manager
2 2 (28.57%) CloudOps Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Logistics
3 3 (42.86%) Operational Stability
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Operations Management
4 2 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft