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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 170 153
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 -13
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 808 467 548
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.68% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.85% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 271 279
10th Percentile £264 £250 £213
25th Percentile £402 £354 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £644
90th Percentile £664 £653 £777
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 64 120
10th Percentile £12.85 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.90 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £72.63 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.90 £91.05 £21.37
UK median hourly rate £48.84 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +174.54% +9.61% -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 39,304 25,245 28,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.83% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,151 16,024 17,695
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,693 1,483 1,349
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.31 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +20 306 £500 - 430
North of England -10 190 £475 -7.95% 115
South East -26 117 £550 +17.65% 108
North West +1 106 £480 -4.00% 74
Midlands -4 83 £500 -4.76% 61
West Midlands +5 77 £500 -4.76% 43
Yorkshire -33 74 £438 -17.45% 33
South West -3 66 £525 - 47
East of England -51 31 £600 +37.14% 37
North East -40 10 £490 -24.58% 10
East Midlands -13 6 £538 +14.73% 18
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 31 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (3.22%) Confluence
4 9 (1.11%) IIS
5 7 (0.87%) SAS
6 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 38 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Maple
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.62%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.37%) Front Arena
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.37%) Summit
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 212 (26.24%) Azure
2 157 (19.43%) AWS
3 106 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (7.43%) GCP
5 57 (7.05%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.46%) Power Platform
7 32 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (3.84%) GitHub
9 29 (3.59%) OpenShift
10 21 (2.60%) SaaS
11 20 (2.48%) Datadog
12 18 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.73%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.73%) OCI
15 14 (1.73%) Serverless
16 13 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.68%) Firewall
2 50 (6.19%) DNS
3 49 (6.06%) VPN
4 36 (4.46%) DHCP
4 36 (4.46%) Network Security
5 34 (4.21%) TCP/IP
5 34 (4.21%) WAN
6 28 (3.47%) LAN
7 20 (2.48%) BGP
7 20 (2.48%) OSPF
8 16 (1.98%) Wireless
9 15 (1.86%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.36%) EIGRP
10 11 (1.36%) HTTP
10 11 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (1.11%) VLAN
12 7 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.22%) Power BI
3 17 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (1.73%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.87%) MySQL
10 6 (0.74%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.50%) Big Data
11 4 (0.50%) Pentaho
12 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
13 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (7.67%) JIRA
2 39 (4.83%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.59%) Git
3 29 (3.59%) GitLab
4 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.25%) Maven
6 2 (0.25%) Mockito
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 2 (0.25%) Snyk
6 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 284 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 140 (17.33%) Finance
3 122 (15.10%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.67%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.43%) Banking
6 30 (3.71%) Legal
6 30 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.10%) Military
10 10 (1.24%) Front Office
11 8 (0.99%) Retail
12 7 (0.87%) French Language
13 6 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.62%) Law
14 5 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 119 (14.73%) Analyst
2 74 (9.16%) Lead
3 70 (8.66%) Senior
4 52 (6.44%) Consultant
5 41 (5.07%) Support Engineer
6 37 (4.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 35 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
8 34 (4.21%) Security Analyst
9 31 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (3.84%) Network Engineer
10 27 (3.34%) Incident Manager
11 26 (3.22%) Developer
11 26 (3.22%) Security Consultant
11 26 (3.22%) Support Analyst
12 25 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 25 (3.09%) Service Manager
13 24 (2.97%) Site Engineer
14 23 (2.85%) IT Support
15 21 (2.60%) Applications Support
15 21 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.00%) Terraform
2 19 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (2.35%) REST
3 16 (1.98%) Kafka
4 12 (1.49%) .NET
5 9 (1.11%) Node.js
5 9 (1.11%) RESTful
5 9 (1.11%) Spring
5 9 (1.11%) Spring Boot
6 8 (0.99%) .NET Framework
6 8 (0.99%) Middleware
7 7 (0.87%) SOAP
8 6 (0.74%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.74%) HTML
8 6 (0.74%) JSON
8 6 (0.74%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.74%) Web Services
9 5 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.31%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.32%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 33 (4.08%) Cloud Native
6 31 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
7 29 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (3.47%) Security Posture
9 23 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (2.60%) CMDB
11 21 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (2.23%) Product Ownership
13 17 (2.10%) Clustering
13 17 (2.10%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.86%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.49%) SCADA
16 11 (1.36%) CSOC
17 10 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 160 (19.80%) Windows
2 95 (11.76%) Linux
3 59 (7.30%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.34%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.72%) Unix
6 18 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.24%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.74%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.62%) Android
9 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.62%) VMS
9 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.50%) Solaris
10 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.25%) CentOS
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (29.21%) ITIL
2 212 (26.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 177 (21.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 168 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (20.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 154 (19.06%) Cybersecurity
7 147 (18.19%) Incident Response
7 147 (18.19%) Service Management
8 139 (17.20%) ITSM
9 138 (17.08%) CI/CD
10 134 (16.58%) DevOps
11 130 (16.09%) Change Management
12 122 (15.10%) Observability
13 112 (13.86%) Security Operations
14 94 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
15 93 (11.51%) Service Delivery
16 88 (10.89%) Major Incident Management
17 87 (10.77%) Problem Management
18 82 (10.15%) SIEM
19 81 (10.02%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 110 (13.61%) Python
2 87 (10.77%) PowerShell
3 83 (10.27%) SQL
4 48 (5.94%) Bash
5 38 (4.70%) Java
6 11 (1.36%) Go
6 11 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.74%) Bicep
9 6 (0.74%) Groovy
9 6 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.37%) C#
12 3 (0.37%) COBOL
12 3 (0.37%) Korn
12 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 271 (33.54%) Security Cleared
2 192 (23.76%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.89%) Degree
4 73 (9.03%) DV Cleared
5 45 (5.57%) CISSP
6 36 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (4.21%) CISM
8 29 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (1.86%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.86%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.73%) CRISC
13 13 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.36%) CCNA
14 11 (1.36%) GIAC
14 11 (1.36%) SSCP
15 9 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.92%) SLA
2 40 (4.95%) NIST
3 38 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (4.46%) NCSC
5 28 (3.47%) QA
6 27 (3.34%) Data Quality
7 26 (3.22%) GDPR
8 21 (2.60%) GRC
9 19 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.98%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.62%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.62%) PMO
13 4 (0.50%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.50%) RMADS
14 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 112 (13.86%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.46%) Docker
3 28 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.87%) vSphere
7 5 (0.62%) Firmware
8 4 (0.50%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 78 (9.65%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.06%) Grafana
3 47 (5.82%) Ansible
4 34 (4.21%) Prometheus
5 26 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.98%) SCCM
7 13 (1.61%) Puppet
8 12 (1.49%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.24%) SCOM
11 9 (1.11%) CASB
12 7 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.74%) Istio
14 5 (0.62%) Data Guard
14 5 (0.62%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.62%) Nagios
14 5 (0.62%) QRadar
15 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
16 3 (0.37%) Argo
Vendors
1 204 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 131 (16.21%) ServiceNow
3 61 (7.55%) Splunk
4 38 (4.70%) Oracle
5 37 (4.58%) VMware
6 36 (4.46%) Dynatrace
7 30 (3.71%) Cisco
8 27 (3.34%) Google
9 21 (2.60%) Remedy
10 19 (2.35%) Palo Alto
11 16 (1.98%) SAP
12 14 (1.73%) BMC
13 13 (1.61%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.36%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.11%) Citrix
15 9 (1.11%) Commvault
15 9 (1.11%) F5
15 9 (1.11%) IBM
16 8 (0.99%) Murex
16 8 (0.99%) SolarWinds