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

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 162 134
Rank change year-on-year -18 -28 +2
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 650 487 646
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 1.80% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.99% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 278 324
10th Percentile £234 £212 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £613
90th Percentile £667 £651 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 71 142
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.23 £14.99 £14.84
Median hourly rate £25.24 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +33.90% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.15 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £83.41 £26.95
UK median hourly rate £27.75 £17.05 £16.23
% change year-on-year +62.80% +5.02% -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 38,339 24,527 31,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.74% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,173 15,771 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.48% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,262 2,268
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.21 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +17 260 £500 - 107
North of England -53 134 £450 -8.63% 53
South East -25 115 £510 +4.51% 69
North West -18 71 £447 +0.45% 32
Midlands -4 70 £463 +15.63% 26
West Midlands -16 67 £450 +12.50% 19
Yorkshire -48 54 £480 -5.33% 19
South West -42 34 £463 -11.90% 18
East of England -71 25 £568 +13.50% 12
North East -35 9 £490 -10.86% 2
East Midlands -12 3 £550 +10.00% 7
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 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.31%) Confluence
4 8 (1.23%) IIS
5 3 (0.46%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.46%) SAS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.15%) Mule
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (2.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.92%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 182 (28.00%) Azure
2 135 (20.77%) AWS
3 75 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (8.31%) Entra ID
5 48 (7.38%) GCP
6 31 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (4.46%) OpenShift
8 27 (4.15%) GitHub
9 21 (3.23%) Power Platform
10 19 (2.92%) Datadog
11 18 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.62%) IaaS
13 16 (2.46%) PaaS
14 14 (2.15%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.15%) OCI
14 14 (2.15%) SaaS
15 13 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.62%) VPN
2 36 (5.54%) Firewall
3 31 (4.77%) DNS
4 28 (4.31%) Network Security
5 24 (3.69%) DHCP
6 21 (3.23%) WAN
7 18 (2.77%) LAN
7 18 (2.77%) TCP/IP
8 16 (2.46%) Wireless
9 15 (2.31%) BGP
10 14 (2.15%) MPLS
10 14 (2.15%) OSPF
11 13 (2.00%) HTTP
12 10 (1.54%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.38%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (1.08%) Internet
14 7 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (0.92%) SSL
16 5 (0.77%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.77%) Power BI
3 14 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.85%) MySQL
5 10 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.08%) Pentaho
7 6 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.77%) Tableau
9 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.62%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.46%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.46%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.31%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 45 (6.92%) JIRA
2 33 (5.08%) Git
3 30 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.85%) GitLab
5 4 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.62%) JMeter
6 2 (0.31%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.31%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.31%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.31%) JUnit
6 2 (0.31%) Mockito
6 2 (0.31%) MSI
6 2 (0.31%) Postman
6 2 (0.31%) Selenium
6 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.15%) Snyk
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 223 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 110 (16.92%) Finance
3 103 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.85%) Banking
6 24 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.46%) Legal
9 12 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.85%) Military
10 11 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.92%) French Language
14 5 (0.77%) Billing
14 5 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.77%) Front Office
14 5 (0.77%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 92 (14.15%) Analyst
2 58 (8.92%) Lead
3 48 (7.38%) Senior
4 36 (5.54%) Consultant
4 36 (5.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 33 (5.08%) Developer
6 32 (4.92%) Incident Manager
7 31 (4.77%) Support Engineer
8 29 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (4.15%) Site Engineer
10 25 (3.85%) Support Analyst
11 24 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (3.54%) Service Manager
13 21 (3.23%) Service Analyst
14 20 (3.08%) IT Support
15 19 (2.92%) IT Analyst
16 18 (2.77%) Network Engineer
17 17 (2.62%) Azure Engineer
18 16 (2.46%) Major Incident Manager
18 16 (2.46%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.77%) REST
2 17 (2.62%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (2.15%) .NET
4 13 (2.00%) Kafka
4 13 (2.00%) Spring
4 13 (2.00%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.38%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.38%) RESTful
6 8 (1.23%) Node.js
7 7 (1.08%) Middleware
8 6 (0.92%) JSON
8 6 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.77%) ADO
9 5 (0.77%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.77%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.77%) SAML
10 4 (0.62%) OpenAPI
10 4 (0.62%) SAP Basis
10 4 (0.62%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.15%) Onboarding
2 37 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.38%) Data Centre
4 25 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 25 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.38%) CMDB
6 21 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.62%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.00%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.85%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.85%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.69%) SCADA
12 10 (1.54%) PKI
12 10 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (19.54%) Windows
2 85 (13.08%) Linux
3 33 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 30 (4.62%) Unix
5 22 (3.38%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.38%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.92%) VMS
9 5 (0.77%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.62%) Android
10 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.62%) Solaris
10 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.15%) AIX
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.15%) Rocky
13 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (28.92%) ITIL
2 153 (23.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (18.92%) CI/CD
5 119 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 117 (18.00%) DevOps
7 116 (17.85%) ITSM
8 108 (16.62%) Root Cause Analysis
9 102 (15.69%) Incident Response
9 102 (15.69%) Observability
9 102 (15.69%) Service Management
10 94 (14.46%) Cybersecurity
11 92 (14.15%) Change Management
12 80 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
13 72 (11.08%) Problem Management
13 72 (11.08%) Service Delivery
14 71 (10.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 64 (9.85%) Agile
15 64 (9.85%) Decision-Making
15 64 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.23%) Python
2 59 (9.08%) PowerShell
3 45 (6.92%) SQL
4 33 (5.08%) Bash
4 33 (5.08%) Java
5 11 (1.69%) Go
6 10 (1.54%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.92%) Groovy
7 6 (0.92%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.46%) C#
9 3 (0.46%) COBOL
9 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) Bicep
10 2 (0.31%) C
10 2 (0.31%) C++
10 2 (0.31%) RPG
10 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 191 (29.38%) Security Cleared
2 135 (20.77%) SC Cleared
3 79 (12.15%) Degree
4 54 (8.31%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.92%) CISSP
6 26 (4.00%) CISM
7 25 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
10 13 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.69%) GIAC
12 11 (1.69%) SSCP
13 10 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.23%) CRISC
16 7 (1.08%) CCNA
16 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
17 6 (0.92%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.46%) SLA
2 35 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.38%) NIST
3 28 (4.31%) GDPR
4 21 (3.23%) NCSC
5 19 (2.92%) Data Quality
6 18 (2.77%) QA
7 16 (2.46%) PCI DSS
8 14 (2.15%) GRC
9 11 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.08%) ISO 31000
11 7 (1.08%) PMO
12 4 (0.62%) COBIT
12 4 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.62%) RMADS
13 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (11.08%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.62%) Docker
3 15 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.23%) vSphere
7 6 (0.92%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.31%) Firmware
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.15%) Ceph
9 1 (0.15%) NLBS
9 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (12.46%) Terraform
2 60 (9.23%) Kubernetes
3 56 (8.62%) Grafana
4 49 (7.54%) Ansible
5 37 (5.69%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.46%) SCCM
8 13 (2.00%) Puppet
9 8 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.92%) CASB
10 6 (0.92%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.62%) Argo
11 4 (0.62%) Salt
11 4 (0.62%) TeamSite
11 4 (0.62%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.62%) vMotion
12 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.46%) QRadar
13 2 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 141 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 119 (18.31%) ServiceNow
3 43 (6.62%) Splunk
4 32 (4.92%) Oracle
5 27 (4.15%) Cisco
6 26 (4.00%) Dynatrace
7 23 (3.54%) Google
7 23 (3.54%) Remedy
8 19 (2.92%) SAP
9 18 (2.77%) VMware
10 17 (2.62%) Citrix
10 17 (2.62%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.31%) F5
12 12 (1.85%) Aruba
12 12 (1.85%) CheckPoint
13 10 (1.54%) Arista
13 10 (1.54%) PagerDuty
14 9 (1.38%) IBM
15 8 (1.23%) Red Hat
15 8 (1.23%) Talend
260 Incident Management jobs in England