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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 151 142
Rank change year-on-year -41 -9 -6
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 585 475 625
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.90% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.08% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 274 318
10th Percentile £260 £240 £200
25th Percentile £400 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £652 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 69 140
10th Percentile £15.20 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £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 £54.38 £59.30 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £72.68 £36.14
UK median hourly rate £38.42 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +135.71% +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 36,902 22,811 32,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 91.37% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,326 14,743 20,763
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,306 1,092 2,399
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.25 £61.47
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.88 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +6 239 £523 +4.50% 87
North of England -55 115 £475 - 50
South East -21 107 £510 +13.22% 46
North West -24 58 £475 +6.74% 26
Midlands -18 55 £450 +12.50% 31
West Midlands -22 53 £450 +12.50% 18
Yorkshire -59 48 £475 -5.00% 20
South West -46 34 £463 -11.90% 15
East of England -68 22 £535 +12.63% 12
North East -36 9 £490 -10.86% 4
East Midlands -17 2 - - 12
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 (2.22%) 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 37 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.44%) 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
1 162 (27.69%) Azure
2 123 (21.03%) AWS
3 56 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (7.52%) Entra ID
5 43 (7.35%) GCP
6 25 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (3.59%) OpenShift
8 20 (3.42%) GitHub
9 19 (3.25%) IaaS
10 18 (3.08%) PaaS
11 17 (2.91%) Power Platform
12 16 (2.74%) SaaS
13 14 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.22%) OCI
15 11 (1.88%) Datadog
15 11 (1.88%) Serverless
15 11 (1.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.15%) Firewall
2 35 (5.98%) VPN
3 32 (5.47%) DNS
4 25 (4.27%) DHCP
5 23 (3.93%) Network Security
6 19 (3.25%) WAN
7 18 (3.08%) TCP/IP
8 15 (2.56%) LAN
9 14 (2.39%) BGP
9 14 (2.39%) MPLS
9 14 (2.39%) Wireless
10 13 (2.22%) OSPF
11 11 (1.88%) HTTP
12 9 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (1.54%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.03%) Internet
14 6 (1.03%) SMTP
15 5 (0.85%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.56%) 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 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.85%) 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%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 50 (8.55%) JIRA
2 31 (5.30%) Git
3 24 (4.10%) GitLab
4 22 (3.76%) 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%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.17%) Snyk
General
1 200 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 91 (15.56%) Finance
3 90 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.64%) Banking
6 24 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.74%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.22%) Military
9 12 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.88%) Legal
11 10 (1.71%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.03%) French Language
13 6 (1.03%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.85%) Front Office
15 4 (0.68%) Billing
15 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.68%) Law
15 4 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 83 (14.19%) Analyst
2 52 (8.89%) Lead
3 42 (7.18%) Senior
4 33 (5.64%) Consultant
5 32 (5.47%) Developer
6 30 (5.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (5.13%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.79%) Incident Manager
8 25 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (3.93%) Service Manager
10 22 (3.76%) Site Engineer
10 22 (3.76%) Support Analyst
11 21 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
12 19 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (2.56%) Incident Analyst
14 15 (2.56%) IT Support
14 15 (2.56%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.56%) Service Analyst
14 15 (2.56%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.56%) REST
2 14 (2.39%) .NET
3 13 (2.22%) Spring
3 13 (2.22%) 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 (0.85%) ADO
10 5 (0.85%) Middleware
10 5 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.68%) Loki
11 4 (0.68%) React
11 4 (0.68%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.68%) SAML
11 4 (0.68%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.21%) Onboarding
2 31 (5.30%) Data Centre
3 29 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (4.10%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (3.76%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (3.25%) CMDB
9 17 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 15 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (2.22%) Operational Technology
13 12 (2.05%) PKI
14 11 (1.88%) SCADA
15 10 (1.71%) Clustering
15 10 (1.71%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
16 9 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
16 9 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (19.66%) Windows
2 78 (13.33%) Linux
3 32 (5.47%) Unix
3 32 (5.47%) 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
1 166 (28.38%) ITIL
2 147 (25.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 117 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (18.46%) Root Cause Analysis
5 104 (17.78%) CI/CD
6 103 (17.61%) DevOps
7 102 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 101 (17.26%) Incident Response
9 99 (16.92%) ITSM
10 86 (14.70%) Observability
11 85 (14.53%) Service Management
12 84 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
13 82 (14.02%) Change Management
14 66 (11.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 66 (11.28%) Problem Management
15 65 (11.11%) Service Delivery
15 65 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 59 (10.09%) Agile
16 59 (10.09%) Decision-Making
17 57 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 56 (9.57%) Python
2 51 (8.72%) PowerShell
3 42 (7.18%) SQL
4 32 (5.47%) Java
5 22 (3.76%) Bash
6 11 (1.88%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.37%) Go
8 7 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.51%) C#
10 3 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.34%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.34%) VB
12 1 (0.17%) ABAP
12 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 171 (29.23%) Security Cleared
2 119 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 67 (11.45%) Degree
4 51 (8.72%) DV Cleared
5 32 (5.47%) CISSP
6 26 (4.44%) CISM
7 22 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.74%) Azure Certification
11 13 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (1.88%) SSCP
13 9 (1.54%) GIAC
14 8 (1.37%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.37%) CRISC
14 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.20%) Master's Degree
16 6 (1.03%) CCNP
16 6 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
16 6 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.21%) SLA
2 35 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (5.81%) NIST
4 27 (4.62%) GDPR
5 17 (2.91%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.74%) NCSC
6 16 (2.74%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.39%) QA
8 13 (2.22%) GRC
9 11 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (1.20%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.85%) 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 60 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.13%) 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 (0.85%) 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 (11.28%) Terraform
2 53 (9.06%) Kubernetes
3 51 (8.72%) Ansible
4 49 (8.38%) Grafana
5 31 (5.30%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (2.22%) Puppet
8 12 (2.05%) SCCM
9 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.03%) CASB
10 6 (1.03%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.03%) vMotion
11 5 (0.85%) Argo
12 4 (0.68%) Salt
12 4 (0.68%) TeamSite
13 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.51%) QRadar
14 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.34%) Opsview
Vendors
1 125 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 102 (17.44%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.15%) Splunk
4 34 (5.81%) Oracle
5 25 (4.27%) Google
6 24 (4.10%) Remedy
7 21 (3.59%) Cisco
8 19 (3.25%) VMware
9 18 (3.08%) Citrix
9 18 (3.08%) Dynatrace
10 17 (2.91%) SAP
11 15 (2.56%) Palo Alto
12 14 (2.39%) 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%) Talend