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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 142 146
Rank change year-on-year -67 +4 -10
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 493 479 606
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.21% 1.96% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.15% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 277 321
10th Percentile £252 £206 £200
25th Percentile £378 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £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 £22.32 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +36.90% +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 34,426 22,233 31,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,983 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 2,140 928 2,245
10th Percentile £15.38 £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 £41.94 £29.00 £35.83
% change year-on-year +44.62% -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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -13 217 £523 +7.18% 85
South East -17 104 £472 +4.89% 63
North of England -66 76 £475 +11.76% 53
Midlands -53 37 £415 -29.36% 34
North West -41 36 £463 +9.60% 22
West Midlands -44 32 £415 -29.36% 19
South West -49 32 £506 -3.57% 21
Yorkshire -56 31 £475 +5.56% 24
East of England -83 17 £568 +3.18% 27
North East -17 9 £260 -43.78% 8
East Midlands -30 5 £413 -2.94% 15
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 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.62%) IIS
4 7 (1.42%) Confluence
5 4 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.41%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 35 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.81%) ProductWriter
2 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.20%) assyst
5 1 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 145 (29.41%) Azure
2 108 (21.91%) AWS
3 49 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (7.71%) GCP
5 30 (6.09%) Entra ID
6 26 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.27%) GitHub
7 20 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (3.85%) OpenShift
9 18 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (3.45%) IaaS
10 17 (3.45%) PaaS
11 13 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (2.64%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.43%) Google Workspace
12 12 (2.43%) SaaS
13 10 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.03%) Datadog
14 9 (1.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.91%) Firewall
2 25 (5.07%) DNS
2 25 (5.07%) VPN
3 21 (4.26%) Network Security
4 19 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 17 (3.45%) DHCP
5 17 (3.45%) WAN
6 14 (2.84%) LAN
6 14 (2.84%) MPLS
6 14 (2.84%) Wireless
7 12 (2.43%) BGP
8 11 (2.23%) OSPF
9 10 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.83%) HTTP
11 7 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (1.42%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.42%) SMTP
12 6 (1.22%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.22%) InfiniBand
12 6 (1.22%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.23%) Power BI
2 11 (2.23%) Tableau
3 10 (2.03%) MySQL
4 9 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.62%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.42%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.61%) 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 37 (7.51%) JIRA
2 30 (6.09%) Git
3 23 (4.67%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.06%) GitLab
5 4 (0.81%) JMeter
6 3 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.61%) 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 (0.20%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 142 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (14.40%) Finance
4 58 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.88%) Banking
6 15 (3.04%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.23%) Legal
10 9 (1.83%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.83%) Military
11 8 (1.62%) Law
11 8 (1.62%) Retail
12 7 (1.42%) Front Office
13 6 (1.22%) French Language
13 6 (1.22%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.01%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (14.20%) Analyst
2 47 (9.53%) Lead
3 38 (7.71%) Senior
4 29 (5.88%) Developer
5 26 (5.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 25 (5.07%) DevOps Engineer
7 23 (4.67%) Support Analyst
8 22 (4.46%) Incident Manager
8 22 (4.46%) Support Engineer
9 21 (4.26%) Service Manager
9 21 (4.26%) Site Engineer
10 20 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (4.06%) Consultant
10 20 (4.06%) Network Engineer
11 18 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (3.04%) Technical Support
13 14 (2.84%) IT Support
14 13 (2.64%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.64%) Service Analyst
15 12 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.45%) REST
2 14 (2.84%) Kafka
3 13 (2.64%) .NET
4 10 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (2.03%) Spring
4 10 (2.03%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.83%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.62%) JSON
6 8 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.42%) React
7 7 (1.42%) RESTful
8 5 (1.01%) ADO
8 5 (1.01%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.01%) Loki
8 5 (1.01%) Node.js
8 5 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.81%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.61%) SOAP
10 3 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.69%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.68%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.07%) Data Centre
4 23 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (3.04%) CMDB
7 15 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.43%) Operational Technology
9 11 (2.23%) Clustering
9 11 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.03%) PKI
11 9 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.62%) Enterprise Storage
13 7 (1.42%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.42%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.22%) BYOD
14 6 (1.22%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 95 (19.27%) Windows
2 76 (15.42%) Linux
3 28 (5.68%) Unix
3 28 (5.68%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.06%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (1.22%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.01%) VMS
9 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.41%) Android
11 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.41%) Debian
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.20%) Solaris
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (27.99%) ITIL
2 109 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 103 (20.89%) DevOps
4 91 (18.46%) Root Cause Analysis
5 85 (17.24%) CI/CD
6 84 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (15.82%) ITSM
8 76 (15.42%) Incident Response
9 72 (14.60%) Observability
9 72 (14.60%) Service Management
10 70 (14.20%) Change Management
11 63 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 61 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
12 61 (12.37%) Problem Management
12 61 (12.37%) Service Delivery
13 59 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
13 59 (11.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 57 (11.56%) Agile
15 43 (8.72%) Customer Service
16 42 (8.52%) AI
Programming Languages
1 52 (10.55%) PowerShell
1 52 (10.55%) Python
2 40 (8.11%) SQL
3 29 (5.88%) Java
4 22 (4.46%) Bash
5 12 (2.43%) Go
6 9 (1.83%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.42%) C#
8 7 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.42%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.81%) Bicep
10 3 (0.61%) Groovy
11 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.41%) Scala
11 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.41%) VB
12 1 (0.20%) C
12 1 (0.20%) COBOL
12 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 141 (28.60%) Security Cleared
2 104 (21.10%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.36%) Degree
4 30 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.88%) CISSP
6 22 (4.46%) CISM
6 22 (4.46%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (3.45%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (2.43%) GIAC
9 11 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.03%) SSCP
11 7 (1.42%) CRISC
12 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.97%) SLA
2 30 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.27%) NIST
4 22 (4.46%) GDPR
5 14 (2.84%) QA
6 12 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.42%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.22%) ISO 31000
10 5 (1.01%) PMO
11 4 (0.81%) COBIT
11 4 (0.81%) GRC
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.61%) NCSC
12 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.41%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 46 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.27%) Docker
3 13 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.83%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.42%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.41%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Ceph
8 1 (0.20%) NLBS
8 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (14.00%) Terraform
2 58 (11.76%) Ansible
3 54 (10.95%) Kubernetes
4 47 (9.53%) Grafana
5 32 (6.49%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.04%) Puppet
7 14 (2.84%) SCCM
8 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.62%) CASB
10 7 (1.42%) Argo
10 7 (1.42%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.42%) vMotion
11 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.01%) Salt
12 5 (1.01%) TeamSite
13 4 (0.81%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.81%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.61%) QRadar
15 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 106 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 86 (17.44%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.90%) Splunk
4 31 (6.29%) Oracle
5 25 (5.07%) Remedy
6 23 (4.67%) Cisco
7 18 (3.65%) Citrix
7 18 (3.65%) Google
7 18 (3.65%) VMware
8 17 (3.45%) Palo Alto
9 13 (2.64%) F5
9 13 (2.64%) SAP
10 11 (2.23%) Aruba
11 9 (1.83%) Arista
11 9 (1.83%) CheckPoint
11 9 (1.83%) PagerDuty
11 9 (1.83%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.62%) Dynatrace
12 8 (1.62%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.42%) Talend