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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 140 143
Rank change year-on-year -63 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 521 490 609
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 2.02% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.22% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 285 323
10th Percentile £258 £220 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £685 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 70 135
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.51 £14.99 £14.44
Median hourly rate £25.24 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.85% +0.43% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.38 £27.17 £21.46
90th Percentile £63.90 £70.00 £34.93
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +146.93% +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 34,902 22,108 31,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.66% 91.30% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,235 14,434 20,613
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,141 960 2,249
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -14 228 £518 +6.15% 81
South East -24 101 £475 -5.00% 53
North of England -67 91 £475 +11.76% 58
North West -42 41 £488 +15.11% 26
Yorkshire -55 40 £475 +5.56% 24
Midlands -39 36 £415 -22.79% 27
South West -43 33 £488 -9.30% 12
West Midlands -41 32 £415 -27.03% 19
East of England -73 19 £535 +1.90% 11
North East -20 10 £480 -12.73% 8
East Midlands -25 4 £425 - 8
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 14 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.73%) Confluence
4 8 (1.54%) IIS
5 4 (0.77%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.58%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (2.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.15%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) assyst
6 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 161 (30.90%) Azure
2 118 (22.65%) AWS
3 47 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (7.87%) GCP
5 33 (6.33%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.37%) GitHub
7 21 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (4.03%) OpenShift
8 20 (3.84%) IaaS
9 19 (3.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (3.65%) PaaS
10 17 (3.26%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (3.07%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.69%) SaaS
13 13 (2.50%) Power Platform
14 12 (2.30%) Google Workspace
15 11 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (2.11%) Datadog
16 10 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.68%) Firewall
2 28 (5.37%) DNS
2 28 (5.37%) VPN
3 20 (3.84%) DHCP
3 20 (3.84%) Network Security
3 20 (3.84%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.45%) WAN
5 14 (2.69%) BGP
5 14 (2.69%) LAN
5 14 (2.69%) MPLS
5 14 (2.69%) Wireless
6 13 (2.50%) OSPF
7 11 (2.11%) HTTP
8 9 (1.73%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (1.73%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.34%) SMTP
10 6 (1.15%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.15%) Internet
10 6 (1.15%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.11%) Power BI
3 10 (1.92%) MySQL
3 10 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.92%) Tableau
4 9 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.54%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.34%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.58%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (7.87%) JIRA
2 32 (6.14%) Git
3 25 (4.80%) GitLab
3 25 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.77%) JMeter
5 3 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.58%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.38%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.38%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.38%) JUnit
6 2 (0.38%) Mockito
6 2 (0.38%) MSI
6 2 (0.38%) Postman
6 2 (0.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) Snyk
General
1 161 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.97%) Finance
3 73 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.95%) Banking
6 16 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.11%) Legal
10 10 (1.92%) Military
11 9 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.73%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.34%) Front Office
13 6 (1.15%) French Language
13 6 (1.15%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.15%) Law
14 4 (0.77%) Billing
14 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (12.86%) Analyst
2 52 (9.98%) Lead
3 40 (7.68%) Senior
4 31 (5.95%) Developer
5 30 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (5.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 26 (4.99%) Consultant
7 24 (4.61%) Incident Manager
7 24 (4.61%) Support Engineer
8 23 (4.41%) Service Manager
9 22 (4.22%) Site Engineer
10 21 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (3.84%) Support Analyst
12 19 (3.65%) Network Engineer
13 15 (2.88%) Technical Support
14 14 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
15 13 (2.50%) IT Support
15 13 (2.50%) Linux Engineer
15 13 (2.50%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.65%) REST
2 14 (2.69%) .NET
2 14 (2.69%) Kafka
3 11 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (1.92%) JSON
4 10 (1.92%) Spring
4 10 (1.92%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.73%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.54%) Node.js
7 7 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.34%) RESTful
8 6 (1.15%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.15%) React
9 5 (0.96%) ADO
9 5 (0.96%) Loki
9 5 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.77%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.58%) Swagger
11 3 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.29%) Onboarding
2 30 (5.76%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.80%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.45%) CMDB
6 18 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.50%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.30%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.30%) PKI
9 12 (2.30%) Product Ownership
10 11 (2.11%) Clustering
11 10 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.92%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
12 8 (1.54%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.34%) SCADA
14 6 (1.15%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 100 (19.19%) Windows
2 79 (15.16%) Linux
3 33 (6.33%) Unix
4 30 (5.76%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.65%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.15%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.15%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.96%) VMS
10 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.38%) Android
11 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.38%) Debian
11 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (28.02%) ITIL
2 114 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 111 (21.31%) DevOps
4 101 (19.39%) CI/CD
5 100 (19.19%) Root Cause Analysis
6 97 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (15.36%) Incident Response
7 80 (15.36%) Observability
8 76 (14.59%) ITSM
9 74 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (14.01%) Change Management
11 69 (13.24%) Service Management
12 67 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (12.86%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 64 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
14 63 (12.09%) Problem Management
14 63 (12.09%) Service Delivery
15 59 (11.32%) Agile
16 48 (9.21%) Decision-Making
17 45 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.13%) Python
2 52 (9.98%) PowerShell
3 44 (8.45%) SQL
4 34 (6.53%) Java
5 26 (4.99%) Bash
6 13 (2.50%) Go
7 10 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.54%) C#
9 7 (1.34%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.34%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.58%) Bicep
10 3 (0.58%) Groovy
11 2 (0.38%) Scala
11 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.38%) VB
12 1 (0.19%) C
12 1 (0.19%) COBOL
12 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 149 (28.60%) Security Cleared
2 106 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 58 (11.13%) Degree
4 38 (7.29%) DV Cleared
5 31 (5.95%) CISSP
6 26 (4.99%) CISM
7 22 (4.22%) ITIL Certification
8 18 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.26%) Azure Certification
10 15 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.92%) GIAC
12 10 (1.92%) SSCP
13 8 (1.54%) CRISC
14 7 (1.34%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.15%) SANS
16 5 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.56%) SLA
2 29 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.37%) NIST
4 21 (4.03%) GDPR
5 14 (2.69%) QA
6 13 (2.50%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.34%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.34%) ISO 31000
9 5 (0.96%) PMO
10 4 (0.77%) COBIT
11 3 (0.58%) GRC
11 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.38%) NCSC
12 2 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 50 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.57%) Docker
3 14 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.92%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.73%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.34%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.77%) vSphere
10 2 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.19%) Ceph
11 1 (0.19%) NLBS
11 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 75 (14.40%) Terraform
2 63 (12.09%) Ansible
3 59 (11.32%) Kubernetes
4 51 (9.79%) Grafana
5 35 (6.72%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.26%) Puppet
7 14 (2.69%) SCCM
8 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.34%) Argo
9 7 (1.34%) CASB
9 7 (1.34%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.34%) vMotion
10 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.96%) Salt
11 5 (0.96%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.77%) Pingdom
13 3 (0.58%) QRadar
14 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.38%) Opsview
Vendors
1 110 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 88 (16.89%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.53%) Oracle
3 34 (6.53%) Splunk
4 25 (4.80%) Remedy
5 22 (4.22%) Cisco
6 19 (3.65%) Google
6 19 (3.65%) VMware
7 18 (3.45%) Citrix
7 18 (3.45%) Palo Alto
8 15 (2.88%) F5
9 13 (2.50%) Aruba
10 12 (2.30%) SAP
11 11 (2.11%) Arista
12 10 (1.92%) PagerDuty
13 9 (1.73%) CheckPoint
13 9 (1.73%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.54%) Dynatrace
14 8 (1.54%) Fortinet
15 7 (1.34%) Talend