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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 146 130
Rank change year-on-year -69 -16 +51
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 386 537 750
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 1.73% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.98% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 286 461
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £373 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +17.02%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £650
90th Percentile £650 £711 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £499 £540
% change year-on-year +0.20% -7.59% +14.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 74 120
10th Percentile - - £13.41
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.62 £14.60
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -18.07% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £16.85 £51.05
90th Percentile £91.50 £28.93 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year -1.42% -18.07% -

All Process and 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 27,581 27,123 34,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.93% 87.40% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,503 16,556 23,537
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 997 1,447
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.62
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.26 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 -69 121 £516 -1.67% 63
North of England -47 81 £507 +19.29% 42
South East +1 77 £425 -5.56% 62
Midlands -18 46 £520 -8.57% 17
West Midlands -10 41 £534 -11.00% 9
Yorkshire -16 38 £550 +78.57% 17
North West -38 38 £496 +11.46% 20
East of England -46 31 £427 -20.56% 10
South West -37 26 £525 -4.55% 23
East Midlands -10 5 £425 +6.25% 8
North East -8 4 £224 +19.33% 5
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 25 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.96%) Confluence
3 18 (4.66%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.63%) Apache
4 14 (3.63%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.78%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.78%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.52%) CICS
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Drupal
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.78%) assyst
2 3 (0.78%) Kondor
2 3 (0.78%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.52%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.52%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.26%) iTrent
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 69 (17.88%) Azure
2 52 (13.47%) AWS
3 47 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.11%) GCP
7 11 (2.85%) Google Workspace
8 8 (2.07%) SaaS
9 6 (1.55%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.30%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (1.04%) OCI
11 4 (1.04%) Serverless
11 4 (1.04%) Slack
12 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.10%) Firewall
2 17 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.85%) WAN
4 10 (2.59%) Network Security
4 10 (2.59%) Wireless
5 8 (2.07%) HTTP
5 8 (2.07%) SSH
6 7 (1.81%) DNS
6 7 (1.81%) VoIP
6 7 (1.81%) VPN
7 6 (1.55%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.30%) DHCP
8 5 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.30%) LAN
8 5 (1.30%) MGCP
8 5 (1.30%) SAN
8 5 (1.30%) SCCP
8 5 (1.30%) Telepresence
8 5 (1.30%) WebEx
9 4 (1.04%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.55%) Power BI
2 5 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (0.78%) GIS
3 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.78%) OLTP
3 3 (0.78%) QGIS
3 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.78%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.78%) Tableau
4 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) DB2
4 2 (0.52%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.52%) Metadata
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 42 (10.88%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) GitLab
3 4 (1.04%) Git
3 4 (1.04%) Gradle
3 4 (1.04%) Maven
3 4 (1.04%) Selenium
3 4 (1.04%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (40.93%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.91%) Finance
3 63 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.18%) Banking
6 19 (4.92%) Military
7 16 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.37%) Retail
9 11 (2.85%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.33%) Legal
11 7 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.55%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.30%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.04%) Front Office
15 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.78%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.78%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (20.21%) Analyst
2 34 (8.81%) Lead
3 33 (8.55%) Incident Manager
4 25 (6.48%) Security Engineer
5 22 (5.70%) Senior
6 20 (5.18%) IT Support
6 20 (5.18%) Support Analyst
7 19 (4.92%) Consultant
7 19 (4.92%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.40%) Service Manager
9 16 (4.15%) Major Incident Manager
10 15 (3.89%) Security Analyst
11 14 (3.63%) Service Analyst
12 13 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.37%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.11%) Support Officer
14 11 (2.85%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.85%) Monitoring Engineer
14 11 (2.85%) Service Desk Analyst
14 11 (2.85%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.15%) REST
2 5 (1.30%) SOAP
2 5 (1.30%) XMPP
3 3 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.78%) React
4 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.52%) Flash
4 2 (0.52%) ISPF
4 2 (0.52%) Kafka
4 2 (0.52%) RESTful
4 2 (0.52%) Smart Contracts
4 2 (0.52%) Spring
4 2 (0.52%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.52%) XML
5 1 (0.26%) .NET
5 1 (0.26%) ADO
5 1 (0.26%) LDAP
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.26%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.96%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.07%) Tandem
9 7 (1.81%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) PKI
10 6 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.30%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.04%) BYOD
12 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.04%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (23.58%) Windows
2 45 (11.66%) Linux
3 38 (9.84%) Unix
4 17 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 15 (3.89%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.07%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.52%) Android
8 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.52%) zOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (28.76%) ITIL
2 86 (22.28%) Service Management
3 77 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (18.65%) Incident Response
6 62 (16.06%) ITSM
7 55 (14.25%) Customer Service
8 49 (12.69%) Change Management
8 49 (12.69%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 46 (11.92%) Problem Management
10 43 (11.14%) Agile
11 42 (10.88%) Information Security
12 40 (10.36%) Analytics
12 40 (10.36%) Service Delivery
13 35 (9.07%) DevOps
14 33 (8.55%) Security Operations
15 32 (8.29%) Migration
16 31 (8.03%) Data Protection
16 31 (8.03%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.33%) Python
2 31 (8.03%) SQL
3 25 (6.48%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.89%) Java
5 12 (3.11%) Bash
6 5 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.52%) Bicep
8 2 (0.52%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) JCL
8 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.52%) Rust
8 2 (0.52%) Solidity
8 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.52%) VBA
9 1 (0.26%) COBOL
9 1 (0.26%) Perl
9 1 (0.26%) REXX
9 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (21.24%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.32%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.14%) Degree
4 17 (4.40%) CISSP
4 17 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.59%) CCNA
9 8 (2.07%) CISM
10 7 (1.81%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.30%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.30%) CCNP
11 5 (1.30%) GIAC
12 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.04%) CREST Certified
12 4 (1.04%) Server+ Certification
13 3 (0.78%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.78%) CISA
13 3 (0.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.03%) SLA
2 30 (7.77%) GDPR
3 27 (6.99%) NIST
4 17 (4.40%) NCSC
4 17 (4.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.37%) JSP 440
6 13 (3.37%) NIST 800
7 9 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.55%) QA
9 4 (1.04%) GRC
9 4 (1.04%) GxP
10 3 (0.78%) COBIT
10 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (9.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.11%) Firmware
3 8 (2.07%) Docker
4 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.26%) RACF
6 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (5.44%) Terraform
2 15 (3.89%) SCCM
3 13 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.11%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.81%) CASB
6 7 (1.81%) SCOrch
7 6 (1.55%) Grafana
8 5 (1.30%) Ansible
9 4 (1.04%) Argo
9 4 (1.04%) QRadar
10 3 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.78%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 2 (0.52%) BMC PATROL
12 1 (0.26%) Nagios
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
12 1 (0.26%) SCOM
12 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
12 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 96 (24.87%) Microsoft
2 52 (13.47%) ServiceNow
3 31 (8.03%) Splunk
4 30 (7.77%) Cisco
5 25 (6.48%) Oracle
6 23 (5.96%) Dynatrace
7 18 (4.66%) AppDynamics
8 11 (2.85%) Remedy
9 10 (2.59%) F5
10 9 (2.33%) Citrix
10 9 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (2.33%) IBM
11 8 (2.07%) Apple
11 8 (2.07%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.07%) Google
11 8 (2.07%) VMware
12 7 (1.81%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.55%) Adobe
13 6 (1.55%) SAP
14 5 (1.30%) Qualys