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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 164 131
Rank change year-on-year -22 -33 +6
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 663 464 632
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 1.70% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.88% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 268 317
10th Percentile £237 £212 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £586 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £651 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 68 138
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.24 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +33.83% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.23 £21.37
90th Percentile £71.00 £83.74 £27.53
UK median hourly rate £26.75 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +50.37% +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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 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 22 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 22 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 +17 266 £500 - 153
North of England -40 140 £450 -6.93% 80
South East -24 112 £510 +3.19% 62
Midlands +3 76 £450 +12.50% 28
North West -16 75 £445 +4.65% 40
West Midlands -2 72 £450 +12.50% 19
Yorkshire -46 56 £485 -4.34% 34
South West -42 33 £438 -16.67% 24
East of England -58 24 £600 +23.08% 13
North East -34 9 £490 -10.86% 6
East Midlands -9 4 £550 +10.00% 9
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 21 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.02%) Confluence
2 20 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.21%) IIS
4 3 (0.45%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.45%) SAS
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.15%) Mule
6 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 15 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.90%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.60%) 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
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
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 BRM
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 185 (27.90%) Azure
2 136 (20.51%) AWS
3 80 (12.07%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (8.60%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.94%) GCP
6 31 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.07%) GitHub
7 27 (4.07%) OpenShift
8 22 (3.32%) Power Platform
9 20 (3.02%) Datadog
10 18 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (2.56%) IaaS
12 16 (2.41%) PaaS
12 16 (2.41%) SaaS
13 15 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.26%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.11%) OCI
14 14 (2.11%) Serverless
15 13 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.94%) VPN
2 41 (6.18%) Firewall
3 36 (5.43%) DNS
4 32 (4.83%) Network Security
5 27 (4.07%) DHCP
6 24 (3.62%) WAN
7 22 (3.32%) TCP/IP
8 20 (3.02%) LAN
9 16 (2.41%) HTTP
10 15 (2.26%) BGP
11 14 (2.11%) MPLS
11 14 (2.11%) OSPF
11 14 (2.11%) Wireless
12 10 (1.51%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (1.36%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 7 (1.06%) Internet
15 6 (0.90%) SSL
16 5 (0.75%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.71%) Power BI
3 13 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.81%) MySQL
5 10 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.06%) Pentaho
7 7 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.75%) Tableau
9 4 (0.60%) Big Data
9 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.60%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.45%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.45%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 50 (7.54%) JIRA
2 34 (5.13%) Git
3 31 (4.68%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.77%) GitLab
5 4 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.45%) JMeter
7 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.30%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.30%) JUnit
7 2 (0.30%) Mockito
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
7 2 (0.30%) Postman
7 2 (0.30%) Selenium
7 2 (0.30%) Snyk
7 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
General
1 228 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 112 (16.89%) Finance
3 103 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.03%) Banking
6 24 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.02%) Legal
7 20 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.96%) Military
10 10 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.21%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.90%) French Language
14 5 (0.75%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.75%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.60%) Front Office
15 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.45%) Automotive
16 3 (0.45%) Billing
Job Titles
1 93 (14.03%) Analyst
2 58 (8.75%) Lead
3 52 (7.84%) Senior
4 38 (5.73%) Consultant
5 33 (4.98%) Developer
5 33 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 32 (4.83%) Support Engineer
7 30 (4.52%) Incident Manager
8 28 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (3.62%) Site Engineer
10 24 (3.62%) Support Analyst
11 23 (3.47%) Service Manager
12 22 (3.32%) Service Analyst
13 19 (2.87%) IT Support
13 19 (2.87%) Network Engineer
14 18 (2.71%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (2.71%) IT Analyst
15 17 (2.56%) Security Analyst
16 16 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.17%) REST
2 16 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.26%) .NET
4 13 (1.96%) Kafka
5 11 (1.66%) Spring
5 11 (1.66%) Spring Boot
6 9 (1.36%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.36%) RESTful
7 8 (1.21%) Node.js
8 6 (0.90%) JSON
8 6 (0.90%) Middleware
8 6 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.90%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.90%) SOAP
9 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.75%) SAML
9 5 (0.75%) Web Services
9 5 (0.75%) XML
10 4 (0.60%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 36 (5.43%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.62%) CMDB
6 24 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.87%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.26%) Security Posture
11 14 (2.11%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
14 11 (1.66%) SCADA
15 10 (1.51%) Clustering
15 10 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (1.51%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 135 (20.36%) Windows
2 82 (12.37%) Linux
3 38 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.37%) Unix
5 21 (3.17%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.51%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.60%) Android
8 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.60%) Solaris
8 4 (0.60%) VMS
8 4 (0.60%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) AIX
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (29.41%) ITIL
2 160 (24.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 124 (18.70%) ITSM
6 123 (18.55%) CI/CD
7 120 (18.10%) DevOps
8 117 (17.65%) Service Management
9 116 (17.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 110 (16.59%) Incident Response
11 105 (15.84%) Change Management
11 105 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
12 102 (15.38%) Observability
13 80 (12.07%) Infrastructure as Code
13 80 (12.07%) Problem Management
14 73 (11.01%) Agile
15 72 (10.86%) Service Delivery
16 70 (10.56%) Security Operations
17 68 (10.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 64 (9.65%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 77 (11.61%) Python
2 65 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 46 (6.94%) SQL
4 36 (5.43%) Bash
5 32 (4.83%) Java
6 11 (1.66%) Go
7 9 (1.36%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.90%) Groovy
10 5 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.60%) Bicep
12 3 (0.45%) C#
12 3 (0.45%) COBOL
12 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.30%) C
13 2 (0.30%) C++
13 2 (0.30%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.30%) RPG
13 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 197 (29.71%) Security Cleared
2 142 (21.42%) SC Cleared
3 80 (12.07%) Degree
4 52 (7.84%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.28%) CISSP
6 27 (4.07%) CISM
6 27 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.96%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.81%) GIAC
11 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.66%) SSCP
13 9 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.21%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.21%) CRISC
15 7 (1.06%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.54%) SLA
2 36 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (5.28%) NIST
4 28 (4.22%) GDPR
5 25 (3.77%) NCSC
6 19 (2.87%) Data Quality
7 18 (2.71%) GRC
8 17 (2.56%) QA
9 16 (2.41%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.06%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.06%) PMO
13 4 (0.60%) COBIT
13 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.60%) RMADS
14 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.45%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.83%) Docker
3 17 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.21%) vSphere
7 6 (0.90%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.75%) 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 82 (12.37%) Terraform
2 62 (9.35%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.30%) Grafana
4 46 (6.94%) Ansible
5 35 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 20 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.41%) SCCM
8 13 (1.96%) Puppet
9 8 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.06%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.90%) CASB
12 4 (0.60%) Argo
12 4 (0.60%) QRadar
12 4 (0.60%) SCOM
12 4 (0.60%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.60%) vMotion
13 3 (0.45%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.45%) Salt
14 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 145 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 130 (19.61%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.09%) Splunk
4 31 (4.68%) Oracle
5 29 (4.37%) Cisco
6 27 (4.07%) Dynatrace
7 26 (3.92%) Google
8 23 (3.47%) VMware
9 19 (2.87%) Remedy
9 19 (2.87%) SAP
10 17 (2.56%) Citrix
11 16 (2.41%) Palo Alto
12 15 (2.26%) F5
13 12 (1.81%) CheckPoint
14 11 (1.66%) Aruba
15 10 (1.51%) PagerDuty
16 9 (1.36%) Arista
17 8 (1.21%) Denodo
17 8 (1.21%) Talend
17 8 (1.21%) Zscaler