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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 152 140
Rank change year-on-year -43 -12 -3
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 595 472 627
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.37% 1.88% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.06% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 272 319
10th Percentile £262 £240 £200
25th Percentile £400 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.20%
75th Percentile £586 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 67 141
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.24 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £27.75 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +47.21% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.06 £61.15 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £75.36 £35.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +71.78% +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 37,051 22,942 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.33% 91.40% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,408 14,828 20,735
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £416 £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 £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,328 1,099 2,362
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.76
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.48
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +6 243 £520 +4.00% 63
North of England -57 116 £483 +1.58% 45
South East -24 109 £510 +7.26% 50
North West -23 58 £475 +6.74% 27
Midlands -20 57 £450 +12.50% 28
West Midlands -19 55 £450 +12.50% 17
Yorkshire -55 49 £485 -3.00% 14
South West -57 34 £463 -11.90% 13
East of England -68 23 £535 +15.68% 13
North East -33 9 £490 -10.86% 4
East Midlands -16 2 - - 10
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 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.18%) Confluence
3 10 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.34%) IIS
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.50%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.50%) 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 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.01%) ProductWriter
2 6 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 165 (27.73%) Azure
2 122 (20.50%) AWS
3 56 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (7.90%) Entra ID
5 44 (7.39%) GCP
6 28 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.70%) OpenShift
8 21 (3.53%) GitHub
9 18 (3.03%) IaaS
10 17 (2.86%) PaaS
10 17 (2.86%) Power Platform
10 17 (2.86%) SaaS
11 15 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.35%) Datadog
12 14 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.35%) OCI
13 13 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.88%) VPN
2 32 (5.38%) Firewall
3 29 (4.87%) DNS
4 24 (4.03%) DHCP
4 24 (4.03%) Network Security
5 19 (3.19%) WAN
6 15 (2.52%) LAN
6 15 (2.52%) TCP/IP
7 14 (2.35%) MPLS
7 14 (2.35%) Wireless
8 13 (2.18%) BGP
9 12 (2.02%) OSPF
10 11 (1.85%) HTTP
11 9 (1.51%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (1.51%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.01%) Internet
14 5 (0.84%) BIG-IP
14 5 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.52%) Power BI
3 12 (2.02%) MySQL
4 11 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.51%) Tableau
6 7 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.18%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.50%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.50%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.34%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 49 (8.24%) JIRA
2 30 (5.04%) Git
3 25 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.87%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) JMeter
6 3 (0.50%) 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%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.17%) Snyk
8 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 203 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.13%) Finance
3 94 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.91%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.71%) Banking
6 24 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.18%) Military
9 12 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.02%) Legal
10 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.51%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.01%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.84%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.84%) French Language
14 5 (0.84%) Front Office
15 4 (0.67%) Billing
15 4 (0.67%) Law
15 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (14.12%) Analyst
2 54 (9.08%) Lead
3 42 (7.06%) Senior
4 33 (5.55%) Consultant
4 33 (5.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 32 (5.38%) Developer
6 30 (5.04%) Incident Manager
7 29 (4.87%) Support Engineer
8 25 (4.20%) Site Engineer
9 24 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (3.87%) Service Manager
10 23 (3.87%) Support Analyst
11 21 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (2.52%) IT Support
13 15 (2.52%) Major Incident Manager
13 15 (2.52%) Service Analyst
14 14 (2.35%) Security Consultant
14 14 (2.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.52%) REST
2 14 (2.35%) .NET
3 13 (2.18%) Spring
3 13 (2.18%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.02%) Kafka
5 11 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (1.51%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.51%) RESTful
7 8 (1.34%) Node.js
8 7 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.01%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.01%) JSON
9 6 (1.01%) Middleware
10 5 (0.84%) ADO
10 5 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (0.84%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.67%) React
11 4 (0.67%) SAML
11 4 (0.67%) SAP CAF
12 3 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.90%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.38%) Data Centre
2 32 (5.38%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
3 25 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (3.19%) CMDB
7 17 (2.86%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.35%) Operational Technology
9 14 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.02%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.85%) PKI
11 11 (1.85%) SCADA
12 10 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
12 10 (1.68%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (1.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (18.82%) Windows
2 76 (12.77%) Linux
3 32 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.04%) Unix
5 17 (2.86%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.01%) VMS
9 5 (0.84%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.67%) Android
10 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.67%) Solaris
11 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.17%) Rocky
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (28.91%) ITIL
2 149 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 123 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (17.98%) CI/CD
4 107 (17.98%) DevOps
4 107 (17.98%) Root Cause Analysis
5 105 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 102 (17.14%) ITSM
7 101 (16.97%) Incident Response
8 90 (15.13%) Service Management
9 87 (14.62%) Observability
10 86 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
11 85 (14.29%) Change Management
12 70 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
13 67 (11.26%) Problem Management
13 67 (11.26%) Service Delivery
13 67 (11.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 63 (10.59%) Agile
14 63 (10.59%) Decision-Making
15 58 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.08%) Python
2 56 (9.41%) PowerShell
3 42 (7.06%) SQL
4 30 (5.04%) Java
5 25 (4.20%) Bash
6 11 (1.85%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.51%) Go
8 7 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.01%) Groovy
9 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.50%) C#
10 3 (0.50%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.34%) RPG
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 172 (28.91%) Security Cleared
2 120 (20.17%) SC Cleared
3 71 (11.93%) Degree
4 52 (8.74%) DV Cleared
5 32 (5.38%) CISSP
6 26 (4.37%) CISM
7 23 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (2.52%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (1.85%) SSCP
12 9 (1.51%) GIAC
12 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.34%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.34%) CRISC
14 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.01%) CCNP
15 6 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.24%) SLA
2 37 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (5.71%) NIST
4 28 (4.71%) GDPR
5 18 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.03%) NCSC
6 16 (2.69%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.35%) QA
8 13 (2.18%) GRC
9 11 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.18%) ISO 31000
12 6 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (1.01%) PMO
13 4 (0.67%) COBIT
13 4 (0.67%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.67%) RMADS
14 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (10.08%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.87%) Docker
3 15 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.85%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.18%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.18%) vSphere
8 5 (0.84%) 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 70 (11.76%) Terraform
2 54 (9.08%) Kubernetes
3 48 (8.07%) Ansible
3 48 (8.07%) Grafana
4 31 (5.21%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (2.02%) Puppet
6 12 (2.02%) SCCM
7 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.01%) CASB
9 5 (0.84%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.84%) vMotion
10 4 (0.67%) Argo
10 4 (0.67%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.67%) Salt
10 4 (0.67%) TeamSite
11 3 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.50%) QRadar
12 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 126 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 105 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 35 (5.88%) Splunk
4 33 (5.55%) Oracle
5 27 (4.54%) Google
6 24 (4.03%) Remedy
7 21 (3.53%) Cisco
7 21 (3.53%) Dynatrace
8 18 (3.03%) VMware
9 17 (2.86%) Citrix
9 17 (2.86%) SAP
10 14 (2.35%) F5
10 14 (2.35%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.02%) Aruba
11 12 (2.02%) IBM
12 10 (1.68%) Arista
12 10 (1.68%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.34%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.34%) Denodo
13 8 (1.34%) Talend