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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 159 137
Rank change year-on-year -17 -22 +7
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 707 470 589
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.70% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.88% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 275 290
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £372 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £655 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 66 135
10th Percentile £14.16 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.66 £62.08 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.00 £86.00 £26.80
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.89% +16.14% -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 38,882 25,041 28,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.76% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,206 16,026 18,694
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,519 1,388 1,683
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.88 £18.15
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.68 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +69.69% -37.63% -5.12%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +19 281 £500 - 262
North of England -33 147 £450 -10.00% 81
South East -37 110 £550 +12.82% 78
Midlands -1 82 £475 -6.40% 39
North West -10 79 £443 -6.84% 41
West Midlands -9 77 £463 -11.06% 24
Yorkshire -39 59 £475 -6.31% 28
South West -14 53 £483 -8.10% 29
East of England -59 22 £600 +23.08% 25
North East -38 9 £490 -24.58% 12
East Midlands -10 5 £538 +14.73% 15
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 25 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.25%) Confluence
2 23 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.13%) IIS
4 4 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.42%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.14%) Mule
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
Business Applications
1 20 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.85%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 194 (27.44%) Azure
2 133 (18.81%) AWS
3 92 (13.01%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (8.35%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.22%) GCP
6 34 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.53%) Power Platform
8 28 (3.96%) GitHub
8 28 (3.96%) OpenShift
9 20 (2.83%) Datadog
9 20 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (2.40%) IaaS
10 17 (2.40%) SaaS
11 15 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (2.12%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.12%) OCI
12 14 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (1.98%) PaaS
12 14 (1.98%) Serverless
13 12 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 49 (6.93%) Firewall
2 48 (6.79%) VPN
3 46 (6.51%) DNS
4 36 (5.09%) Network Security
5 34 (4.81%) DHCP
6 32 (4.53%) WAN
7 28 (3.96%) TCP/IP
8 25 (3.54%) LAN
9 17 (2.40%) BGP
10 16 (2.26%) HTTP
10 16 (2.26%) OSPF
10 16 (2.26%) Wireless
11 14 (1.98%) SD-WAN
12 13 (1.84%) MPLS
13 12 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 7 (0.99%) VLAN
16 6 (0.85%) EIGRP
16 6 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.54%) Power BI
3 14 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.41%) MySQL
7 8 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.99%) Pentaho
9 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.57%) Big Data
10 4 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.57%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.57%) Tableau
11 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 52 (7.36%) JIRA
2 33 (4.67%) Jenkins
3 32 (4.53%) Git
4 26 (3.68%) GitLab
5 4 (0.57%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.28%) JUnit
6 2 (0.28%) Mockito
6 2 (0.28%) MSI
6 2 (0.28%) Snyk
6 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
General
1 242 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.97%) Finance
3 111 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.51%) Banking
6 24 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.25%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.97%) Legal
9 17 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.98%) Military
11 10 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.13%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.99%) French Language
14 6 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.85%) Front Office
14 6 (0.85%) Retail
15 5 (0.71%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 97 (13.72%) Analyst
2 62 (8.77%) Lead
3 54 (7.64%) Senior
4 47 (6.65%) Consultant
5 35 (4.95%) Support Engineer
6 32 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (4.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 30 (4.24%) Developer
8 29 (4.10%) Incident Manager
9 28 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (3.25%) Network Engineer
10 23 (3.25%) Site Engineer
10 23 (3.25%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.11%) Security Analyst
11 22 (3.11%) Security Consultant
12 21 (2.97%) IT Support
13 20 (2.83%) Service Analyst
13 20 (2.83%) Service Manager
14 19 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (2.40%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.83%) REST
2 16 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.12%) .NET
4 9 (1.27%) .NET Framework
4 9 (1.27%) Kafka
5 8 (1.13%) Node.js
6 7 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.99%) SOAP
6 7 (0.99%) Spring
6 7 (0.99%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 6 (0.85%) RESTful
7 6 (0.85%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.85%) Web Services
7 6 (0.85%) XML
8 5 (0.71%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.71%) HTML
8 5 (0.71%) JSON
8 5 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.36%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.80%) Data Centre
3 40 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.82%) Cloud Native
5 26 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (2.97%) CMDB
8 20 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.69%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.40%) Clustering
10 17 (2.40%) Security Posture
11 15 (2.12%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.84%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.70%) PKI
14 11 (1.56%) SCADA
14 11 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 150 (21.22%) Windows
2 85 (12.02%) Linux
3 46 (6.51%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.10%) Unix
5 23 (3.25%) Windows 10
6 15 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.85%) VMS
9 5 (0.71%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.57%) Android
10 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.57%) Solaris
10 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.14%) CentOS
12 1 (0.14%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (28.15%) ITIL
2 178 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 151 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
4 137 (19.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 126 (17.82%) CI/CD
6 125 (17.68%) DevOps
7 124 (17.54%) ITSM
7 124 (17.54%) Root Cause Analysis
8 119 (16.83%) Incident Response
8 119 (16.83%) Service Management
9 118 (16.69%) Change Management
10 117 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
11 109 (15.42%) Observability
12 87 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
13 82 (11.60%) Problem Management
14 81 (11.46%) Security Operations
15 78 (11.03%) Service Delivery
16 72 (10.18%) SIEM
17 70 (9.90%) Agile
17 70 (9.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 87 (12.31%) Python
2 77 (10.89%) PowerShell
3 64 (9.05%) SQL
4 39 (5.52%) Bash
5 26 (3.68%) Java
6 8 (1.13%) Go
6 8 (1.13%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.85%) Groovy
7 6 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.71%) Bicep
8 5 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.42%) C#
9 3 (0.42%) COBOL
9 3 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.28%) C++
10 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.28%) RPG
10 2 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 219 (30.98%) Security Cleared
2 156 (22.07%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.74%) Degree
4 59 (8.35%) DV Cleared
5 37 (5.23%) CISSP
6 30 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.82%) CISM
8 18 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.70%) CRISC
12 11 (1.56%) CCNA
12 11 (1.56%) GIAC
12 11 (1.56%) SSCP
13 10 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.79%) SLA
2 37 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.81%) NIST
4 29 (4.10%) GDPR
5 25 (3.54%) NCSC
5 25 (3.54%) QA
6 21 (2.97%) GRC
7 18 (2.55%) PCI DSS
8 17 (2.40%) Data Quality
9 15 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.99%) ISO 31000
12 6 (0.85%) PMO
13 4 (0.57%) COBIT
13 4 (0.57%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.57%) RMADS
14 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 96 (13.58%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.38%) Docker
3 28 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.99%) vSphere
7 6 (0.85%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.28%) Firmware
9 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.14%) Ceph
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 90 (12.73%) Terraform
2 62 (8.77%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.21%) Ansible
3 51 (7.21%) Grafana
4 32 (4.53%) Prometheus
5 22 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.40%) SCCM
7 14 (1.98%) Puppet
8 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (1.27%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.13%) CASB
10 8 (1.13%) SCOM
11 6 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.71%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.57%) Argo
13 4 (0.57%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.57%) QRadar
13 4 (0.57%) vMotion
Vendors
1 173 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 129 (18.25%) ServiceNow
3 50 (7.07%) Splunk
4 37 (5.23%) VMware
5 36 (5.09%) Oracle
6 32 (4.53%) Dynatrace
7 31 (4.38%) Cisco
8 23 (3.25%) Remedy
9 22 (3.11%) Google
10 16 (2.26%) Citrix
10 16 (2.26%) Palo Alto
10 16 (2.26%) SAP
11 14 (1.98%) F5
12 12 (1.70%) BMC
13 11 (1.56%) Aruba
13 11 (1.56%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.27%) Arista
14 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.13%) Denodo
15 8 (1.13%) Talend