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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 150 138
Rank change year-on-year -34 -12 +1
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 630 484 637
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.84% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.02% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 275 316
10th Percentile £238 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £650 £769
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 70 141
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.21 £14.99 £14.84
Median hourly rate £26.37 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +39.89% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £59.16 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £71.34 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +57.39% +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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +20 254 £513 +2.50% 130
North of England -49 124 £450 -8.63% 60
South East -20 114 £510 +4.51% 54
Midlands -6 67 £450 +12.50% 41
West Midlands -16 64 £450 +12.50% 27
North West -20 64 £443 -4.84% 39
Yorkshire -56 51 £485 -4.34% 19
South West -44 33 £463 -11.90% 18
East of England -67 25 £568 +16.41% 11
North East -33 9 £490 -10.86% 2
East Midlands -13 3 £550 +10.00% 14
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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.06%) Confluence
4 8 (1.27%) IIS
5 4 (0.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.48%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.48%) SAS
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 38 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.95%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 177 (28.10%) Azure
2 127 (20.16%) AWS
3 69 (10.95%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (7.94%) Entra ID
5 46 (7.30%) GCP
6 31 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.29%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.65%) GitHub
9 21 (3.33%) Power Platform
10 18 (2.86%) Datadog
10 18 (2.86%) IaaS
11 17 (2.70%) PaaS
12 16 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.22%) OCI
13 14 (2.22%) SaaS
14 13 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (2.06%) Amazon S3
14 13 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.35%) VPN
2 35 (5.56%) Firewall
3 30 (4.76%) DNS
4 26 (4.13%) Network Security
5 25 (3.97%) DHCP
6 20 (3.17%) WAN
7 17 (2.70%) LAN
8 15 (2.38%) BGP
8 15 (2.38%) TCP/IP
9 14 (2.22%) MPLS
9 14 (2.22%) OSPF
9 14 (2.22%) Wireless
10 11 (1.75%) HTTP
11 10 (1.59%) SD-WAN
12 9 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (1.11%) Internet
13 7 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.95%) SSL
15 5 (0.79%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.79%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.86%) Power BI
3 12 (1.90%) MySQL
3 12 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.11%) Pentaho
6 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.95%) Tableau
7 5 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.63%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.48%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.48%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 45 (7.14%) JIRA
2 32 (5.08%) Git
3 30 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.97%) GitLab
5 4 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.63%) JMeter
6 2 (0.32%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.32%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.32%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.32%) JUnit
6 2 (0.32%) Mockito
6 2 (0.32%) MSI
6 2 (0.32%) Postman
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.16%) Snyk
7 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 213 (33.81%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.14%) Finance
3 101 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (8.10%) Public Sector
5 37 (5.87%) Banking
6 23 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.38%) Legal
9 12 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.90%) Military
10 11 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.43%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.95%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.79%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.79%) French Language
14 5 (0.79%) Front Office
15 4 (0.63%) Billing
15 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.48%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 88 (13.97%) Analyst
2 58 (9.21%) Lead
3 44 (6.98%) Senior
4 36 (5.71%) Consultant
4 36 (5.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 32 (5.08%) Incident Manager
6 31 (4.92%) Developer
7 30 (4.76%) Support Engineer
8 27 (4.29%) Site Engineer
9 25 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (3.97%) Support Analyst
10 24 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (3.65%) Service Manager
12 19 (3.02%) Service Analyst
13 18 (2.86%) IT Support
14 17 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (2.70%) IT Analyst
15 16 (2.54%) Major Incident Manager
15 16 (2.54%) Network Engineer
16 15 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.54%) Elastic Stack
1 16 (2.54%) REST
2 14 (2.22%) .NET
3 13 (2.06%) Spring
3 13 (2.06%) Spring Boot
4 12 (1.90%) Kafka
5 9 (1.43%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.43%) RESTful
6 8 (1.27%) Node.js
7 7 (1.11%) Middleware
7 7 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.95%) JSON
9 5 (0.79%) ADO
9 5 (0.79%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.79%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.79%) SAML
10 4 (0.63%) React
10 4 (0.63%) SAP Basis
10 4 (0.63%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 36 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.24%) Data Centre
4 25 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (3.65%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.33%) CMDB
7 21 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.22%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.90%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.75%) PKI
12 11 (1.75%) SCADA
12 11 (1.75%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (1.43%) Clustering
14 9 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 122 (19.37%) Windows
2 85 (13.49%) Linux
3 32 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 30 (4.76%) Unix
5 20 (3.17%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.43%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.95%) VMS
9 5 (0.79%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.63%) Android
10 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.63%) Solaris
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.16%) AIX
13 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.16%) Rocky
13 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (29.21%) ITIL
2 148 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 135 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (18.41%) CI/CD
4 116 (18.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 113 (17.94%) ITSM
6 111 (17.62%) DevOps
7 108 (17.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 99 (15.71%) Incident Response
9 95 (15.08%) Service Management
10 93 (14.76%) Observability
11 90 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
12 89 (14.13%) Change Management
13 77 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 71 (11.27%) Problem Management
15 69 (10.95%) Service Delivery
15 69 (10.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 64 (10.16%) Decision-Making
17 63 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 62 (9.84%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 67 (10.63%) Python
2 58 (9.21%) PowerShell
3 44 (6.98%) SQL
4 32 (5.08%) Java
5 29 (4.60%) Bash
6 11 (1.75%) Go
6 11 (1.75%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.95%) Groovy
7 6 (0.95%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.48%) C#
9 3 (0.48%) COBOL
9 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.32%) Bicep
10 2 (0.32%) C++
10 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.32%) RPG
10 2 (0.32%) Scala
10 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 187 (29.68%) Security Cleared
2 129 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 76 (12.06%) Degree
4 55 (8.73%) DV Cleared
5 32 (5.08%) CISSP
6 26 (4.13%) CISM
7 24 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.75%) SSCP
12 9 (1.43%) GIAC
13 8 (1.27%) CRISC
13 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (0.95%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.25%) SLA
2 36 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.24%) NIST
4 28 (4.44%) GDPR
5 19 (3.02%) Data Quality
6 18 (2.86%) NCSC
7 16 (2.54%) PCI DSS
8 14 (2.22%) QA
9 13 (2.06%) GRC
10 11 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.11%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.11%) PMO
13 4 (0.63%) COBIT
13 4 (0.63%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.63%) RMADS
14 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (10.95%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.92%) Docker
3 15 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.75%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.11%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.11%) vSphere
8 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.32%) Firmware
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.16%) Ceph
10 1 (0.16%) NLBS
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 74 (11.75%) Terraform
2 60 (9.52%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.73%) Grafana
4 50 (7.94%) Ansible
5 36 (5.71%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (2.38%) SCCM
8 14 (2.22%) Puppet
9 8 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.95%) CASB
10 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.79%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.79%) vMotion
12 4 (0.63%) Argo
12 4 (0.63%) Salt
12 4 (0.63%) TeamSite
13 3 (0.48%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.48%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.48%) QRadar
14 2 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 137 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 115 (18.25%) ServiceNow
3 41 (6.51%) Splunk
4 33 (5.24%) Oracle
5 25 (3.97%) Cisco
6 23 (3.65%) Dynatrace
6 23 (3.65%) Google
6 23 (3.65%) Remedy
7 18 (2.86%) Citrix
7 18 (2.86%) SAP
7 18 (2.86%) VMware
8 16 (2.54%) Palo Alto
9 14 (2.22%) F5
10 12 (1.90%) Aruba
11 11 (1.75%) CheckPoint
12 10 (1.59%) Arista
12 10 (1.59%) PagerDuty
13 9 (1.43%) IBM
14 8 (1.27%) Denodo
14 8 (1.27%) Talend