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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 149 133
Rank change year-on-year -67 -16 +40
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 396 507 720
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 1.76% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.98% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 278 438
10th Percentile £222 £211 £210
25th Percentile £370 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £497 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% -9.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £585 £590 £650
90th Percentile £650 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 67 119
10th Percentile - - £13.41
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -14.58% -4.09%
75th Percentile £23.92 £19.75 £48.40
90th Percentile £89.88 £33.75 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.42% -14.58% -4.09%

All Process and 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 27,948 25,588 32,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.76% 88.59% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,756 15,817 22,467
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,828 844 1,393
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%
75th Percentile £53.81 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -48 138 £508 -3.33% 61
South East +19 90 £431 +1.77% 44
North of England -59 75 £500 +25.00% 39
Midlands -27 45 £525 -4.55% 13
West Midlands -25 37 £535 -8.94% 8
North West -46 37 £466 +9.53% 20
Yorkshire -39 33 £527 +139.66% 18
East of England -63 23 £502 -14.55% 6
South West -34 21 £575 +22.34% 11
East Midlands -14 8 £425 +6.25% 5
North East -9 4 £224 +19.33% 3
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 22 (5.56%) Confluence
2 21 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 20 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (4.04%) Apache
5 14 (3.54%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.01%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.76%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.76%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.01%) assyst
3 3 (0.76%) Kondor
3 3 (0.76%) ProductWriter
4 2 (0.51%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.25%) iTrent
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (22.22%) Azure
2 62 (15.66%) AWS
3 44 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (4.29%) GCP
6 12 (3.03%) Google Workspace
7 10 (2.53%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.53%) GitHub
7 10 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.77%) SaaS
10 6 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.52%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.26%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.26%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.26%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.01%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (11.11%) Firewall
2 16 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (3.28%) Wireless
4 12 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.78%) Network Security
5 11 (2.78%) WAN
6 9 (2.27%) DNS
7 8 (2.02%) HTTP
7 8 (2.02%) SSH
7 8 (2.02%) VPN
8 7 (1.77%) SAN
9 5 (1.26%) LAN
9 5 (1.26%) NGFW
10 4 (1.01%) DHCP
10 4 (1.01%) FTP
10 4 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.01%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.76%) Internet
11 3 (0.76%) SSL
11 3 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.52%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (0.76%) GIS
3 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.76%) Power BI
3 3 (0.76%) QGIS
3 3 (0.76%) Tableau
4 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.51%) DB2
4 2 (0.51%) Flink
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.25%) DTS
5 1 (0.25%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (9.60%) JIRA
2 10 (2.53%) GitLab
3 7 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.52%) Git
5 5 (1.26%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.01%) Gradle
6 4 (1.01%) Maven
6 4 (1.01%) Selenium
7 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 162 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.42%) Finance
3 62 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.56%) Banking
6 17 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.79%) Retail
8 12 (3.03%) Military
9 11 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.02%) Legal
12 6 (1.52%) Front Office
12 6 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.52%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.26%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.26%) Law
14 4 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.76%) Polish Language
15 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (20.96%) Analyst
2 29 (7.32%) Lead
3 27 (6.82%) Incident Manager
4 23 (5.81%) IT Support
4 23 (5.81%) Support Analyst
5 21 (5.30%) Senior
6 19 (4.80%) Consultant
6 19 (4.80%) Security Engineer
7 18 (4.55%) Service Manager
8 17 (4.29%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.54%) Major Incident Manager
9 14 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (3.54%) Security Analyst
9 14 (3.54%) Service Analyst
10 13 (3.28%) IT Analyst
10 13 (3.28%) Network Engineer
11 12 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.03%) Support Officer
12 11 (2.78%) Monitoring Engineer
12 11 (2.78%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.05%) REST
2 8 (2.02%) Kafka
3 5 (1.26%) SOAP
4 4 (1.01%) JSON
4 4 (1.01%) React
5 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.51%) Flash
5 2 (0.51%) PySpark
5 2 (0.51%) RESTful
5 2 (0.51%) Smart Contracts
5 2 (0.51%) Spring
5 2 (0.51%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.51%) XML
5 2 (0.51%) XMPP
6 1 (0.25%) FHIR
6 1 (0.25%) LDAP
6 1 (0.25%) Middleware
6 1 (0.25%) Playwright
6 1 (0.25%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.82%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.02%) PKI
8 8 (2.02%) Tandem
9 7 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.77%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.26%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.26%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.01%) BYOD
11 4 (1.01%) CMDB
11 4 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 96 (24.24%) Windows
2 53 (13.38%) Linux
3 43 (10.86%) Unix
4 20 (5.05%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Debian
8 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.25%) VMS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.28%) ITIL
2 83 (20.96%) Service Management
3 77 (19.44%) Incident Response
4 76 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (14.65%) Customer Service
7 55 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (13.64%) ITSM
9 51 (12.88%) DevOps
10 50 (12.63%) Change Management
11 48 (12.12%) Problem Management
11 48 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (11.62%) Service Delivery
13 43 (10.86%) Agile
14 42 (10.61%) Migration
15 41 (10.35%) Information Security
16 40 (10.10%) Analytics
17 39 (9.85%) Root Cause Analysis
18 37 (9.34%) Observability
19 34 (8.59%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.35%) Python
2 34 (8.59%) SQL
3 30 (7.58%) PowerShell
4 19 (4.80%) Java
5 11 (2.78%) Bash
6 9 (2.27%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.52%) C#
8 5 (1.26%) Go
9 4 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.01%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.51%) Bicep
11 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 2 (0.51%) Solidity
11 2 (0.51%) VBA
12 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 95 (23.99%) Security Cleared
2 72 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.85%) Degree
4 20 (5.05%) CISSP
5 14 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.53%) CISM
7 10 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.02%) GIAC
9 7 (1.77%) CCNA
10 4 (1.01%) CCNP
10 4 (1.01%) CEH
10 4 (1.01%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.01%) Server+ Certification
11 3 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.76%) ISACA
11 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.59%) SLA
2 20 (5.05%) GDPR
3 18 (4.55%) NIST
4 13 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (2.53%) NCSC
7 9 (2.27%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.02%) QA
9 6 (1.52%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.52%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.01%) GRC
10 4 (1.01%) GxP
11 3 (0.76%) COBIT
11 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.76%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (8.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.28%) Docker
3 7 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.52%) Firmware
5 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (8.59%) Terraform
2 23 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.29%) Ansible
3 17 (4.29%) SCCM
4 12 (3.03%) Grafana
5 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.77%) Argo
6 7 (1.77%) CASB
6 7 (1.77%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.77%) SCOrch
7 4 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.01%) Pingdom
7 4 (1.01%) Puppet
7 4 (1.01%) QRadar
8 3 (0.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.51%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.51%) TeamSite
10 1 (0.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 89 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 56 (14.14%) ServiceNow
3 36 (9.09%) Splunk
4 27 (6.82%) Cisco
5 26 (6.57%) Oracle
6 23 (5.81%) Dynatrace
7 19 (4.80%) AppDynamics
8 13 (3.28%) Remedy
9 11 (2.78%) F5
10 10 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.27%) Citrix
11 9 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.27%) VMware
12 8 (2.02%) Atlassian
12 8 (2.02%) Google
12 8 (2.02%) IBM
13 6 (1.52%) PagerDuty
13 6 (1.52%) SAP
13 6 (1.52%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.26%) Adobe