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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 162 132
Rank change year-on-year -18 -30 +11
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 672 473 609
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.72% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.90% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 274 306
10th Percentile £245 £243 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £613
90th Percentile £656 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 69 133
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.21 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.62 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +35.77% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.69 £63.00 £19.50
90th Percentile £76.70 £85.10 £28.40
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £18.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year +50.11% +12.88% -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 38,210 24,959 29,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.22% 90.75% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,914 15,999 19,151
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,365 1,791
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.22 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £69.49 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +25 267 £500 - 148
North of England -35 142 £450 -8.58% 80
South East -32 111 £530 +8.67% 61
Midlands -7 76 £450 -10.00% 35
North West -17 75 £443 -6.84% 37
West Midlands -8 72 £450 -12.62% 26
Yorkshire -41 58 £475 -6.31% 35
South West -33 41 £444 -15.48% 30
East of England -57 23 £600 +23.08% 13
North East -44 9 £490 -10.86% 8
East Midlands -10 4 £550 +17.40% 9
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 (3.42%) Confluence
2 22 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.19%) IIS
5 3 (0.45%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.45%) SAS
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.15%) Mule
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 39 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 19 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.89%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.30%) 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
1 183 (27.23%) Azure
2 132 (19.64%) AWS
3 81 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (8.63%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.55%) GCP
6 30 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (4.46%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.02%) OpenShift
8 25 (3.72%) GitHub
9 20 (2.98%) Datadog
10 18 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (2.38%) IaaS
12 15 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (2.23%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.23%) PaaS
12 15 (2.23%) SaaS
13 14 (2.08%) OCI
13 14 (2.08%) Serverless
14 13 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.85%) VPN
2 42 (6.25%) Firewall
3 38 (5.65%) DNS
4 32 (4.76%) Network Security
5 28 (4.17%) DHCP
6 27 (4.02%) WAN
7 24 (3.57%) TCP/IP
8 23 (3.42%) LAN
9 17 (2.53%) HTTP
10 14 (2.08%) BGP
10 14 (2.08%) Wireless
11 13 (1.93%) MPLS
11 13 (1.93%) OSPF
12 11 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.49%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.34%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 6 (0.89%) Internet
16 6 (0.89%) SSL
17 5 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.57%) Power BI
3 13 (1.93%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (1.49%) MySQL
6 8 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.04%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.89%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.60%) Big Data
10 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.60%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.60%) Tableau
11 3 (0.45%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.45%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 52 (7.74%) JIRA
2 31 (4.61%) Git
2 31 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.42%) GitLab
4 4 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.30%) Gemini Tracker
5 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.30%) JUnit
5 2 (0.30%) Mockito
5 2 (0.30%) MSI
5 2 (0.30%) Snyk
5 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 230 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 113 (16.82%) Finance
3 106 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.40%) Banking
6 24 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.98%) Legal
9 17 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.93%) Military
11 10 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.89%) French Language
14 5 (0.74%) Front Office
14 5 (0.74%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.45%) Billing
16 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (13.99%) Analyst
2 60 (8.93%) Lead
3 49 (7.29%) Senior
4 39 (5.80%) Consultant
5 33 (4.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 33 (4.91%) Support Engineer
6 32 (4.76%) Developer
7 30 (4.46%) Incident Manager
7 30 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (3.57%) Service Manager
9 24 (3.57%) Site Engineer
10 23 (3.42%) Support Analyst
11 21 (3.13%) Service Analyst
12 20 (2.98%) Network Engineer
12 20 (2.98%) Security Analyst
13 19 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (2.83%) IT Support
14 18 (2.68%) IT Analyst
15 17 (2.53%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.13%) REST
2 16 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.23%) .NET
4 10 (1.49%) Kafka
5 9 (1.34%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.19%) Node.js
7 7 (1.04%) SOAP
7 7 (1.04%) Spring
7 7 (1.04%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.89%) Middleware
8 6 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.89%) RESTful
8 6 (0.89%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.89%) Web Services
8 6 (0.89%) XML
9 5 (0.74%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.74%) HTML
9 5 (0.74%) JSON
9 5 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.95%) Data Centre
3 37 (5.51%) Management Information System
4 27 (4.02%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.57%) CMDB
6 24 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.83%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.38%) Security Posture
10 16 (2.38%) Virtual Team
11 14 (2.08%) Clustering
11 14 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 13 (1.93%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.64%) PKI
14 11 (1.64%) SCADA
15 10 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 141 (20.98%) Windows
2 80 (11.90%) Linux
3 43 (6.40%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.32%) Unix
5 21 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.34%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.74%) VMS
9 4 (0.60%) Solaris
9 4 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.45%) Android
10 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.15%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (28.87%) ITIL
2 167 (24.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 146 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (20.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 126 (18.75%) ITSM
6 121 (18.01%) CI/CD
7 120 (17.86%) DevOps
8 119 (17.71%) Service Management
9 117 (17.41%) Root Cause Analysis
10 113 (16.82%) Incident Response
11 111 (16.52%) Change Management
12 107 (15.92%) Cybersecurity
13 100 (14.88%) Observability
14 81 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
15 80 (11.90%) Problem Management
16 73 (10.86%) Service Delivery
17 72 (10.71%) Security Operations
18 70 (10.42%) Agile
19 69 (10.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 64 (9.52%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 78 (11.61%) Python
2 68 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 53 (7.89%) SQL
4 38 (5.65%) Bash
5 28 (4.17%) Java
6 9 (1.34%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.19%) Go
8 6 (0.89%) Groovy
8 6 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.60%) Bicep
10 3 (0.45%) C#
10 3 (0.45%) COBOL
10 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.30%) C++
11 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.30%) RPG
11 2 (0.30%) Scala
11 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 201 (29.91%) Security Cleared
2 146 (21.73%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.90%) Degree
4 54 (8.04%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.06%) CISSP
6 28 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.87%) CISM
8 23 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (1.79%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.64%) GIAC
13 11 (1.64%) SSCP
14 9 (1.34%) CRISC
14 9 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.19%) AWS Certification
16 7 (1.04%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.59%) SLA
2 36 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.91%) NIST
4 28 (4.17%) GDPR
5 25 (3.72%) NCSC
6 21 (3.13%) QA
7 19 (2.83%) Data Quality
7 19 (2.83%) GRC
8 16 (2.38%) PCI DSS
9 14 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.04%) ISO 31000
11 7 (1.04%) PMO
12 4 (0.60%) COBIT
12 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.60%) RMADS
13 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.45%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (12.65%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.61%) Docker
3 22 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.04%) vSphere
7 6 (0.89%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.30%) Firmware
9 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.15%) Ceph
10 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 82 (12.20%) Terraform
2 60 (8.93%) Kubernetes
3 52 (7.74%) Grafana
4 47 (6.99%) Ansible
5 32 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (2.53%) SCCM
8 13 (1.93%) Puppet
9 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (1.04%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.89%) CASB
10 6 (0.89%) SCOM
10 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.60%) Argo
11 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.60%) QRadar
11 4 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.60%) vMotion
12 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 154 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 128 (19.05%) ServiceNow
3 46 (6.85%) Splunk
4 33 (4.91%) Oracle
5 29 (4.32%) VMware
6 28 (4.17%) Cisco
7 27 (4.02%) Dynatrace
8 23 (3.42%) Google
9 22 (3.27%) Remedy
10 19 (2.83%) SAP
11 16 (2.38%) Citrix
12 15 (2.23%) Palo Alto
13 14 (2.08%) F5
14 11 (1.64%) Aruba
14 11 (1.64%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.34%) Arista
15 9 (1.34%) BMC
15 9 (1.34%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.19%) Denodo
16 8 (1.19%) Talend
343 Incident Management jobs in England