Incident Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Incident Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 21 29
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 53 104 106
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.97% 6.91% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 8.42% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 18
10th Percentile £86 £157 £252
25th Percentile £256 £181 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £368
90th Percentile £700 £610 £661
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 91 64
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.23 £17.73
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% -8.46% -1.50%
75th Percentile £87.81 £16.85 £20.56
90th Percentile £91.50 - £21.79
England median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year +16.14% -18.07% +0.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,200 1,235 1,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.96% 82.11% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 469 880
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £688 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 326 375
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.38 £38.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.86% +92.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57.13 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £76.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in the East of England

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Management in the East of England

Incident Management
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 Management within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire -8 31 £650 +13.04% 4
Bedfordshire +8 14 £86 - 2
Hertfordshire -3 8 £450 +84.62% 8
Incident Management
England

Incident Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.66%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.77%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Military
3 5 (9.43%) German Language
3 5 (9.43%) Retail
4 3 (5.66%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Analyst
1 18 (33.96%) Service Analyst
2 15 (28.30%) Lead
3 13 (24.53%) Security Engineer
4 12 (22.64%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Customer Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Customer Service Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Technical Services Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Call Centre Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Programme Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Configuration Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.77%) IT Services Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Service Manager
9 1 (1.89%) Deployment Manager
9 1 (1.89%) Incident Manager
9 1 (1.89%) Product Owner
9 1 (1.89%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.77%) Operational Technology
2 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
1 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) Customer Service
2 23 (43.40%) Service Delivery
3 19 (35.85%) Mathematics
3 19 (35.85%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (28.30%) ITIL
5 14 (26.42%) Patch Management
6 13 (24.53%) GAP Analysis
6 13 (24.53%) Information Assurance
6 13 (24.53%) Key Management
6 13 (24.53%) Security Management
7 12 (22.64%) MODAF
7 12 (22.64%) SABSA
8 8 (15.09%) Agile
9 7 (13.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
11 4 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.55%) ITSM
11 4 (7.55%) Observability
11 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (5.66%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.85%) SC Cleared
3 11 (20.75%) A+ Certification
3 11 (20.75%) MCSA
3 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (11.32%) Degree
5 3 (5.66%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.77%) CISSP
6 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.89%) APMG
7 1 (1.89%) CCNA
7 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (26.42%) NIST
2 13 (24.53%) JSP 440
2 13 (24.53%) NCSC
2 13 (24.53%) NIST 800
3 2 (3.77%) GxP
3 2 (3.77%) SLA
4 1 (1.89%) COSO
4 1 (1.89%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) ISO 31000
4 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (22.64%) Firmware
2 8 (15.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.64%) ServiceNow
3 11 (20.75%) Citrix
4 3 (5.66%) Splunk
5 2 (3.77%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.77%) LabWare
6 1 (1.89%) Cisco
6 1 (1.89%) Kaspersky
6 1 (1.89%) Sophos