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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 150 134
Rank change year-on-year -35 -16 +7
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 584 472 629
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.90% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.08% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 267 322
10th Percentile £260 £246 £200
25th Percentile £400 £361 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £586 £600 £609
90th Percentile £650 £660 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 72 140
10th Percentile £15.10 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.54 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +48.54% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.69 £60.23 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £82.07 £36.14
UK median hourly rate £48.84 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +199.63% +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 36,727 22,725 32,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.37% 85.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,194 14,704 20,811
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,299 1,073 2,390
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.13 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.27% -27.91% +5.54%
75th Percentile £68.55 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +73.07% -32.27% +7.05%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +12 241 £520 +4.00% 73
North of England -53 112 £478 +0.53% 50
South East -26 108 £510 +13.22% 46
North West -21 56 £488 +14.71% 25
Midlands -21 54 £450 +12.50% 30
West Midlands -25 52 £450 +12.50% 20
Yorkshire -59 47 £475 -4.28% 20
South West -35 34 £463 -11.90% 12
East of England -72 22 £535 +7.00% 11
North East -33 9 £490 -10.86% 5
East Midlands -16 2 - - 10
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 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.23%) Confluence
3 10 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (0.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.51%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.03%) ProductWriter
2 6 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 163 (27.91%) Azure
2 123 (21.06%) AWS
3 55 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (7.36%) Entra ID
4 43 (7.36%) GCP
5 25 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.42%) GitHub
6 20 (3.42%) OpenShift
7 19 (3.25%) IaaS
8 18 (3.08%) PaaS
9 17 (2.91%) Power Platform
10 16 (2.74%) SaaS
11 14 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.23%) OCI
13 11 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (1.88%) Datadog
13 11 (1.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.34%) Firewall
2 34 (5.82%) VPN
3 32 (5.48%) DNS
4 25 (4.28%) DHCP
5 23 (3.94%) Network Security
6 19 (3.25%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.25%) WAN
7 16 (2.74%) LAN
7 16 (2.74%) Wireless
8 15 (2.57%) BGP
9 14 (2.40%) MPLS
9 14 (2.40%) OSPF
10 11 (1.88%) HTTP
11 9 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (1.54%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.03%) Internet
12 6 (1.03%) SMTP
13 5 (0.86%) Ethernet
13 5 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.57%) Power BI
3 12 (2.05%) MySQL
4 10 (1.71%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.71%) Tableau
5 8 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.20%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.86%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.51%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (8.56%) JIRA
2 31 (5.31%) Git
3 24 (4.11%) GitLab
4 22 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.68%) JMeter
6 3 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.34%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.34%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.34%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.34%) JUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Mockito
7 2 (0.34%) MSI
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.17%) Snyk
8 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 201 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 90 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
2 90 (15.41%) Finance
3 56 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.65%) Banking
5 23 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (2.74%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.40%) Military
8 13 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.88%) Legal
10 10 (1.71%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.03%) French Language
12 6 (1.03%) General Ledger
13 5 (0.86%) Front Office
14 4 (0.68%) Billing
14 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.68%) Law
14 4 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (13.87%) Analyst
2 53 (9.08%) Lead
3 41 (7.02%) Senior
4 33 (5.65%) Consultant
5 32 (5.48%) Developer
6 30 (5.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (5.14%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.79%) Incident Manager
8 25 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (3.94%) Service Manager
10 22 (3.77%) Site Engineer
11 21 (3.60%) Support Analyst
12 20 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (2.91%) Network Engineer
14 16 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
15 15 (2.57%) Incident Analyst
15 15 (2.57%) Service Analyst
15 15 (2.57%) Technical Support
16 14 (2.40%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.57%) REST
2 14 (2.40%) .NET
3 13 (2.23%) Spring
3 13 (2.23%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.05%) Kafka
5 10 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (1.54%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.54%) RESTful
7 8 (1.37%) Node.js
8 7 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.03%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.03%) JSON
10 5 (0.86%) ADO
10 5 (0.86%) Middleware
10 5 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.68%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.68%) Loki
11 4 (0.68%) React
11 4 (0.68%) SAML
12 3 (0.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 29 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (3.60%) Cloud Native
8 19 (3.25%) CMDB
8 19 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 15 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (2.23%) Operational Technology
13 12 (2.05%) PKI
14 10 (1.71%) Clustering
14 10 (1.71%) SCADA
14 10 (1.71%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (1.54%) Security Posture
16 8 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 114 (19.52%) Windows
2 78 (13.36%) Linux
3 32 (5.48%) Unix
3 32 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.20%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.03%) VMS
7 6 (1.03%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.68%) Android
8 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.68%) Solaris
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (28.08%) ITIL
2 147 (25.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (18.49%) Root Cause Analysis
5 104 (17.81%) DevOps
6 103 (17.64%) CI/CD
7 101 (17.29%) Incident Response
7 101 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 98 (16.78%) ITSM
9 86 (14.73%) Observability
10 85 (14.55%) Service Management
11 81 (13.87%) Change Management
11 81 (13.87%) Cybersecurity
12 66 (11.30%) Infrastructure as Code
12 66 (11.30%) Problem Management
13 65 (11.13%) Service Delivery
14 64 (10.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 59 (10.10%) Agile
15 59 (10.10%) Decision-Making
16 57 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.42%) Python
2 52 (8.90%) PowerShell
3 42 (7.19%) SQL
4 32 (5.48%) Java
5 22 (3.77%) Bash
6 11 (1.88%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.37%) Go
8 7 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.86%) C#
11 3 (0.51%) Groovy
12 2 (0.34%) Bicep
12 2 (0.34%) C++
12 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.34%) Scala
12 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.34%) VB
13 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 172 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 121 (20.72%) SC Cleared
3 66 (11.30%) Degree
4 50 (8.56%) DV Cleared
5 32 (5.48%) CISSP
6 26 (4.45%) CISM
7 22 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.74%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (1.88%) SSCP
12 9 (1.54%) GIAC
13 8 (1.37%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.37%) CRISC
14 7 (1.20%) Master's Degree
14 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (1.03%) CCNP
15 6 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.22%) SLA
2 35 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (5.82%) NIST
4 27 (4.62%) GDPR
5 16 (2.74%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.57%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.57%) NCSC
6 15 (2.57%) QA
7 13 (2.23%) GRC
8 11 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (1.20%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.86%) PMO
13 4 (0.68%) COBIT
13 4 (0.68%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.68%) RMADS
14 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (10.10%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.97%) Docker
3 16 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.37%) BitLocker
6 8 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.20%) vSphere
8 5 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.17%) Ceph
10 1 (0.17%) Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) NLBS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (11.30%) Terraform
2 52 (8.90%) Ansible
2 52 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 48 (8.22%) Grafana
4 31 (5.31%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.23%) Puppet
7 12 (2.05%) SCCM
8 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.03%) CASB
9 6 (1.03%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.03%) vMotion
10 5 (0.86%) Argo
11 4 (0.68%) Salt
11 4 (0.68%) TeamSite
12 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.51%) QRadar
13 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 125 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 99 (16.95%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.16%) Splunk
4 34 (5.82%) Oracle
5 25 (4.28%) Google
6 24 (4.11%) Remedy
7 22 (3.77%) Cisco
8 19 (3.25%) VMware
9 18 (3.08%) Citrix
10 17 (2.91%) Dynatrace
11 16 (2.74%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.74%) SAP
12 14 (2.40%) F5
13 12 (2.05%) Aruba
14 10 (1.71%) Arista
14 10 (1.71%) IBM
14 10 (1.71%) PagerDuty
15 8 (1.37%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.37%) Denodo
15 8 (1.37%) Fortinet