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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 181 141
Rank change year-on-year +22 -40 -6
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 828 441 562
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.58% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.73% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 254 290
10th Percentile £283 £254 £200
25th Percentile £408 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £596 £588 £647
90th Percentile £680 £668 £784
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 58 106
10th Percentile £13.42 £13.45 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £50.17 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +166.15% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £72.63 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.50 £91.50 £20.69
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +222.09% +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 39,431 25,424 27,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 90.99% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,955 16,149 17,033
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,897 1,546 1,199
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +40 309 £500 - 416
North of England -6 198 £485 -4.34% 164
South East -20 117 £550 +29.41% 125
North West +9 115 £493 -1.50% 94
Midlands +2 86 £527 +1.25% 75
West Midlands +8 80 £527 +0.29% 45
Yorkshire -25 73 £475 -9.95% 53
South West +3 61 £543 +4.33% 43
East of England -38 38 £775 +63.16% 51
North East -31 10 £490 -24.58% 18
East Midlands -11 6 £538 +21.20% 29
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 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.50%) Confluence
2 29 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.85%) SAS
4 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.36%) CICS
6 3 (0.36%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 3 (0.36%) ThingWorx
6 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mule
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 39 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.36%) Windchill
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
Business Applications
1 26 (3.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.60%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.48%) Front Arena
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Summit
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 206 (24.88%) Azure
2 161 (19.44%) AWS
3 116 (14.01%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (8.33%) GCP
5 60 (7.25%) Entra ID
6 41 (4.95%) Power Platform
7 36 (4.35%) GitHub
8 30 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.14%) OpenShift
10 21 (2.54%) Datadog
10 21 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (2.29%) SaaS
12 18 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (2.17%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.17%) Serverless
13 16 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.57%) OCI
16 11 (1.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.64%) DNS
2 52 (6.28%) Firewall
3 49 (5.92%) VPN
4 38 (4.59%) DHCP
4 38 (4.59%) TCP/IP
5 35 (4.23%) Network Security
6 34 (4.11%) WAN
7 28 (3.38%) LAN
8 17 (2.05%) BGP
8 17 (2.05%) OSPF
9 16 (1.93%) SD-WAN
9 16 (1.93%) Wireless
10 12 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (1.33%) EIGRP
12 9 (1.09%) HTTP
12 9 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.09%) VLAN
13 8 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.62%) Power BI
3 17 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.72%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.60%) MySQL
11 4 (0.48%) Big Data
11 4 (0.48%) Db2
11 4 (0.48%) Metadata
12 3 (0.36%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.24%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 69 (8.33%) JIRA
2 43 (5.19%) Jenkins
3 35 (4.23%) GitLab
4 31 (3.74%) Git
5 5 (0.60%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.36%) Maven
8 2 (0.24%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
8 2 (0.24%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.24%) JUnit
8 2 (0.24%) MSI
8 2 (0.24%) Postman
8 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 298 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 137 (16.55%) Finance
3 123 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (7.85%) Banking
5 57 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (3.74%) Legal
8 22 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.81%) Military
11 13 (1.57%) Front Office
12 11 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.97%) Investment Banking
13 8 (0.97%) Law
13 8 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.97%) Retail
14 7 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.85%) French Language
15 4 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (15.10%) Analyst
2 70 (8.45%) Senior
3 65 (7.85%) Lead
4 56 (6.76%) Consultant
5 40 (4.83%) Support Engineer
6 39 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
7 38 (4.59%) Security Analyst
8 33 (3.99%) Security Consultant
9 32 (3.86%) Network Engineer
9 32 (3.86%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 30 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (3.38%) Support Analyst
12 26 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 25 (3.02%) Applications Support
14 24 (2.90%) Developer
14 24 (2.90%) Incident Manager
15 22 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 22 (2.66%) IT Support
16 21 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 21 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (12.20%) Terraform
2 23 (2.78%) REST
3 17 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
4 16 (1.93%) Kafka
5 14 (1.69%) JSON
6 12 (1.45%) Middleware
7 11 (1.33%) Node.js
8 9 (1.09%) RESTful
8 9 (1.09%) SOAP
9 8 (0.97%) HTML
9 8 (0.97%) Spring
9 8 (0.97%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.85%) CSS
10 7 (0.85%) Web Services
11 6 (0.72%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.72%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.72%) XML
12 5 (0.60%) .NET
12 5 (0.60%) Ajax
12 5 (0.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.45%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.31%) Management Information System
4 42 (5.07%) Security Operations Centre
5 37 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 36 (4.35%) Security Posture
7 33 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
8 32 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
10 24 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (2.78%) CMDB
12 21 (2.54%) Product Ownership
13 18 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
14 17 (2.05%) Virtual Team
15 16 (1.93%) Clustering
16 14 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.69%) Operational Technology
17 11 (1.33%) CSOC
17 11 (1.33%) SCADA
18 10 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 166 (20.05%) Windows
2 100 (12.08%) Linux
3 57 (6.88%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.38%) Windows 10
5 25 (3.02%) Unix
6 16 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.33%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.72%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.60%) Android
9 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.48%) VMS
10 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.48%) zOS
11 3 (0.36%) Solaris
11 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.24%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.12%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (29.47%) ITIL
2 226 (27.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 195 (23.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 172 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (20.53%) Cybersecurity
6 166 (20.05%) Root Cause Analysis
7 162 (19.57%) Service Management
8 146 (17.63%) CI/CD
8 146 (17.63%) ITSM
9 145 (17.51%) Incident Response
10 129 (15.58%) DevOps
11 128 (15.46%) Change Management
12 126 (15.22%) Observability
13 112 (13.53%) Security Operations
14 101 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
15 90 (10.87%) Service Delivery
16 88 (10.63%) Major Incident Management
17 85 (10.27%) Problem Management
18 77 (9.30%) SIEM
19 75 (9.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 115 (13.89%) Python
2 90 (10.87%) SQL
3 80 (9.66%) PowerShell
4 52 (6.28%) Bash
5 38 (4.59%) Java
6 14 (1.69%) Go
6 14 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.33%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.09%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.85%) Bicep
9 7 (0.85%) Groovy
9 7 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.48%) C#
11 4 (0.48%) COBOL
11 4 (0.48%) JCL
11 4 (0.48%) Korn
12 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 287 (34.66%) Security Cleared
2 198 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.02%) Degree
4 80 (9.66%) DV Cleared
5 45 (5.43%) CISSP
6 35 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (4.11%) CISM
8 22 (2.66%) CRISC
9 21 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.93%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.81%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.45%) GIAC
13 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.21%) CCNA
15 9 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.09%) CISA
15 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.82%) SLA
2 50 (6.04%) NIST
3 43 (5.19%) NCSC
4 41 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (4.23%) GRC
6 32 (3.86%) Data Quality
7 27 (3.26%) QA
8 22 (2.66%) GDPR
9 19 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.93%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.60%) COBIT
12 5 (0.60%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.60%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.60%) PMO
13 4 (0.48%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.48%) RMADS
13 4 (0.48%) SEPA
14 3 (0.36%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 120 (14.49%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.19%) Docker
3 30 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.85%) vSphere
7 6 (0.72%) Firmware
7 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.12%) Ceph
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 86 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.80%) Grafana
3 41 (4.95%) Ansible
4 34 (4.11%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.05%) SCCM
7 13 (1.57%) Puppet
8 12 (1.45%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.21%) SCOM
11 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.85%) Data Guard
13 6 (0.72%) Istio
13 6 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
14 5 (0.60%) Nagios
14 5 (0.60%) Tivoli
15 4 (0.48%) Control-M
15 4 (0.48%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.48%) Kibana
15 4 (0.48%) QRadar
Vendors
1 203 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 128 (15.46%) ServiceNow
3 61 (7.37%) Splunk
4 39 (4.71%) VMware
5 37 (4.47%) Google
6 36 (4.35%) Dynatrace
7 35 (4.23%) Oracle
8 28 (3.38%) Cisco
9 27 (3.26%) Remedy
10 20 (2.42%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.81%) BMC
11 15 (1.81%) IBM
12 14 (1.69%) SAP
13 11 (1.33%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.33%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.21%) Commvault
15 9 (1.09%) Databricks
15 9 (1.09%) SolarWinds
16 8 (0.97%) Bloomberg
16 8 (0.97%) F5