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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 164 142
Rank change year-on-year -13 -22 +6
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 718 475 574
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.72% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.89% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 274 290
10th Percentile £252 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £371 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £656 £652 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 69 125
10th Percentile £14.16 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.66 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.00 £89.00 £21.46
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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
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 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +21 281 £500 - 283
North of England -25 152 £447 -10.60% 87
South East -34 114 £550 +12.82% 88
Midlands +9 84 £475 -7.77% 40
North West -7 84 £443 -6.84% 46
West Midlands +1 79 £475 -9.52% 27
Yorkshire -35 58 £475 -9.52% 32
South West -26 54 £450 -14.29% 24
East of England -57 22 £600 +20.00% 25
North East -38 10 £490 -24.58% 10
East Midlands -17 5 £538 +14.73% 13
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 26 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.20%) Confluence
4 8 (1.11%) IIS
5 6 (0.84%) SAS
6 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.42%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.14%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
Business Applications
1 20 (2.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.84%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 203 (28.27%) Azure
2 140 (19.50%) AWS
3 96 (13.37%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (8.50%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.96%) GCP
6 33 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.46%) Power Platform
8 29 (4.04%) OpenShift
9 27 (3.76%) GitHub
10 21 (2.92%) Datadog
11 18 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (2.37%) SaaS
13 15 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (2.09%) IaaS
13 15 (2.09%) OCI
14 14 (1.95%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.81%) Serverless
16 12 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.66%) Firewall
2 50 (6.96%) DNS
3 49 (6.82%) VPN
4 39 (5.43%) Network Security
5 36 (5.01%) DHCP
6 33 (4.60%) TCP/IP
7 32 (4.46%) WAN
8 27 (3.76%) LAN
9 20 (2.79%) BGP
9 20 (2.79%) OSPF
10 15 (2.09%) HTTP
10 15 (2.09%) SD-WAN
10 15 (2.09%) Wireless
11 12 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (1.39%) EIGRP
12 10 (1.39%) MPLS
13 9 (1.25%) VLAN
14 7 (0.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.84%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.34%) Power BI
3 15 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.25%) MySQL
8 8 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.97%) Pentaho
9 7 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.84%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.56%) Big Data
11 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.56%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.56%) Tableau
12 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.42%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 56 (7.80%) JIRA
2 34 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.60%) Git
4 25 (3.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.28%) JUnit
7 2 (0.28%) Mockito
7 2 (0.28%) MSI
7 2 (0.28%) Snyk
7 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
General
1 243 (33.84%) Social Skills
2 123 (17.13%) Finance
3 110 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.08%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.69%) Banking
6 26 (3.62%) Legal
7 24 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.09%) Military
11 14 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.97%) French Language
13 7 (0.97%) Front Office
14 6 (0.84%) Retail
15 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.56%) General Ledger
17 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 102 (14.21%) Analyst
2 64 (8.91%) Lead
3 55 (7.66%) Senior
4 47 (6.55%) Consultant
5 36 (5.01%) Support Engineer
6 33 (4.60%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 32 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (3.90%) Developer
9 28 (3.90%) Incident Manager
10 27 (3.76%) Network Engineer
11 24 (3.34%) Site Engineer
12 23 (3.20%) Security Analyst
12 23 (3.20%) Support Analyst
13 22 (3.06%) Security Consultant
14 21 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 21 (2.92%) Service Manager
15 20 (2.79%) IT Support
15 20 (2.79%) Service Analyst
16 17 (2.37%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.65%) REST
2 17 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (1.95%) .NET
4 11 (1.53%) Kafka
5 8 (1.11%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.11%) Node.js
6 7 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (0.97%) Spring
6 7 (0.97%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.84%) Middleware
7 6 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.84%) RESTful
7 6 (0.84%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.84%) SOAP
7 6 (0.84%) Web Services
8 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.70%) HTML
8 5 (0.70%) JSON
8 5 (0.70%) SAML
8 5 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 44 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 42 (5.85%) Data Centre
4 31 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (3.48%) Security Operations Centre
8 22 (3.06%) CMDB
9 20 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.65%) Product Ownership
10 19 (2.65%) Security Posture
11 17 (2.37%) Clustering
12 16 (2.23%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.95%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (1.67%) SCADA
15 11 (1.53%) PKI
16 10 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 151 (21.03%) Windows
2 86 (11.98%) Linux
3 48 (6.69%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.34%) Unix
5 23 (3.20%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.39%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.70%) VMS
8 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.56%) Android
9 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.56%) Solaris
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) CentOS
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (28.97%) ITIL
2 186 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 151 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
4 146 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 131 (18.25%) CI/CD
6 127 (17.69%) DevOps
7 126 (17.55%) ITSM
8 123 (17.13%) Service Management
9 122 (16.99%) Cybersecurity
9 122 (16.99%) Incident Response
9 122 (16.99%) Root Cause Analysis
10 121 (16.85%) Change Management
11 111 (15.46%) Observability
12 90 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
13 88 (12.26%) Security Operations
14 80 (11.14%) Problem Management
15 77 (10.72%) Service Delivery
16 76 (10.58%) SIEM
17 72 (10.03%) Agile
18 70 (9.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.67%) Python
2 79 (11.00%) PowerShell
3 64 (8.91%) SQL
4 40 (5.57%) Bash
5 27 (3.76%) Java
6 8 (1.11%) Go
7 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.84%) Bicep
8 6 (0.84%) Groovy
8 6 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.42%) COBOL
10 3 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.28%) C#
11 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.28%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.28%) RPG
11 2 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 228 (31.75%) Security Cleared
2 160 (22.28%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.14%) Degree
4 61 (8.50%) DV Cleared
5 39 (5.43%) CISSP
6 32 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (4.04%) CISM
8 18 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.95%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.67%) CCNA
11 11 (1.53%) GIAC
11 11 (1.53%) SSCP
12 10 (1.39%) CRISC
12 10 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.25%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.13%) SLA
2 37 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.74%) NIST
4 30 (4.18%) GDPR
5 27 (3.76%) NCSC
5 27 (3.76%) QA
6 19 (2.65%) GRC
7 18 (2.51%) Data Quality
8 17 (2.37%) PCI DSS
9 16 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.70%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.56%) PMO
12 4 (0.56%) RMADS
13 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.42%) PSD2
System Software
1 101 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.32%) Docker
3 28 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.97%) vSphere
8 5 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.28%) Firmware
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.14%) Ceph
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 95 (13.23%) Terraform
2 65 (9.05%) Kubernetes
3 52 (7.24%) Grafana
4 48 (6.69%) Ansible
5 30 (4.18%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.51%) SCCM
8 13 (1.81%) Puppet
9 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.39%) Progress Chef
11 8 (1.11%) CASB
11 8 (1.11%) SCOM
12 7 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.70%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.70%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.70%) Istio
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.56%) QRadar
14 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 183 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 128 (17.83%) ServiceNow
3 49 (6.82%) Splunk
4 37 (5.15%) VMware
5 36 (5.01%) Oracle
6 34 (4.74%) Dynatrace
7 31 (4.32%) Cisco
8 24 (3.34%) Google
9 23 (3.20%) Remedy
10 18 (2.51%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.23%) SAP
12 15 (2.09%) Citrix
13 12 (1.67%) BMC
14 11 (1.53%) CheckPoint
14 11 (1.53%) F5
15 10 (1.39%) Red Hat
16 9 (1.25%) Zscaler
17 8 (1.11%) Denodo
17 8 (1.11%) Talend
18 7 (0.97%) PagerDuty