Incident Management Contract Job Trends in England

Incident Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 145 150
Rank change year-on-year -56 +5 -16
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 502 483 598
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.24% 1.99% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.18% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 279 314
10th Percentile £250 £200 £197
25th Percentile £375 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 69 132
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.76 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +0.43% -18.07%
75th Percentile £34.44 £24.66 £21.46
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £35.51
UK median hourly rate £25.24 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +54.85% +0.43% -18.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,360 22,106 31,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 91.23% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,945 14,454 20,903
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,132 926 2,241
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.56 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in England

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in England

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Management in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Management in England

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London -16 221 £520 +6.67% 81
South East -32 103 £475 - 57
North of England -69 81 £475 +12.16% 50
Midlands -50 37 £415 -24.55% 22
North West -47 36 £463 +10.65% 22
Yorkshire -55 36 £475 +5.56% 24
West Midlands -40 32 £415 -29.36% 12
South West -51 30 £488 -7.14% 10
East of England -75 17 £568 +3.18% 23
North East -15 9 £260 -43.78% 5
East Midlands -25 5 £413 -2.94% 10
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 15 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.59%) IIS
4 7 (1.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.80%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.40%) Apache
7 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 34 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (2.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.00%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.20%) assyst
6 1 (0.20%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 149 (29.68%) Azure
2 109 (21.71%) AWS
3 48 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.97%) GCP
5 30 (5.98%) Entra ID
6 27 (5.38%) GitHub
7 26 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (3.98%) OpenShift
9 18 (3.59%) IaaS
9 18 (3.59%) PaaS
10 17 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.59%) Power Platform
13 12 (2.39%) SaaS
14 11 (2.19%) Google Workspace
15 10 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.99%) Datadog
16 9 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.57%) Firewall
2 25 (4.98%) DNS
2 25 (4.98%) VPN
3 21 (4.18%) Network Security
4 18 (3.59%) TCP/IP
5 17 (3.39%) DHCP
6 16 (3.19%) WAN
7 14 (2.79%) LAN
7 14 (2.79%) MPLS
7 14 (2.79%) Wireless
8 12 (2.39%) BGP
9 11 (2.19%) OSPF
10 9 (1.79%) HTTP
10 9 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.39%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (1.39%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.39%) SMTP
12 6 (1.20%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.20%) InfiniBand
12 6 (1.20%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.79%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.19%) Power BI
2 11 (2.19%) Tableau
3 10 (1.99%) MySQL
4 9 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.59%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.39%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.40%) Flink
11 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.40%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (7.57%) JIRA
2 31 (6.18%) Git
3 24 (4.78%) Jenkins
4 22 (4.38%) GitLab
5 4 (0.80%) JMeter
6 3 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.60%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.40%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.40%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.40%) JUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Mockito
7 2 (0.40%) MSI
7 2 (0.40%) Postman
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 149 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 75 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (14.34%) Finance
4 56 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.18%) Banking
6 15 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.19%) Legal
9 9 (1.79%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.59%) Law
10 8 (1.59%) Military
11 7 (1.39%) Front Office
11 7 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.39%) Retail
12 6 (1.20%) French Language
12 6 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (14.14%) Analyst
2 50 (9.96%) Lead
3 38 (7.57%) Senior
4 31 (6.18%) Developer
5 27 (5.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 26 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (4.38%) Consultant
7 22 (4.38%) Incident Manager
7 22 (4.38%) Service Manager
7 22 (4.38%) Support Analyst
7 22 (4.38%) Support Engineer
8 21 (4.18%) Site Engineer
9 20 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (3.98%) Network Engineer
10 18 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (2.99%) Technical Support
12 14 (2.79%) IT Support
12 14 (2.79%) Service Analyst
13 13 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
13 13 (2.59%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.19%) REST
2 14 (2.79%) .NET
2 14 (2.79%) Kafka
3 10 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
3 10 (1.99%) Spring
3 10 (1.99%) Spring Boot
4 9 (1.79%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.59%) JSON
5 8 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.39%) RESTful
7 6 (1.20%) Node.js
7 6 (1.20%) React
8 5 (1.00%) ADO
8 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.00%) Loki
8 5 (1.00%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.80%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.60%) SOAP
10 3 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.98%) Data Centre
2 25 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (3.39%) CMDB
7 16 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.39%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.39%) Operational Technology
9 11 (2.19%) Clustering
9 11 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.99%) PKI
10 10 (1.99%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.79%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
13 7 (1.39%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.39%) SCADA
14 6 (1.20%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 93 (18.53%) Windows
2 77 (15.34%) Linux
3 29 (5.78%) Unix
4 27 (5.38%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.78%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.20%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.00%) VMS
10 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.40%) Android
12 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.40%) Debian
12 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (28.09%) ITIL
2 108 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 105 (20.92%) DevOps
4 94 (18.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 91 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (17.73%) CI/CD
7 78 (15.54%) ITSM
8 75 (14.94%) Incident Response
8 75 (14.94%) Observability
9 73 (14.54%) Service Management
10 69 (13.75%) Change Management
11 67 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
12 62 (12.35%) Service Delivery
13 61 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
13 61 (12.15%) Problem Management
14 60 (11.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 58 (11.55%) Agile
16 43 (8.57%) AI
16 43 (8.57%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.96%) PowerShell
1 50 (9.96%) Python
2 43 (8.57%) SQL
3 30 (5.98%) Java
4 24 (4.78%) Bash
5 12 (2.39%) Go
6 8 (1.59%) C#
6 8 (1.59%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.39%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.60%) Bicep
9 3 (0.60%) Groovy
10 2 (0.40%) Scala
10 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.40%) VB
11 1 (0.20%) C
11 1 (0.20%) COBOL
11 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 140 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 101 (20.12%) SC Cleared
3 58 (11.55%) Degree
4 33 (6.57%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.98%) CISSP
6 23 (4.58%) CISM
7 22 (4.38%) ITIL Certification
8 18 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.39%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.59%) GIAC
11 12 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.99%) SSCP
13 8 (1.59%) CRISC
14 6 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.00%) AWS Certification
15 5 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.35%) SLA
2 31 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.38%) NIST
4 21 (4.18%) GDPR
5 14 (2.79%) QA
6 12 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.39%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.39%) ISO 31000
10 6 (1.20%) PMO
11 4 (0.80%) COBIT
11 4 (0.80%) GRC
12 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.60%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.40%) NCSC
13 2 (0.40%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 46 (9.16%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.18%) Docker
3 14 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.39%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.60%) vSphere
10 2 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.20%) Ceph
11 1 (0.20%) NLBS
11 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 70 (13.94%) Terraform
2 60 (11.95%) Ansible
3 56 (11.16%) Kubernetes
4 49 (9.76%) Grafana
5 34 (6.77%) Prometheus
6 16 (3.19%) Puppet
7 13 (2.59%) SCCM
8 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.39%) Argo
9 7 (1.39%) CASB
9 7 (1.39%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.39%) vMotion
10 6 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.00%) Salt
11 5 (1.00%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.80%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.60%) QRadar
14 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.40%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 106 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 87 (17.33%) ServiceNow
3 35 (6.97%) Splunk
4 31 (6.18%) Oracle
5 25 (4.98%) Remedy
6 23 (4.58%) Cisco
7 19 (3.78%) VMware
8 18 (3.59%) Citrix
8 18 (3.59%) Google
9 17 (3.39%) Palo Alto
10 13 (2.59%) F5
11 12 (2.39%) SAP
12 11 (2.19%) Aruba
13 10 (1.99%) PagerDuty
14 9 (1.79%) Arista
14 9 (1.79%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.79%) Red Hat
15 8 (1.59%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.59%) Fortinet
16 7 (1.39%) Talend