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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 150 144
Rank change year-on-year -62 -6 -8
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 475 466 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.92% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.10% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 271 321
10th Percentile £249 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £588
90th Percentile £671 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 66 127
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.92 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.12 £17.58 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +8.29% -18.07%
75th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £21.46
90th Percentile £48.60 £70.00 £34.53
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +34.97% - -17.72%

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 34,200 22,151 32,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.97% 91.14% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,858 14,510 20,977
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 918 2,231
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -14.23% -5.33%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.66 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.87% -16.94% -6.17%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -33 213 £519 +9.21% 61
South East -19 99 £472 +4.89% 49
North of England -79 72 £465 +9.41% 33
Midlands -48 34 £415 -29.36% 23
North West -38 33 £463 +9.21% 13
South West -40 33 £513 -2.38% 13
West Midlands -45 30 £415 -30.11% 11
Yorkshire -70 30 £475 +5.56% 14
East of England -79 18 £535 -2.73% 20
North East -16 8 £260 -30.67% 7
East Midlands -36 4 £413 -2.94% 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 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.68%) IIS
2 8 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.42%) Apache
6 2 (0.42%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 35 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.84%) ProductWriter
2 4 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) assyst
5 1 (0.21%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.21%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 133 (28.00%) Azure
2 102 (21.47%) AWS
3 43 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (8.00%) GCP
5 25 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 23 (4.84%) GitHub
7 18 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (3.58%) OpenShift
9 16 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.74%) Google Workspace
10 13 (2.74%) IaaS
10 13 (2.74%) PaaS
11 12 (2.53%) Power Platform
12 11 (2.32%) SaaS
13 10 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.68%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.68%) Datadog
15 7 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.00%) Firewall
2 25 (5.26%) VPN
3 23 (4.84%) DNS
4 20 (4.21%) Network Security
5 18 (3.79%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.37%) DHCP
7 15 (3.16%) WAN
8 14 (2.95%) LAN
8 14 (2.95%) MPLS
9 13 (2.74%) Wireless
10 11 (2.32%) BGP
10 11 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.11%) OSPF
12 8 (1.68%) HTTP
13 7 (1.47%) SMTP
14 6 (1.26%) Ethernet
14 6 (1.26%) InfiniBand
14 6 (1.26%) NetScaler
14 6 (1.26%) SAN
14 6 (1.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.95%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.74%) Tableau
3 12 (2.53%) Power BI
4 10 (2.11%) MySQL
5 9 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.47%) Pentaho
7 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.42%) Flink
12 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.42%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (7.58%) JIRA
2 29 (6.11%) Git
3 20 (4.21%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.58%) GitLab
5 4 (0.84%) JMeter
6 3 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.42%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.42%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.42%) JUnit
7 2 (0.42%) Mockito
7 2 (0.42%) MSI
7 2 (0.42%) Postman
7 2 (0.42%) Selenium
7 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 132 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 73 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
2 73 (15.37%) Finance
3 54 (11.37%) Public Sector
4 28 (5.89%) Banking
5 16 (3.37%) Telecoms
6 14 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.11%) Legal
10 9 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.89%) Retail
11 8 (1.68%) Law
11 8 (1.68%) Military
12 7 (1.47%) Front Office
13 6 (1.26%) French Language
13 6 (1.26%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.84%) Billing
15 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (15.58%) Analyst
2 45 (9.47%) Lead
3 34 (7.16%) Senior
4 27 (5.68%) Developer
5 25 (5.26%) Support Analyst
6 23 (4.84%) Support Engineer
7 22 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (4.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 21 (4.42%) Consultant
8 21 (4.42%) Service Manager
9 20 (4.21%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.21%) Network Engineer
10 19 (4.00%) Site Engineer
11 17 (3.58%) Incident Manager
12 16 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.16%) IT Support
13 15 (3.16%) Technical Support
14 13 (2.74%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.74%) Service Analyst
15 12 (2.53%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.00%) REST
2 14 (2.95%) Kafka
3 13 (2.74%) .NET
4 10 (2.11%) Spring
4 10 (2.11%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.89%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (1.68%) JSON
6 8 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.47%) React
7 7 (1.47%) RESTful
8 5 (1.05%) ADO
8 5 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.84%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.84%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.63%) Loki
10 3 (0.63%) Node.js
10 3 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.63%) SOAP
10 3 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.89%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (5.05%) Data Centre
5 20 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.16%) CMDB
6 15 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.53%) Clustering
8 12 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.32%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.11%) PKI
11 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.47%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.26%) BYOD
13 6 (1.26%) Legacy Code
13 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.26%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 92 (19.37%) Windows
2 68 (14.32%) Linux
3 29 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 23 (4.84%) Unix
5 20 (4.21%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.26%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.05%) VMS
10 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.42%) Android
11 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.42%) Debian
11 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.21%) Solaris
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.84%) ITIL
2 103 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 97 (20.42%) DevOps
4 86 (18.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 78 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (15.37%) Incident Response
6 73 (15.37%) ITSM
7 71 (14.95%) CI/CD
7 71 (14.95%) Service Management
8 69 (14.53%) Change Management
9 64 (13.47%) Observability
10 60 (12.63%) Service Delivery
10 60 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 58 (12.21%) Agile
11 58 (12.21%) Problem Management
12 57 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
13 54 (11.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 49 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
15 45 (9.47%) Customer Service
16 38 (8.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.37%) PowerShell
2 50 (10.53%) Python
3 42 (8.84%) SQL
4 26 (5.47%) Java
5 18 (3.79%) Bash
6 10 (2.11%) Go
7 8 (1.68%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.47%) C#
8 7 (1.47%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.26%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.84%) Bicep
12 3 (0.63%) Groovy
13 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.42%) VB
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 133 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 100 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.74%) Degree
4 25 (5.26%) CISSP
4 25 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.42%) ITIL Certification
6 17 (3.58%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.58%) CISM
7 12 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.68%) GIAC
10 6 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.26%) SSCP
11 5 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.84%) CCNP
12 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.84%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.63%) SLA
2 25 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.63%) GDPR
4 21 (4.42%) NIST
5 15 (3.16%) QA
6 12 (2.53%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.47%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.84%) COBIT
9 4 (0.84%) GRC
9 4 (0.84%) PMO
10 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.42%) NCSC
11 2 (0.42%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (8.84%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.05%) Docker
3 13 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.47%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Ceph
8 1 (0.21%) NLBS
8 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (12.84%) Terraform
2 53 (11.16%) Ansible
3 49 (10.32%) Kubernetes
4 43 (9.05%) Grafana
5 28 (5.89%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.95%) SCCM
7 12 (2.53%) Puppet
8 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.68%) CASB
10 7 (1.47%) Argo
10 7 (1.47%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.47%) vMotion
11 6 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.05%) Salt
12 5 (1.05%) TeamSite
13 4 (0.84%) Pingdom
14 3 (0.63%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.63%) QRadar
15 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.42%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 99 (20.84%) Microsoft
2 81 (17.05%) ServiceNow
3 32 (6.74%) Splunk
4 31 (6.53%) Oracle
5 25 (5.26%) Remedy
6 21 (4.42%) Cisco
7 18 (3.79%) Citrix
7 18 (3.79%) Google
7 18 (3.79%) VMware
8 16 (3.37%) Palo Alto
9 13 (2.74%) SAP
10 12 (2.53%) F5
11 10 (2.11%) Aruba
11 10 (2.11%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.89%) CheckPoint
12 9 (1.89%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.89%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.68%) Arista
13 8 (1.68%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.47%) Salesforce