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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 173 149
Rank change year-on-year +12 -24 -5
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 813 458 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.65% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.81% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 267 281
10th Percentile £265 £250 £213
25th Percentile £402 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £658 £662 £784
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 64 121
10th Percentile £12.99 £14.84 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.20 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £72.63 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.80 £91.05 £21.37
UK median hourly rate £48.84 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +174.54% +9.61% -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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +30 311 £500 - 355
North of England -11 191 £475 -7.95% 94
South East -20 119 £550 +22.22% 100
North West +14 106 £483 -3.40% 60
Midlands 0 83 £500 -4.76% 48
West Midlands -2 77 £500 -4.76% 34
Yorkshire -30 75 £434 -17.77% 28
South West -5 63 £525 - 35
East of England -43 31 £600 +37.14% 29
North East -39 10 £490 -24.58% 9
East Midlands -13 6 £538 +14.73% 14
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 32 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (3.20%) Confluence
4 7 (0.86%) SAS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.62%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.12%) Mule
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 38 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Maple
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.62%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.49%) Front Arena
3 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.49%) Summit
4 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 208 (25.58%) Azure
2 156 (19.19%) AWS
3 108 (13.28%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (7.87%) GCP
5 58 (7.13%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.43%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.18%) GitHub
8 31 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (3.57%) OpenShift
10 20 (2.46%) Datadog
10 20 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (2.46%) SaaS
11 17 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.85%) Serverless
13 14 (1.72%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.72%) OCI
14 13 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.40%) Firewall
2 50 (6.15%) DNS
3 49 (6.03%) VPN
4 36 (4.43%) DHCP
4 36 (4.43%) Network Security
5 34 (4.18%) TCP/IP
6 33 (4.06%) WAN
7 27 (3.32%) LAN
8 20 (2.46%) BGP
8 20 (2.46%) OSPF
9 16 (1.97%) Wireless
10 15 (1.85%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.35%) EIGRP
11 11 (1.35%) HTTP
11 11 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.11%) VLAN
13 7 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.20%) Power BI
3 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.86%) MySQL
9 7 (0.86%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.49%) Big Data
10 4 (0.49%) Pentaho
11 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 63 (7.75%) JIRA
2 42 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 32 (3.94%) Git
3 32 (3.94%) GitLab
4 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.25%) Maven
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 2 (0.25%) Snyk
6 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 287 (35.30%) Social Skills
2 142 (17.47%) Finance
3 125 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.38%) Banking
6 30 (3.69%) Legal
6 30 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.09%) Military
10 11 (1.35%) Front Office
11 8 (0.98%) Retail
12 7 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.86%) French Language
12 7 (0.86%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.62%) Law
14 5 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 121 (14.88%) Analyst
2 75 (9.23%) Lead
3 72 (8.86%) Senior
4 53 (6.52%) Consultant
5 41 (5.04%) Support Engineer
6 38 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (4.18%) Security Analyst
7 34 (4.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 32 (3.94%) Network Engineer
9 30 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (3.44%) Support Analyst
11 27 (3.32%) Incident Manager
12 26 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (3.20%) Developer
12 26 (3.20%) Security Consultant
13 24 (2.95%) IT Support
14 23 (2.83%) Service Manager
15 22 (2.71%) Applications Support
16 21 (2.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 20 (2.46%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (12.05%) Terraform
2 19 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (2.34%) REST
3 16 (1.97%) Kafka
4 10 (1.23%) Node.js
5 9 (1.11%) Middleware
5 9 (1.11%) RESTful
5 9 (1.11%) Spring
5 9 (1.11%) Spring Boot
6 8 (0.98%) .NET
7 7 (0.86%) SOAP
8 6 (0.74%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.74%) HTML
8 6 (0.74%) JSON
8 6 (0.74%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.74%) Web Services
9 5 (0.62%) CSS
9 5 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 47 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 33 (4.06%) Cloud Native
6 31 (3.81%) Data Protection Act
7 29 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (3.57%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
9 22 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.58%) CMDB
11 20 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (2.21%) Product Ownership
13 17 (2.09%) Clustering
13 17 (2.09%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.72%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.48%) SCADA
16 11 (1.35%) CSOC
17 10 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 157 (19.31%) Windows
2 96 (11.81%) Linux
3 55 (6.77%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.44%) Windows 10
5 23 (2.83%) Unix
6 18 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.74%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.62%) Android
9 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.62%) VMS
9 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.49%) Solaris
10 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.25%) CentOS
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (29.27%) ITIL
2 215 (26.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 181 (22.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
5 163 (20.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 154 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
7 149 (18.33%) Service Management
8 145 (17.84%) Incident Response
9 140 (17.22%) CI/CD
10 139 (17.10%) ITSM
11 135 (16.61%) DevOps
12 130 (15.99%) Change Management
13 122 (15.01%) Observability
14 113 (13.90%) Security Operations
15 95 (11.69%) Infrastructure as Code
16 92 (11.32%) Service Delivery
17 89 (10.95%) Major Incident Management
18 87 (10.70%) Problem Management
19 83 (10.21%) Agile
20 82 (10.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 109 (13.41%) Python
2 87 (10.70%) SQL
3 83 (10.21%) PowerShell
4 49 (6.03%) Bash
5 39 (4.80%) Java
6 12 (1.48%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.35%) Go
8 9 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (0.86%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.86%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.74%) Bicep
10 6 (0.74%) Groovy
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.49%) Korn
12 4 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.37%) C#
13 3 (0.37%) COBOL
13 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 269 (33.09%) Security Cleared
2 188 (23.12%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.82%) Degree
4 74 (9.10%) DV Cleared
5 45 (5.54%) CISSP
6 36 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (4.18%) CISM
8 28 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.09%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.85%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.72%) CRISC
13 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.35%) GIAC
14 11 (1.35%) SSCP
15 10 (1.23%) CCNA
16 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 9 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.87%) SLA
2 39 (4.80%) NIST
3 37 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (4.43%) NCSC
5 27 (3.32%) Data Quality
5 27 (3.32%) QA
6 25 (3.08%) GDPR
7 22 (2.71%) GRC
8 19 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.97%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.62%) ISO 31000
11 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.62%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.49%) RMADS
13 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 113 (13.90%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.80%) Docker
3 28 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.48%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.86%) vSphere
7 5 (0.62%) Firmware
8 4 (0.49%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 82 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.03%) Grafana
3 47 (5.78%) Ansible
4 34 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.09%) SCCM
7 13 (1.60%) Puppet
8 12 (1.48%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.23%) SCOM
11 9 (1.11%) CASB
12 7 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.74%) Data Guard
13 6 (0.74%) Istio
14 5 (0.62%) Nagios
14 5 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
14 5 (0.62%) QRadar
15 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.49%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 204 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 131 (16.11%) ServiceNow
3 61 (7.50%) Splunk
4 40 (4.92%) Oracle
5 37 (4.55%) VMware
6 36 (4.43%) Dynatrace
7 30 (3.69%) Cisco
7 30 (3.69%) Google
8 22 (2.71%) Remedy
9 19 (2.34%) Palo Alto
10 16 (1.97%) SAP
11 15 (1.85%) BMC
12 13 (1.60%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.35%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.11%) Citrix
14 9 (1.11%) Commvault
14 9 (1.11%) F5
14 9 (1.11%) IBM
14 9 (1.11%) Murex
15 7 (0.86%) SolarWinds