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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 142 146
Rank change year-on-year -70 +4 -10
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 485 479 606
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.96% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 2.15% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 277 321
10th Percentile £250 £206 £200
25th Percentile £375 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 69 133
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.61 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +14.14% +0.43% -18.07%
75th Percentile £27.31 £24.66 £21.46
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £35.32
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +34.97% +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 34,177 22,233 31,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,833 14,556 20,949
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,126 928 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.65 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.83
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.06% -0.47%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -12 215 £519 +6.41% 84
South East -17 103 £472 +4.89% 59
North of England -71 73 £470 +10.59% 46
Midlands -55 36 £415 -29.36% 29
North West -45 34 £450 +6.64% 23
South West -45 32 £506 -3.57% 15
West Midlands -48 31 £415 -29.36% 18
Yorkshire -56 31 £475 +5.56% 19
East of England -75 17 £568 +3.18% 21
North East -20 8 £260 -43.78% 5
East Midlands -29 5 £413 -2.94% 11
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 16 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.65%) IIS
2 8 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.82%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.41%) Apache
6 2 (0.41%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 35 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.82%) ProductWriter
2 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) assyst
5 1 (0.21%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 139 (28.66%) Azure
2 106 (21.86%) AWS
3 47 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (7.84%) GCP
5 28 (5.77%) Entra ID
6 25 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (5.15%) GitHub
7 19 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (3.71%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (3.71%) OpenShift
9 17 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (3.30%) IaaS
10 16 (3.30%) PaaS
11 13 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (2.47%) Google Workspace
12 12 (2.47%) SaaS
13 11 (2.27%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.86%) Datadog
15 9 (1.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.63%) Firewall
2 24 (4.95%) DNS
2 24 (4.95%) VPN
3 20 (4.12%) Network Security
4 18 (3.71%) TCP/IP
5 16 (3.30%) DHCP
6 15 (3.09%) WAN
7 14 (2.89%) MPLS
8 13 (2.68%) LAN
8 13 (2.68%) Wireless
9 11 (2.27%) BGP
10 10 (2.06%) OSPF
10 10 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (1.86%) HTTP
12 7 (1.44%) SMTP
13 6 (1.24%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.24%) InfiniBand
13 6 (1.24%) Internet
13 6 (1.24%) NetScaler
13 6 (1.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.89%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.27%) Power BI
2 11 (2.27%) Tableau
3 10 (2.06%) MySQL
4 9 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.65%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.44%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.41%) Flink
11 2 (0.41%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.41%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (7.42%) JIRA
2 30 (6.19%) Git
3 22 (4.54%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.71%) GitLab
5 4 (0.82%) JMeter
6 3 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.62%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.41%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
7 2 (0.41%) MSI
7 2 (0.41%) Postman
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 141 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (14.64%) Finance
4 56 (11.55%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.98%) Banking
6 15 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.06%) Legal
11 9 (1.86%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.86%) Military
12 8 (1.65%) Law
12 8 (1.65%) Retail
13 7 (1.44%) Front Office
14 6 (1.24%) French Language
14 6 (1.24%) General Ledger
14 6 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.03%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (14.43%) Analyst
2 47 (9.69%) Lead
3 36 (7.42%) Senior
4 29 (5.98%) Developer
5 25 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (5.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 23 (4.74%) Support Analyst
7 22 (4.54%) Support Engineer
8 21 (4.33%) Incident Manager
8 21 (4.33%) Service Manager
9 20 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.12%) Consultant
9 20 (4.12%) Network Engineer
9 20 (4.12%) Site Engineer
10 16 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.09%) Technical Support
12 14 (2.89%) IT Support
13 13 (2.68%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.68%) Service Analyst
14 12 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.51%) REST
2 14 (2.89%) Kafka
3 13 (2.68%) .NET
4 10 (2.06%) Spring
4 10 (2.06%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.86%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (1.65%) JSON
6 8 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.44%) React
7 7 (1.44%) RESTful
8 5 (1.03%) ADO
8 5 (1.03%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.03%) Loki
8 5 (1.03%) Node.js
8 5 (1.03%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.82%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.62%) SOAP
10 3 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.60%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.95%) Data Centre
4 23 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.33%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (3.09%) CMDB
8 14 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.47%) Cloud Native
10 11 (2.27%) Clustering
10 11 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.06%) Operational Technology
11 10 (2.06%) PKI
12 9 (1.86%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.65%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.44%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.24%) BYOD
15 6 (1.24%) Legacy Code
15 6 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 93 (19.18%) Windows
2 74 (15.26%) Linux
3 28 (5.77%) Windows Server
4 27 (5.57%) Unix
5 20 (4.12%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.24%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.03%) VMS
10 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.41%) Android
12 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.41%) Debian
12 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.21%) Solaris
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.25%) ITIL
2 109 (22.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 102 (21.03%) DevOps
4 89 (18.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 84 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (16.91%) CI/CD
7 77 (15.88%) ITSM
8 75 (15.46%) Incident Response
9 71 (14.64%) Observability
10 70 (14.43%) Change Management
11 69 (14.23%) Service Management
12 61 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 60 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
13 60 (12.37%) Problem Management
14 59 (12.16%) Service Delivery
15 57 (11.75%) Agile
15 57 (11.75%) Infrastructure as Code
15 57 (11.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 43 (8.87%) Customer Service
17 42 (8.66%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (10.52%) PowerShell
2 50 (10.31%) Python
3 40 (8.25%) SQL
4 29 (5.98%) Java
5 21 (4.33%) Bash
6 11 (2.27%) Go
7 9 (1.86%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.44%) C#
9 7 (1.44%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.44%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.82%) Bicep
11 3 (0.62%) Groovy
12 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.41%) Scala
12 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.41%) VB
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 139 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 103 (21.24%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.55%) Degree
4 29 (5.98%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.77%) CISSP
6 22 (4.54%) ITIL Certification
7 21 (4.33%) CISM
8 17 (3.51%) Azure Certification
9 15 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.27%) GIAC
11 10 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.86%) SSCP
13 6 (1.24%) CRISC
13 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.03%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
15 4 (0.82%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.16%) SLA
2 29 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.15%) NIST
4 22 (4.54%) GDPR
5 14 (2.89%) QA
6 12 (2.47%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.44%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.03%) ISO 31000
10 5 (1.03%) PMO
11 4 (0.82%) COBIT
11 4 (0.82%) GRC
12 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.62%) NCSC
12 3 (0.62%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.41%) NEBOSH
14 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (9.07%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.15%) Docker
3 13 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.86%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.44%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.41%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Ceph
8 1 (0.21%) NLBS
8 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (13.81%) Terraform
2 56 (11.55%) Ansible
3 53 (10.93%) Kubernetes
4 46 (9.48%) Grafana
5 31 (6.39%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.89%) Puppet
6 14 (2.89%) SCCM
7 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.65%) CASB
9 7 (1.44%) Argo
9 7 (1.44%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.44%) vMotion
10 6 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.03%) Salt
11 5 (1.03%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.82%) Pingdom
13 3 (0.62%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.62%) QRadar
14 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 102 (21.03%) Microsoft
2 83 (17.11%) ServiceNow
3 33 (6.80%) Splunk
4 31 (6.39%) Oracle
5 25 (5.15%) Remedy
6 21 (4.33%) Cisco
7 18 (3.71%) Citrix
7 18 (3.71%) Google
7 18 (3.71%) VMware
8 16 (3.30%) Palo Alto
9 13 (2.68%) SAP
10 12 (2.47%) F5
11 10 (2.06%) Aruba
12 9 (1.86%) CheckPoint
12 9 (1.86%) PagerDuty
12 9 (1.86%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.65%) Arista
13 8 (1.65%) Dynatrace
13 8 (1.65%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.44%) Talend