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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 148 143
Rank change year-on-year -68 -5 -11
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 474 462 609
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.19% 1.88% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 2.06% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 270 328
10th Percentile £250 £200 £195
25th Percentile £375 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £581 £598 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £689
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 64 128
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.89 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £15.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.12 £20.16 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% +24.18% -18.07%
75th Percentile £25.24 £28.25 £21.46
90th Percentile £48.60 £70.00 £34.34
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £20.16 £16.27
% change year-on-year +9.15% +23.92% -17.90%

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -15 213 £525 +9.09% 66
South East -10 98 £463 +2.78% 44
North of England -76 68 £463 +8.82% 34
Midlands -43 37 £415 -29.36% 24
South West -40 33 £531 +1.19% 9
West Midlands -44 33 £415 -30.11% 12
North West -43 32 £450 +6.26% 16
Yorkshire -59 29 £475 +5.56% 11
East of England -69 19 £543 -1.36% 15
North East -22 6 £260 -30.67% 9
East Midlands -31 4 £413 -2.94% 12
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 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.90%) Confluence
2 9 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.69%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.42%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.84%) ProductWriter
2 4 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.42%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) assyst
5 1 (0.21%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 131 (27.64%) Azure
2 100 (21.10%) AWS
3 43 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (7.81%) GCP
5 25 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (5.27%) Entra ID
6 23 (4.85%) GitHub
7 19 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (3.59%) OpenShift
9 16 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.74%) Google Workspace
10 13 (2.74%) IaaS
10 13 (2.74%) PaaS
11 12 (2.53%) Power Platform
12 11 (2.32%) SaaS
13 10 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.48%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.48%) Serverless
14 7 (1.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.17%) Firewall
2 25 (5.27%) VPN
3 23 (4.85%) DNS
4 20 (4.22%) Network Security
5 18 (3.80%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.38%) DHCP
7 13 (2.74%) LAN
7 13 (2.74%) MPLS
7 13 (2.74%) Wireless
8 12 (2.53%) WAN
9 9 (1.90%) BGP
9 9 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.69%) HTTP
10 8 (1.69%) OSPF
11 7 (1.48%) SMTP
12 6 (1.27%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.27%) InfiniBand
12 6 (1.27%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.27%) SAN
12 6 (1.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.74%) SQL Server
1 13 (2.74%) Tableau
2 12 (2.53%) Power BI
3 10 (2.11%) MySQL
4 9 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.48%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.42%) Flink
10 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (0.42%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (8.02%) JIRA
2 28 (5.91%) Git
3 19 (4.01%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.16%) GitLab
5 4 (0.84%) JMeter
6 3 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.42%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.42%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.42%) JUnit
7 2 (0.42%) Mockito
7 2 (0.42%) MSI
7 2 (0.42%) Postman
7 2 (0.42%) Selenium
7 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 133 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 75 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (15.40%) Finance
4 53 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.12%) Banking
6 15 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.11%) Retail
11 9 (1.90%) Legal
12 8 (1.69%) Law
12 8 (1.69%) Military
13 7 (1.48%) Front Office
14 6 (1.27%) French Language
14 6 (1.27%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.84%) Billing
16 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (15.61%) Analyst
2 44 (9.28%) Lead
3 32 (6.75%) Senior
4 27 (5.70%) Developer
4 27 (5.70%) Support Analyst
5 23 (4.85%) Support Engineer
6 22 (4.64%) Consultant
6 22 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (4.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 21 (4.43%) Service Manager
8 20 (4.22%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (4.01%) Network Engineer
9 19 (4.01%) Site Engineer
10 17 (3.59%) Incident Manager
11 15 (3.16%) IT Support
11 15 (3.16%) Technical Support
12 14 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (2.74%) Desktop Support
13 13 (2.74%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.74%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.43%) REST
2 14 (2.95%) Kafka
3 13 (2.74%) .NET
4 10 (2.11%) Spring
4 10 (2.11%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.90%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (1.69%) JSON
6 8 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.48%) React
7 7 (1.48%) RESTful
8 5 (1.05%) ADO
8 5 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.84%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.84%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.63%) Loki
10 3 (0.63%) Node.js
10 3 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.63%) SOAP
10 3 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.33%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 26 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.43%) Data Centre
5 19 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.16%) CMDB
7 13 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.32%) Cloud Native
9 11 (2.32%) Clustering
10 10 (2.11%) PKI
11 8 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.48%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.27%) BYOD
13 6 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.27%) Legacy Code
13 6 (1.27%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.05%) Operational Technology
14 5 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 93 (19.62%) Windows
2 69 (14.56%) Linux
3 29 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 25 (5.27%) Unix
5 21 (4.43%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.48%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.27%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.05%) VMS
10 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.42%) Debian
11 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.21%) Android
12 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.21%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.21%) Solaris
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.54%) ITIL
2 103 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 98 (20.68%) DevOps
4 84 (17.72%) Root Cause Analysis
5 77 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (16.03%) ITSM
6 76 (16.03%) Service Management
7 74 (15.61%) Incident Response
8 70 (14.77%) Change Management
9 68 (14.35%) CI/CD
10 65 (13.71%) Observability
11 61 (12.87%) Problem Management
11 61 (12.87%) Service Delivery
11 61 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 60 (12.66%) Agile
13 55 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
14 50 (10.55%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 46 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
16 44 (9.28%) Customer Service
17 38 (8.02%) AI
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.39%) PowerShell
2 49 (10.34%) Python
3 42 (8.86%) SQL
4 26 (5.49%) Java
5 17 (3.59%) Bash
6 10 (2.11%) Go
7 7 (1.48%) C#
7 7 (1.48%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.48%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) Groovy
11 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.42%) VB
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 101 (21.31%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.76%) Degree
4 25 (5.27%) CISSP
5 24 (5.06%) DV Cleared
6 21 (4.43%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (3.59%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.59%) CISM
8 12 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.69%) GIAC
11 6 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.27%) SSCP
12 5 (1.05%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.84%) CCNP
13 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.84%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.66%) SLA
2 25 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.43%) GDPR
3 21 (4.43%) NIST
4 15 (3.16%) QA
5 12 (2.53%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.05%) GRC
10 4 (0.84%) COBIT
10 4 (0.84%) PMO
11 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.63%) NCSC
11 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.42%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.06%) Docker
3 13 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.48%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Ceph
8 1 (0.21%) NLBS
8 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (12.24%) Terraform
2 51 (10.76%) Ansible
3 48 (10.13%) Kubernetes
4 42 (8.86%) Grafana
5 27 (5.70%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.95%) SCCM
7 12 (2.53%) Puppet
8 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.69%) CASB
10 7 (1.48%) Argo
10 7 (1.48%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.48%) vMotion
11 6 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.05%) Salt
12 5 (1.05%) TeamSite
13 4 (0.84%) Pingdom
14 3 (0.63%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.42%) Opsview
15 2 (0.42%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 99 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 82 (17.30%) ServiceNow
3 34 (7.17%) Splunk
4 31 (6.54%) Oracle
5 25 (5.27%) Remedy
6 23 (4.85%) Cisco
7 18 (3.80%) Citrix
7 18 (3.80%) VMware
8 17 (3.59%) Google
9 13 (2.74%) Palo Alto
9 13 (2.74%) SAP
10 11 (2.32%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.11%) F5
11 10 (2.11%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.90%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.69%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.69%) Aruba
13 8 (1.69%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.69%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.48%) Atlassian