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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 164 142
Rank change year-on-year -21 -22 0
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 659 469 631
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.47% 1.72% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.90% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 271 314
10th Percentile £237 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 68 140
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.62 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +35.84% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.06 £60.23 £21.37
90th Percentile £71.75 £83.74 £27.18
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +54.58% +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 38,249 24,669 31,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 90.67% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,837 20,183
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,307 2,114
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.26 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.67
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.33 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +9 262 £500 - 102
North of England -37 143 £475 -3.46% 61
South East -26 113 £538 +7.50% 55
North West -16 77 £449 +0.79% 29
Midlands -4 71 £463 +15.63% 32
West Midlands -9 67 £450 +12.50% 24
Yorkshire -42 57 £485 -4.34% 29
South West -47 34 £444 -15.48% 26
East of England -57 24 £600 +23.08% 11
North East -35 9 £490 -10.86% 3
East Midlands -11 4 £550 +10.00% 8
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 (2.58%) Confluence
1 17 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.21%) IIS
3 3 (0.46%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (0.46%) SAS
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.15%) Mule
5 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 39 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 20 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.91%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 187 (28.38%) Azure
2 138 (20.94%) AWS
3 77 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (8.35%) Entra ID
5 50 (7.59%) GCP
6 33 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (4.25%) OpenShift
8 27 (4.10%) GitHub
9 22 (3.34%) Power Platform
10 20 (3.03%) Datadog
11 18 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.58%) IaaS
13 16 (2.43%) PaaS
14 15 (2.28%) Amazon S3
14 15 (2.28%) SaaS
15 14 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (2.12%) OCI
15 14 (2.12%) Serverless
16 13 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 45 (6.83%) VPN
2 38 (5.77%) Firewall
3 32 (4.86%) DNS
4 29 (4.40%) Network Security
5 24 (3.64%) DHCP
6 21 (3.19%) WAN
7 18 (2.73%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.58%) LAN
9 16 (2.43%) HTTP
10 15 (2.28%) BGP
11 14 (2.12%) MPLS
11 14 (2.12%) OSPF
11 14 (2.12%) Wireless
12 10 (1.52%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.37%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 7 (1.06%) Internet
14 7 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.91%) SSL
16 5 (0.76%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.73%) Power BI
3 14 (2.12%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.82%) MySQL
5 10 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.06%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.76%) Tableau
10 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.61%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.46%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.46%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 46 (6.98%) JIRA
2 33 (5.01%) Git
3 30 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.79%) GitLab
5 4 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.61%) JMeter
6 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.30%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.30%) JUnit
6 2 (0.30%) Mockito
6 2 (0.30%) MSI
6 2 (0.30%) Postman
6 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) Snyk
6 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 229 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 109 (16.54%) Finance
3 105 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.77%) Banking
6 24 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.73%) Legal
9 13 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.97%) Military
10 11 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.91%) French Language
13 5 (0.76%) Billing
13 5 (0.76%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.76%) Front Office
13 5 (0.76%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 93 (14.11%) Analyst
2 60 (9.10%) Lead
3 49 (7.44%) Senior
4 38 (5.77%) Consultant
5 35 (5.31%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 34 (5.16%) Developer
7 32 (4.86%) Incident Manager
8 31 (4.70%) Support Engineer
9 28 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.95%) Site Engineer
11 25 (3.79%) Support Analyst
12 24 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (3.49%) Service Manager
14 22 (3.34%) Service Analyst
15 20 (3.03%) IT Support
16 19 (2.88%) IT Analyst
17 17 (2.58%) Azure Engineer
17 17 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.58%) Network Engineer
17 17 (2.58%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.34%) REST
2 17 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (2.12%) .NET
4 13 (1.97%) Kafka
4 13 (1.97%) Spring
4 13 (1.97%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.37%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.37%) RESTful
6 8 (1.21%) Node.js
7 7 (1.06%) Middleware
8 6 (0.91%) JSON
8 6 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.91%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.91%) SOAP
9 5 (0.76%) ADO
9 5 (0.76%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.76%) SAML
9 5 (0.76%) Web Services
9 5 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.35%) Onboarding
2 37 (5.61%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.31%) Data Centre
4 25 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.79%) CMDB
4 25 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 18 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.12%) Security Posture
9 14 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
11 12 (1.82%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.67%) SCADA
13 10 (1.52%) Clustering
13 10 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (1.52%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 131 (19.88%) Windows
2 81 (12.29%) Linux
3 34 (5.16%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.40%) Unix
5 22 (3.34%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.52%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.76%) VMS
8 5 (0.76%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.61%) Android
9 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.61%) Solaris
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.15%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.15%) Rocky
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (30.35%) ITIL
2 160 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (19.27%) ITSM
5 126 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 125 (18.97%) CI/CD
7 118 (17.91%) DevOps
8 114 (17.30%) Service Management
9 111 (16.84%) Root Cause Analysis
10 105 (15.93%) Incident Response
11 101 (15.33%) Change Management
11 101 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
11 101 (15.33%) Observability
12 80 (12.14%) Infrastructure as Code
13 79 (11.99%) Problem Management
14 73 (11.08%) Service Delivery
15 71 (10.77%) Agile
16 70 (10.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 69 (10.47%) Security Operations
18 66 (10.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 75 (11.38%) Python
2 63 (9.56%) PowerShell
3 48 (7.28%) SQL
4 35 (5.31%) Bash
5 33 (5.01%) Java
6 11 (1.67%) Go
7 10 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.91%) Groovy
10 5 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.46%) Bicep
11 3 (0.46%) C#
11 3 (0.46%) COBOL
11 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.30%) C
12 2 (0.30%) C++
12 2 (0.30%) RPG
12 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 198 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 140 (21.24%) SC Cleared
3 81 (12.29%) Degree
4 54 (8.19%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.16%) CISSP
6 27 (4.10%) CISM
6 27 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (1.97%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.82%) GIAC
11 12 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.67%) SSCP
13 9 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.21%) CRISC
15 7 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 7 (1.06%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.04%) SLA
2 37 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (5.31%) NIST
4 28 (4.25%) GDPR
5 25 (3.79%) NCSC
6 19 (2.88%) Data Quality
7 17 (2.58%) GRC
7 17 (2.58%) QA
8 16 (2.43%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.06%) ISO 31000
11 7 (1.06%) PMO
12 4 (0.61%) COBIT
12 4 (0.61%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.61%) RMADS
13 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.86%) Docker
3 17 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.21%) vSphere
7 6 (0.91%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.30%) Firmware
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.15%) Ceph
10 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 83 (12.59%) Terraform
2 62 (9.41%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.35%) Grafana
4 48 (7.28%) Ansible
5 36 (5.46%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.43%) SCCM
8 13 (1.97%) Puppet
9 8 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.91%) CASB
10 6 (0.91%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.61%) Argo
11 4 (0.61%) QRadar
11 4 (0.61%) SCOM
11 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.61%) vMotion
12 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.46%) Salt
13 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 142 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 128 (19.42%) ServiceNow
3 43 (6.53%) Splunk
4 32 (4.86%) Oracle
5 26 (3.95%) Cisco
5 26 (3.95%) Dynatrace
6 24 (3.64%) Google
6 24 (3.64%) Remedy
7 20 (3.03%) VMware
8 19 (2.88%) SAP
9 17 (2.58%) Citrix
10 16 (2.43%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.28%) F5
12 12 (1.82%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.67%) Aruba
14 10 (1.52%) PagerDuty
15 9 (1.37%) Arista
15 9 (1.37%) IBM
16 8 (1.21%) Denodo
16 8 (1.21%) Talend