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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 151 135
Rank change year-on-year -46 -16 0
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 558 472 628
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 1.96% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 2.15% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 270 326
10th Percentile £260 £219 £200
25th Percentile £400 £352 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £583 £600 £622
90th Percentile £658 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 70 137
10th Percentile £14.87 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £26.62 £18.32 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +45.31% +12.88% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.69 £32.31 £21.37
90th Percentile £65.30 £70.00 £34.53
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £17.05 £16.23
% change year-on-year +208.01% +5.02% -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 35,705 21,941 31,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.32% 85.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,665 14,273 20,637
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,224 953 2,305
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.55 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +64.62% -23.21% -0.85%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +6 243 £520 +4.00% 53
South East -32 103 £475 -5.00% 50
North of England -65 99 £475 +11.76% 45
North West -41 47 £450 +6.26% 19
Midlands -29 46 £450 -19.10% 19
Yorkshire -66 43 £475 - 22
West Midlands -41 41 £450 -23.40% 14
South West -45 34 £488 -7.14% 10
East of England -75 19 £535 +1.90% 9
North East -22 9 £490 -10.86% 4
East Midlands -19 5 £425 -15.00% 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 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.97%) Confluence
2 11 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.43%) IIS
4 4 (0.72%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.54%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.08%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.18%) assyst
6 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 164 (29.39%) Azure
2 126 (22.58%) AWS
3 49 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (8.24%) GCP
5 35 (6.27%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.84%) GitHub
7 21 (3.76%) OpenShift
8 20 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (3.58%) IaaS
9 19 (3.41%) PaaS
10 18 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.69%) Power Platform
13 14 (2.51%) SaaS
14 12 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.15%) Datadog
15 11 (1.97%) Google Workspace
15 11 (1.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.35%) Firewall
2 33 (5.91%) DNS
2 33 (5.91%) VPN
3 24 (4.30%) DHCP
4 23 (4.12%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.76%) Network Security
6 19 (3.41%) WAN
7 16 (2.87%) LAN
7 16 (2.87%) Wireless
8 15 (2.69%) BGP
9 14 (2.51%) MPLS
9 14 (2.51%) OSPF
10 11 (1.97%) HTTP
11 9 (1.61%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (1.61%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (1.25%) SMTP
13 6 (1.08%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.08%) InfiniBand
13 6 (1.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.33%) Power BI
3 10 (1.79%) MySQL
3 10 (1.79%) Tableau
4 9 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.43%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.25%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.90%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.54%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.54%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.36%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 45 (8.06%) JIRA
2 31 (5.56%) Git
3 27 (4.84%) GitLab
4 26 (4.66%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.72%) JMeter
6 3 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.54%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.36%) JUnit
7 2 (0.36%) Mockito
7 2 (0.36%) MSI
7 2 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.36%) Selenium
7 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.18%) Snyk
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 187 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (14.87%) Finance
4 58 (10.39%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.09%) Banking
6 17 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.15%) Military
10 11 (1.97%) Legal
11 10 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.79%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.25%) Front Office
13 7 (1.25%) Law
14 6 (1.08%) French Language
14 6 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.72%) Billing
15 4 (0.72%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 77 (13.80%) Analyst
2 50 (8.96%) Lead
3 44 (7.89%) Senior
4 32 (5.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 30 (5.38%) Developer
5 30 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 28 (5.02%) Consultant
7 27 (4.84%) Support Engineer
8 26 (4.66%) Incident Manager
9 24 (4.30%) Service Manager
9 24 (4.30%) Site Engineer
10 23 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (3.94%) Support Analyst
12 21 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
13 19 (3.41%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (2.69%) Technical Support
15 14 (2.51%) IT Analyst
15 14 (2.51%) Linux Engineer
15 14 (2.51%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.41%) REST
2 15 (2.69%) Kafka
3 14 (2.51%) .NET
4 10 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (1.79%) JSON
4 10 (1.79%) Spring
4 10 (1.79%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.61%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.43%) Node.js
7 7 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.25%) RESTful
8 6 (1.08%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.08%) React
9 5 (0.90%) ADO
9 5 (0.90%) Loki
9 5 (0.90%) Middleware
9 5 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.72%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.91%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (3.41%) CMDB
8 18 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.69%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.69%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.51%) Operational Technology
11 14 (2.51%) PKI
12 11 (1.97%) Clustering
13 10 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.79%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (1.43%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 109 (19.53%) Windows
2 84 (15.05%) Linux
3 37 (6.63%) Unix
4 32 (5.73%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.41%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.08%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.90%) VMS
10 4 (0.72%) Solaris
11 3 (0.54%) Android
11 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.36%) Debian
12 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.18%) AIX
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (27.96%) ITIL
2 129 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (20.79%) DevOps
4 107 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (19.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 106 (19.00%) CI/CD
6 94 (16.85%) Incident Response
7 87 (15.59%) Observability
8 85 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 84 (15.05%) ITSM
10 79 (14.16%) Change Management
11 77 (13.80%) Service Management
12 72 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
13 71 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 71 (12.72%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 66 (11.83%) Problem Management
14 66 (11.83%) Service Delivery
15 61 (10.93%) Agile
16 55 (9.86%) Decision-Making
17 52 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.93%) Python
2 53 (9.50%) PowerShell
3 45 (8.06%) SQL
4 34 (6.09%) Java
5 27 (4.84%) Bash
6 13 (2.33%) Go
7 11 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.43%) C#
9 7 (1.25%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.25%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.25%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.54%) Bicep
10 3 (0.54%) Groovy
11 2 (0.36%) C++
11 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.36%) VB
12 1 (0.18%) C
12 1 (0.18%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 162 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 119 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.93%) Degree
4 40 (7.17%) DV Cleared
5 33 (5.91%) CISSP
6 27 (4.84%) CISM
7 22 (3.94%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.05%) Azure Certification
9 17 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (1.79%) GIAC
11 10 (1.79%) SSCP
12 8 (1.43%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.43%) CRISC
13 7 (1.25%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.08%) CCNP
14 6 (1.08%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (1.08%) SANS
15 5 (0.90%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.86%) SLA
2 30 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.02%) NIST
4 22 (3.94%) GDPR
5 16 (2.87%) QA
6 14 (2.51%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.43%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.25%) ISO 31000
10 6 (1.08%) GRC
11 5 (0.90%) NCSC
11 5 (0.90%) PMO
12 4 (0.72%) COBIT
13 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.54%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.54%) RMADS
13 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.56%) Docker
3 16 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.15%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (1.43%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.08%) vSphere
9 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.18%) Ceph
11 1 (0.18%) Firmware
11 1 (0.18%) NLBS
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 78 (13.98%) Terraform
2 63 (11.29%) Ansible
3 61 (10.93%) Kubernetes
4 52 (9.32%) Grafana
5 36 (6.45%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.87%) Puppet
7 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (2.33%) SCCM
8 8 (1.43%) Argo
9 7 (1.25%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.25%) vMotion
10 6 (1.08%) CASB
10 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.90%) Salt
11 5 (0.90%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.72%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.54%) QRadar
14 2 (0.36%) Istio
Vendors
1 118 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 95 (17.03%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.45%) Splunk
4 35 (6.27%) Oracle
5 26 (4.66%) Remedy
6 23 (4.12%) Cisco
7 21 (3.76%) Google
7 21 (3.76%) VMware
8 19 (3.41%) Citrix
9 18 (3.23%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.69%) F5
11 13 (2.33%) Aruba
12 12 (2.15%) Dynatrace
12 12 (2.15%) SAP
13 11 (1.97%) Arista
13 11 (1.97%) PagerDuty
14 9 (1.61%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.61%) IBM
14 9 (1.61%) Red Hat
15 8 (1.43%) Fortinet