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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 160 146
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 -3
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 738 469 557
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.70% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.87% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 268 289
10th Percentile £258 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £361 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.24%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £650
90th Percentile £668 £660 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 70 117
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.76 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.75 £20.25 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +32.12% +24.75% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.22 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.00 £90.15 £21.37
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.89% +16.14% -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 38,860 25,068 28,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.79% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,559 1,442 1,597
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.15
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +14 283 £500 - 99
North of England -34 157 £450 -10.63% 58
South East -32 118 £550 +12.82% 79
North West -9 87 £447 -5.89% 28
Midlands +4 83 £475 -7.77% 30
West Midlands +6 78 £475 -9.52% 20
South West -14 60 £483 -8.10% 23
Yorkshire -39 60 £475 -9.52% 22
East of England -60 23 £600 +37.14% 15
North East -34 10 £490 -24.58% 9
East Midlands -15 5 £538 +14.73% 10
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 28 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.12%) Confluence
4 8 (1.08%) IIS
5 6 (0.81%) SAS
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.41%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.14%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
4 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.81%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 212 (28.73%) Azure
2 149 (20.19%) AWS
3 101 (13.69%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (8.27%) Entra ID
5 52 (7.05%) GCP
6 34 (4.61%) Power Platform
7 33 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (4.07%) OpenShift
9 27 (3.66%) GitHub
10 21 (2.85%) Datadog
11 19 (2.57%) SaaS
12 18 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.03%) IaaS
14 15 (2.03%) OCI
15 14 (1.90%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.76%) Serverless
17 12 (1.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.86%) Firewall
2 53 (7.18%) DNS
3 51 (6.91%) VPN
4 41 (5.56%) Network Security
5 38 (5.15%) DHCP
6 35 (4.74%) TCP/IP
7 32 (4.34%) WAN
8 28 (3.79%) LAN
9 20 (2.71%) BGP
9 20 (2.71%) OSPF
10 15 (2.03%) HTTP
10 15 (2.03%) SD-WAN
10 15 (2.03%) Wireless
11 11 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (1.36%) EIGRP
12 10 (1.36%) VLAN
13 9 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (1.22%) MPLS
14 7 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.01%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.39%) Power BI
3 15 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.22%) MySQL
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.95%) Pentaho
9 7 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.54%) Big Data
11 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.54%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.41%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.41%) Sybase ASE
12 3 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (7.86%) JIRA
2 36 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.47%) Git
4 26 (3.52%) GitLab
5 4 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.27%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.27%) JUnit
7 2 (0.27%) Mockito
7 2 (0.27%) MSI
7 2 (0.27%) Snyk
7 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
General
1 252 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 128 (17.34%) Finance
3 117 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.50%) Banking
6 27 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (3.52%) Legal
8 21 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 18 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.03%) Military
12 8 (1.08%) Front Office
13 7 (0.95%) French Language
13 7 (0.95%) Retail
14 6 (0.81%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.54%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 106 (14.36%) Analyst
2 65 (8.81%) Lead
3 55 (7.45%) Senior
4 50 (6.78%) Consultant
5 37 (5.01%) Support Engineer
6 34 (4.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 33 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (3.79%) Security Analyst
10 27 (3.66%) Developer
10 27 (3.66%) Incident Manager
10 27 (3.66%) Network Engineer
11 25 (3.39%) Site Engineer
11 25 (3.39%) Support Analyst
12 23 (3.12%) Security Consultant
13 22 (2.98%) Service Manager
14 21 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
14 21 (2.85%) IT Support
15 18 (2.44%) Applications Support
15 18 (2.44%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.71%) REST
2 18 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (1.90%) .NET
4 11 (1.49%) Kafka
5 8 (1.08%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.08%) Node.js
6 7 (0.95%) Middleware
6 7 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (0.95%) Spring
6 7 (0.95%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.81%) JSON
7 6 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.81%) RESTful
7 6 (0.81%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.81%) SOAP
7 6 (0.81%) Web Services
8 5 (0.68%) HTML
8 5 (0.68%) SAML
8 5 (0.68%) SAP Basis
8 5 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 46 (6.23%) Management Information System
3 40 (5.42%) Data Centre
4 35 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 31 (4.20%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (2.85%) CMDB
9 21 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.71%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.57%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.44%) Clustering
12 18 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (2.17%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.90%) Operational Technology
16 12 (1.63%) SCADA
17 11 (1.49%) CSOC
17 11 (1.49%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 151 (20.46%) Windows
2 86 (11.65%) Linux
3 50 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.85%) Unix
6 17 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.36%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.81%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.68%) VMS
9 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.54%) Android
10 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.54%) Solaris
10 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.14%) AIX
12 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (29.27%) ITIL
2 190 (25.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 156 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (20.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 135 (18.29%) CI/CD
6 133 (18.02%) Cybersecurity
6 133 (18.02%) Incident Response
7 132 (17.89%) Service Management
8 130 (17.62%) DevOps
9 129 (17.48%) ITSM
10 127 (17.21%) Root Cause Analysis
11 124 (16.80%) Change Management
12 112 (15.18%) Observability
13 99 (13.41%) Security Operations
14 94 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
15 82 (11.11%) Problem Management
16 80 (10.84%) Service Delivery
16 80 (10.84%) SIEM
17 77 (10.43%) Agile
18 71 (9.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 95 (12.87%) Python
2 83 (11.25%) PowerShell
3 68 (9.21%) SQL
4 40 (5.42%) Bash
5 28 (3.79%) Java
6 8 (1.08%) Go
7 7 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.81%) Bicep
8 6 (0.81%) Groovy
8 6 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.41%) COBOL
10 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.41%) VBScript
11 2 (0.27%) ABAP
11 2 (0.27%) C#
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 236 (31.98%) Security Cleared
2 168 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.25%) Degree
4 60 (8.13%) DV Cleared
5 45 (6.10%) CISSP
6 34 (4.61%) CISM
7 33 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.63%) CCNA
14 11 (1.49%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.49%) CRISC
14 11 (1.49%) GIAC
14 11 (1.49%) SSCP
15 9 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.64%) SLA
2 37 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.61%) NIST
4 31 (4.20%) GDPR
5 28 (3.79%) QA
6 27 (3.66%) NCSC
7 19 (2.57%) Data Quality
7 19 (2.57%) GRC
8 18 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (2.44%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.68%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.54%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.54%) PMO
11 4 (0.54%) RMADS
12 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 104 (14.09%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.20%) Docker
3 29 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.90%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.95%) vSphere
8 6 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.68%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.41%) Firmware
12 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.14%) Ceph
13 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (13.28%) Terraform
2 67 (9.08%) Kubernetes
3 53 (7.18%) Grafana
4 49 (6.64%) Ansible
5 31 (4.20%) Prometheus
6 27 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.44%) SCCM
8 13 (1.76%) Puppet
9 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (1.49%) Progress Chef
10 9 (1.22%) CASB
10 9 (1.22%) SCOM
11 7 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.81%) Istio
13 5 (0.68%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.68%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.54%) QRadar
14 4 (0.54%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.41%) Argo
Vendors
1 192 (26.02%) Microsoft
2 128 (17.34%) ServiceNow
3 51 (6.91%) Splunk
4 38 (5.15%) VMware
5 36 (4.88%) Oracle
6 35 (4.74%) Dynatrace
7 30 (4.07%) Cisco
8 25 (3.39%) Google
9 21 (2.85%) Remedy
10 17 (2.30%) Palo Alto
10 17 (2.30%) SAP
11 14 (1.90%) Citrix
12 12 (1.63%) BMC
13 10 (1.36%) CheckPoint
13 10 (1.36%) F5
13 10 (1.36%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.22%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.08%) Denodo
15 8 (1.08%) Talend
16 7 (0.95%) PagerDuty