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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 151 138
Rank change year-on-year -46 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 592 473 624
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.89% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.07% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 272 317
10th Percentile £261 £240 £200
25th Percentile £400 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £587 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 69 140
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 £59.30 £21.37
90th Percentile £69.50 £72.68 £36.14
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 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £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 £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +8 242 £520 +4.00% 99
North of England -59 115 £480 +1.05% 48
South East -21 108 £510 +13.22% 51
North West -33 58 £475 +11.76% 27
Midlands -14 57 £450 +12.50% 35
West Midlands -18 55 £450 +12.50% 23
Yorkshire -53 48 £480 -4.00% 17
South West -43 34 £463 -11.90% 15
East of England -68 23 £535 +15.68% 11
North East -33 9 £490 -10.86% 4
East Midlands -16 2 - - 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 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.20%) Confluence
3 10 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.35%) IIS
5 4 (0.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.51%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.51%) 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 36 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.01%) ProductWriter
2 6 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.51%) 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 (27.87%) Azure
2 122 (20.61%) AWS
3 55 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (7.94%) Entra ID
5 44 (7.43%) GCP
6 28 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.72%) OpenShift
8 21 (3.55%) GitHub
9 18 (3.04%) IaaS
10 17 (2.87%) PaaS
10 17 (2.87%) Power Platform
10 17 (2.87%) SaaS
11 15 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.36%) Datadog
12 14 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.36%) OCI
13 13 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (1.86%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.91%) VPN
2 32 (5.41%) Firewall
3 29 (4.90%) DNS
4 24 (4.05%) DHCP
4 24 (4.05%) Network Security
5 19 (3.21%) WAN
6 15 (2.53%) LAN
6 15 (2.53%) TCP/IP
7 14 (2.36%) MPLS
7 14 (2.36%) Wireless
8 13 (2.20%) BGP
9 12 (2.03%) OSPF
10 11 (1.86%) HTTP
11 9 (1.52%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (1.52%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.01%) Internet
14 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.84%) SMTP
14 5 (0.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.53%) Power BI
3 12 (2.03%) MySQL
4 11 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.52%) 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 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.51%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.34%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 49 (8.28%) JIRA
2 30 (5.07%) Git
3 25 (4.22%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.89%) GitLab
5 4 (0.68%) JMeter
6 3 (0.51%) 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
1 202 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.05%) Finance
3 92 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.95%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.57%) Banking
6 24 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.20%) Military
9 12 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.03%) Legal
10 11 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.52%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.01%) General Ledger
13 5 (0.84%) French Language
13 5 (0.84%) Front Office
14 4 (0.68%) Billing
14 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.68%) Law
14 4 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (14.19%) Analyst
2 52 (8.78%) Lead
3 42 (7.09%) Senior
4 33 (5.57%) Consultant
4 33 (5.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 32 (5.41%) Developer
6 29 (4.90%) Incident Manager
6 29 (4.90%) Support Engineer
7 25 (4.22%) Site Engineer
8 24 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (3.89%) Support Analyst
10 22 (3.72%) Service Manager
11 21 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (2.53%) IT Support
13 15 (2.53%) Service Analyst
14 14 (2.36%) Incident Analyst
14 14 (2.36%) Major Incident Manager
14 14 (2.36%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.53%) REST
2 14 (2.36%) .NET
3 13 (2.20%) Spring
3 13 (2.20%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.03%) Kafka
5 11 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.52%) RESTful
7 8 (1.35%) Node.js
8 7 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.01%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.01%) JSON
10 5 (0.84%) ADO
10 5 (0.84%) Middleware
10 5 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (0.84%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.68%) React
11 4 (0.68%) SAML
11 4 (0.68%) SAP CAF
12 3 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.94%) Onboarding
2 31 (5.24%) Data Centre
2 31 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (3.72%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.21%) CMDB
8 17 (2.87%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.20%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.86%) PKI
12 11 (1.86%) SCADA
13 10 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (1.69%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.69%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (18.92%) Windows
2 76 (12.84%) Linux
3 32 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.07%) Unix
5 17 (2.87%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.03%) 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 (0.68%) Android
10 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.68%) Solaris
11 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.17%) AIX
13 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.17%) Rocky
13 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (28.72%) ITIL
2 147 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 122 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (18.07%) CI/CD
4 107 (18.07%) DevOps
4 107 (18.07%) Root Cause Analysis
5 104 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (16.89%) Incident Response
6 100 (16.89%) ITSM
7 88 (14.86%) Service Management
8 87 (14.70%) Observability
9 85 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
10 84 (14.19%) Change Management
11 70 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (11.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 65 (10.98%) Problem Management
13 65 (10.98%) Service Delivery
14 62 (10.47%) Agile
15 61 (10.30%) Decision-Making
16 58 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.14%) Python
2 56 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 42 (7.09%) SQL
4 30 (5.07%) Java
5 25 (4.22%) Bash
6 11 (1.86%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.52%) Go
8 7 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.01%) Groovy
9 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.51%) C#
10 3 (0.51%) 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 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 120 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 70 (11.82%) Degree
4 52 (8.78%) DV Cleared
5 32 (5.41%) CISSP
6 26 (4.39%) CISM
7 23 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.72%) ITIL Certification
9 20 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.53%) Azure Certification
11 13 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (1.86%) SSCP
13 9 (1.52%) GIAC
13 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.35%) CRISC
15 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
16 6 (1.01%) CCNP
16 6 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
16 6 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.28%) SLA
2 36 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (5.74%) NIST
4 28 (4.73%) GDPR
5 18 (3.04%) NCSC
6 17 (2.87%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.70%) PCI DSS
8 14 (2.36%) QA
9 13 (2.20%) GRC
10 11 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.18%) ISO 31000
13 6 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.01%) PMO
14 4 (0.68%) COBIT
14 4 (0.68%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.68%) RMADS
15 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.90%) Docker
3 15 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.86%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.35%) 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 (11.82%) Terraform
2 54 (9.12%) Kubernetes
3 48 (8.11%) Ansible
3 48 (8.11%) Grafana
4 31 (5.24%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (2.03%) Puppet
6 12 (2.03%) 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 (0.68%) Argo
10 4 (0.68%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.68%) Salt
10 4 (0.68%) TeamSite
11 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.51%) QRadar
12 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.34%) Opsview
Vendors
1 126 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 104 (17.57%) ServiceNow
3 35 (5.91%) Splunk
4 33 (5.57%) Oracle
5 27 (4.56%) Google
6 24 (4.05%) Remedy
7 21 (3.55%) Cisco
7 21 (3.55%) Dynatrace
8 18 (3.04%) VMware
9 17 (2.87%) Citrix
9 17 (2.87%) SAP
10 14 (2.36%) F5
10 14 (2.36%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.03%) Aruba
11 12 (2.03%) IBM
12 10 (1.69%) Arista
12 10 (1.69%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.35%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.35%) Denodo
13 8 (1.35%) Talend