Incident Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Incident Engineer
England > East of England

As of 19 June 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 the East of England.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £450 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -35.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 2,028 907 1,771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 87.13% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 448 756
10th Percentile £192 £200 £207
25th Percentile £360 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £441
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +10.72% -7.21%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £521 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.56% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 182 623
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.33 £16.30
Median hourly rate £36.00 £42.85 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% -0.35% +20.11%
75th Percentile £66.00 £72.50 £64.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £72.85
England median hourly rate £45.50 £28.75 £39.55
% change year-on-year +58.26% -27.31% -12.11%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

Incident Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Incident Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Incident Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Incident Engineer
England

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 East of England region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT