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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 163 139
Rank change year-on-year -15 -24 +4
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 710 472 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.71% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.88% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 273 294
10th Percentile £252 £253 £213
25th Percentile £400 £371 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £647
90th Percentile £656 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 67 125
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 £63.20 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.00 £88.00 £21.46
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 38,759 25,103 28,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.80% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,089 16,021 18,628
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,424 1,656
10th Percentile £14.55 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -39.40% -1.55%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +8 279 £500 - 456
North of England -24 149 £447 -10.60% 121
South East -28 114 £550 +12.82% 103
Midlands +4 83 £475 -6.40% 48
North West -9 82 £443 -6.84% 65
West Midlands +10 78 £475 -8.65% 22
Yorkshire -39 58 £475 -9.52% 45
South West -20 52 £450 -14.29% 41
East of England -56 22 £600 +20.00% 32
North East -38 9 £490 -24.58% 12
East Midlands -13 5 £538 +14.73% 26
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 26 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.24%) Confluence
4 8 (1.13%) IIS
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.56%) SAS
6 3 (0.42%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.14%) Mule
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
Business Applications
1 20 (2.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.85%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
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
1 202 (28.45%) Azure
2 137 (19.30%) AWS
3 95 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (8.45%) Entra ID
5 48 (6.76%) GCP
6 34 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.51%) Power Platform
8 29 (4.08%) OpenShift
9 28 (3.94%) GitHub
10 21 (2.96%) Datadog
11 19 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (2.54%) SaaS
13 16 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (2.25%) IaaS
14 15 (2.11%) OCI
15 14 (1.97%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.83%) PaaS
16 13 (1.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 52 (7.32%) Firewall
2 48 (6.76%) DNS
3 47 (6.62%) VPN
4 39 (5.49%) Network Security
5 36 (5.07%) DHCP
6 32 (4.51%) WAN
7 31 (4.37%) TCP/IP
8 27 (3.80%) LAN
9 18 (2.54%) BGP
9 18 (2.54%) OSPF
10 15 (2.11%) HTTP
10 15 (2.11%) SD-WAN
10 15 (2.11%) Wireless
11 12 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (1.41%) MPLS
13 8 (1.13%) EIGRP
13 8 (1.13%) VLAN
14 7 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.85%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.38%) Power BI
3 15 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.41%) MySQL
8 8 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.99%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.99%) Pentaho
9 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.56%) Big Data
10 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.56%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.56%) Tableau
11 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.42%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 55 (7.75%) JIRA
2 33 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 32 (4.51%) Git
4 25 (3.52%) GitLab
5 4 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.56%) 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
1 244 (34.37%) Social Skills
2 122 (17.18%) Finance
3 110 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.62%) Banking
6 25 (3.52%) Legal
7 24 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.11%) Military
11 13 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.13%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.99%) French Language
13 7 (0.99%) Front Office
14 6 (0.85%) Retail
15 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.56%) General Ledger
17 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 99 (13.94%) Analyst
2 63 (8.87%) Lead
3 55 (7.75%) Senior
4 47 (6.62%) Consultant
5 35 (4.93%) Support Engineer
6 32 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (4.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 29 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 28 (3.94%) Developer
8 28 (3.94%) Incident Manager
9 24 (3.38%) Network Engineer
10 23 (3.24%) Site Engineer
10 23 (3.24%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.10%) Security Analyst
11 22 (3.10%) Security Consultant
12 21 (2.96%) Service Manager
13 20 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (2.82%) IT Support
13 20 (2.82%) Service Analyst
14 18 (2.54%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.68%) REST
2 17 (2.39%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (1.83%) .NET
4 11 (1.55%) Kafka
5 8 (1.13%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.13%) Node.js
6 7 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (0.99%) Spring
6 7 (0.99%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.85%) RESTful
7 6 (0.85%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.85%) SOAP
7 6 (0.85%) Web Services
8 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.70%) HTML
8 5 (0.70%) JSON
8 5 (0.70%) SAML
8 5 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.18%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.92%) Data Centre
2 42 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 28 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
5 27 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.24%) Security Operations Centre
8 22 (3.10%) CMDB
9 20 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.68%) Product Ownership
11 18 (2.54%) Security Posture
12 17 (2.39%) Clustering
13 16 (2.25%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.97%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.69%) SCADA
16 10 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
16 10 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (1.41%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 152 (21.41%) Windows
2 84 (11.83%) Linux
3 47 (6.62%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.38%) Unix
4 24 (3.38%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.70%) VMS
7 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.56%) Android
8 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.56%) Solaris
8 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (28.73%) ITIL
2 186 (26.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 152 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
4 145 (20.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 130 (18.31%) CI/CD
6 127 (17.89%) DevOps
7 124 (17.46%) ITSM
8 122 (17.18%) Change Management
9 121 (17.04%) Service Management
10 120 (16.90%) Incident Response
10 120 (16.90%) Root Cause Analysis
11 118 (16.62%) Cybersecurity
12 111 (15.63%) Observability
13 90 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
14 84 (11.83%) Security Operations
15 80 (11.27%) Problem Management
16 78 (10.99%) Service Delivery
17 73 (10.28%) SIEM
18 72 (10.14%) Agile
19 68 (9.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.68%) Python
2 79 (11.13%) PowerShell
3 63 (8.87%) SQL
4 39 (5.49%) Bash
5 26 (3.66%) Java
6 8 (1.13%) Go
7 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.85%) Bicep
8 6 (0.85%) Groovy
8 6 (0.85%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.42%) COBOL
11 3 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.28%) C#
12 2 (0.28%) C++
12 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.28%) RPG
12 2 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 223 (31.41%) Security Cleared
2 157 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 81 (11.41%) Degree
4 60 (8.45%) DV Cleared
5 37 (5.21%) CISSP
6 32 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (3.80%) CISM
9 18 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (1.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (1.97%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.69%) CCNA
12 11 (1.55%) GIAC
12 11 (1.55%) SSCP
13 10 (1.41%) CRISC
13 10 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.27%) CCNP
14 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.20%) SLA
2 37 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.65%) NIST
4 28 (3.94%) GDPR
5 27 (3.80%) QA
6 25 (3.52%) NCSC
7 19 (2.68%) GRC
8 18 (2.54%) Data Quality
9 16 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (2.25%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.70%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.56%) PMO
12 4 (0.56%) RMADS
13 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.28%) COBIT
14 2 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 100 (14.08%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.37%) Docker
3 28 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.99%) vSphere
8 5 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.28%) Firmware
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.14%) Ceph
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 94 (13.24%) Terraform
2 63 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.18%) Grafana
4 48 (6.76%) Ansible
5 30 (4.23%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.54%) SCCM
8 13 (1.83%) Puppet
9 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.41%) Progress Chef
11 8 (1.13%) CASB
11 8 (1.13%) SCOM
12 7 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.70%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.70%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.56%) QRadar
14 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.42%) Argo
15 3 (0.42%) Istio
Vendors
1 183 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 127 (17.89%) ServiceNow
3 48 (6.76%) Splunk
4 37 (5.21%) VMware
5 36 (5.07%) Oracle
6 32 (4.51%) Dynatrace
7 29 (4.08%) Cisco
8 24 (3.38%) Google
9 23 (3.24%) Remedy
10 16 (2.25%) SAP
11 15 (2.11%) Citrix
11 15 (2.11%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.69%) BMC
13 11 (1.55%) F5
14 10 (1.41%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.27%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.13%) Denodo
16 8 (1.13%) Talend
17 7 (0.99%) Aruba