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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 160 138
Rank change year-on-year -26 -22 +7
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 688 470 592
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.70% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.88% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 275 291
10th Percentile £250 £244 £213
25th Percentile £400 £367 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £582 £594 £638
90th Percentile £656 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 66 134
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.21 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.75 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +41.76% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £55.38 £62.08 £17.71
90th Percentile £76.30 £86.00 £28.23
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.89% +16.14% -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 38,456 25,047 28,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.72% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,987 16,039 18,801
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,460 1,391 1,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +25 274 £500 - 287
North of England -23 145 £450 -10.00% 96
South East -37 109 £550 +12.82% 74
Midlands +1 79 £475 -6.40% 44
North West -21 77 £443 -6.84% 49
West Midlands -5 75 £463 -11.06% 30
Yorkshire -40 59 £475 -6.31% 38
South West -29 48 £450 -14.29% 29
East of England -54 21 £600 +23.08% 26
North East -36 9 £490 -24.58% 9
East Midlands -6 4 £550 +17.40% 14
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 23 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
1 23 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.20%) Confluence
3 8 (1.16%) IIS
4 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.44%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.44%) SAS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.15%) Mule
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 38 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 19 (2.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.87%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 189 (27.47%) Azure
2 130 (18.90%) AWS
3 89 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (8.43%) Entra ID
5 43 (6.25%) GCP
6 34 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.36%) Power Platform
8 28 (4.07%) GitHub
9 27 (3.92%) OpenShift
10 20 (2.91%) Datadog
10 20 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (2.47%) IaaS
12 16 (2.33%) SaaS
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon S3
13 15 (2.18%) OCI
14 14 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (2.03%) PaaS
14 14 (2.03%) Serverless
15 12 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (6.83%) VPN
2 45 (6.54%) DNS
2 45 (6.54%) Firewall
3 35 (5.09%) Network Security
4 33 (4.80%) DHCP
5 30 (4.36%) WAN
6 26 (3.78%) TCP/IP
7 24 (3.49%) LAN
8 17 (2.47%) BGP
9 16 (2.33%) HTTP
9 16 (2.33%) OSPF
9 16 (2.33%) Wireless
10 13 (1.89%) MPLS
10 13 (1.89%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.31%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 7 (1.02%) VLAN
14 6 (0.87%) EIGRP
14 6 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.49%) Power BI
3 13 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
3 13 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.45%) MySQL
5 10 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.02%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
9 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.58%) Tableau
10 3 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 51 (7.41%) JIRA
2 32 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.51%) Git
4 24 (3.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.29%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.29%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.29%) JUnit
6 2 (0.29%) Mockito
6 2 (0.29%) MSI
6 2 (0.29%) Snyk
6 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
General
1 235 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 117 (17.01%) Finance
3 109 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.25%) Banking
6 24 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.76%) Legal
9 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.03%) Military
11 10 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.02%) French Language
14 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.87%) Front Office
15 5 (0.73%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.73%) Retail
16 4 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.44%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (13.95%) Analyst
2 61 (8.87%) Lead
3 53 (7.70%) Senior
4 44 (6.40%) Consultant
5 32 (4.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 32 (4.65%) Support Engineer
6 31 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (4.36%) Developer
8 29 (4.22%) Incident Manager
9 27 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (3.49%) Support Analyst
11 23 (3.34%) Site Engineer
12 22 (3.20%) Network Engineer
12 22 (3.20%) Security Analyst
13 21 (3.05%) Service Manager
14 20 (2.91%) IT Support
14 20 (2.91%) Security Consultant
14 20 (2.91%) Service Analyst
15 19 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
16 17 (2.47%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.91%) REST
2 16 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.18%) .NET
4 10 (1.45%) Kafka
5 9 (1.31%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.16%) Node.js
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.02%) SOAP
7 7 (1.02%) Spring
7 7 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.87%) Middleware
8 6 (0.87%) RESTful
8 6 (0.87%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.87%) Web Services
8 6 (0.87%) XML
9 5 (0.73%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.73%) HTML
9 5 (0.73%) JSON
9 5 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.81%) Data Centre
2 40 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.63%) Data Protection Act
4 25 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (3.05%) CMDB
7 20 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.76%) Product Ownership
9 17 (2.47%) Security Posture
10 16 (2.33%) Clustering
10 16 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
10 16 (2.33%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.89%) Operational Technology
12 12 (1.74%) PKI
13 11 (1.60%) SCADA
13 11 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 145 (21.08%) Windows
2 80 (11.63%) Linux
3 44 (6.40%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.07%) Unix
5 22 (3.20%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.73%) VMS
8 5 (0.73%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.58%) Android
9 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.58%) Solaris
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (28.20%) ITIL
2 169 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 152 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (19.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 123 (17.88%) CI/CD
5 123 (17.88%) DevOps
6 122 (17.73%) ITSM
7 120 (17.44%) Root Cause Analysis
8 117 (17.01%) Change Management
9 115 (16.72%) Service Management
10 113 (16.42%) Incident Response
11 112 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
12 105 (15.26%) Observability
13 83 (12.06%) Infrastructure as Code
14 82 (11.92%) Problem Management
15 76 (11.05%) Service Delivery
16 75 (10.90%) Security Operations
17 69 (10.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 68 (9.88%) Agile
19 67 (9.74%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 82 (11.92%) Python
2 73 (10.61%) PowerShell
3 60 (8.72%) SQL
4 37 (5.38%) Bash
5 26 (3.78%) Java
6 8 (1.16%) Go
6 8 (1.16%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.87%) Groovy
7 6 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.73%) Bicep
9 4 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.44%) C#
10 3 (0.44%) COBOL
10 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.29%) RPG
11 2 (0.29%) Scala
11 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 210 (30.52%) Security Cleared
2 151 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.06%) Degree
4 56 (8.14%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.09%) CISSP
6 30 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.78%) CISM
9 18 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.60%) CCNA
13 11 (1.60%) CRISC
13 11 (1.60%) GIAC
13 11 (1.60%) SSCP
14 10 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.98%) SLA
2 36 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.94%) NIST
4 28 (4.07%) GDPR
5 25 (3.63%) NCSC
6 24 (3.49%) QA
7 20 (2.91%) GRC
8 17 (2.47%) Data Quality
8 17 (2.47%) PCI DSS
9 15 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.02%) ISO 31000
12 6 (0.87%) PMO
13 4 (0.58%) COBIT
13 4 (0.58%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.58%) RMADS
14 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.44%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (13.52%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.51%) Docker
3 26 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.02%) vSphere
6 6 (0.87%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.29%) Firmware
8 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.15%) Ceph
9 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 86 (12.50%) Terraform
2 60 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.41%) Grafana
4 48 (6.98%) Ansible
5 32 (4.65%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.33%) SCCM
8 13 (1.89%) Puppet
9 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (1.16%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.02%) CASB
11 7 (1.02%) SCOM
12 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.73%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.73%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.58%) Argo
14 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.58%) QRadar
14 4 (0.58%) vMotion
Vendors
1 166 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 126 (18.31%) ServiceNow
3 47 (6.83%) Splunk
4 35 (5.09%) Oracle
4 35 (5.09%) VMware
5 31 (4.51%) Dynatrace
6 30 (4.36%) Cisco
7 22 (3.20%) Google
7 22 (3.20%) Remedy
8 16 (2.33%) Citrix
8 16 (2.33%) Palo Alto
8 16 (2.33%) SAP
9 14 (2.03%) F5
10 11 (1.60%) Aruba
10 11 (1.60%) BMC
10 11 (1.60%) CheckPoint
11 9 (1.31%) Arista
11 9 (1.31%) Zscaler
12 8 (1.16%) Denodo
12 8 (1.16%) Talend