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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 179 141
Rank change year-on-year +19 -38 -5
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 812 450 566
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.62% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.78% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 262 289
10th Percentile £266 £251 £205
25th Percentile £405 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £638
90th Percentile £661 £673 £777
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - -7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 64 117
10th Percentile £13.42 £14.47 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.24 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £48.84 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +158.96% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £72.63 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.50 £91.05 £21.37
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +189.49% +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 39,208 25,244 28,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.66% 90.88% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,936 16,028 17,611
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £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 2,812 1,512 1,298
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.77 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.61% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.56 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +30 308 £500 - 485
North of England -9 191 £483 -8.00% 137
South East -18 117 £550 +22.63% 120
North West +7 108 £485 -3.00% 84
Midlands +1 84 £525 +0.96% 70
West Midlands -1 78 £525 - 46
Yorkshire -33 73 £453 -14.62% 41
South West -1 60 £575 +9.52% 45
East of England -45 35 £600 +26.32% 54
North East -36 10 £490 -24.58% 14
East Midlands -15 6 £538 +19.44% 24
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 31 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.33%) Confluence
4 7 (0.86%) SAS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.25%) IBM Transformation Extender
7 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
7 2 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
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%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 37 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.25%) Windchill
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.83%) 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 BRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 199 (24.51%) Azure
2 149 (18.35%) AWS
3 111 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (7.51%) GCP
5 59 (7.27%) Entra ID
6 35 (4.31%) GitHub
6 35 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.33%) OpenShift
9 21 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (2.46%) Datadog
10 20 (2.46%) SaaS
11 18 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (1.97%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.97%) Serverless
13 14 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.72%) OCI
14 13 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.40%) DNS
1 52 (6.40%) Firewall
2 49 (6.03%) VPN
3 37 (4.56%) TCP/IP
4 36 (4.43%) DHCP
4 36 (4.43%) Network Security
5 34 (4.19%) WAN
6 28 (3.45%) LAN
7 18 (2.22%) BGP
7 18 (2.22%) OSPF
8 16 (1.97%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.97%) Wireless
9 11 (1.35%) EIGRP
9 11 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.23%) HTTP
11 9 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (1.11%) VLAN
12 8 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.08%) Power BI
3 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.48%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.86%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.62%) MySQL
10 4 (0.49%) Big Data
11 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.37%) Metadata
12 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.25%) Pentaho
12 2 (0.25%) Power Query
12 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 64 (7.88%) JIRA
2 41 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.06%) GitLab
4 29 (3.57%) Git
5 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.37%) Maven
8 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
8 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) MSI
8 2 (0.25%) Postman
8 2 (0.25%) Snyk
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 295 (36.33%) Social Skills
2 132 (16.26%) Finance
3 123 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.39%) Banking
4 60 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 30 (3.69%) Legal
5 30 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (2.83%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (1.85%) Military
9 13 (1.60%) Front Office
10 9 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.99%) Retail
12 7 (0.86%) French Language
12 7 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.74%) Law
14 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 118 (14.53%) Analyst
2 71 (8.74%) Lead
3 69 (8.50%) Senior
4 57 (7.02%) Consultant
5 40 (4.93%) Support Engineer
6 36 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (4.19%) Security Analyst
8 33 (4.06%) Network Engineer
9 32 (3.94%) Security Consultant
10 31 (3.82%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 29 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (3.33%) Support Analyst
13 26 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
13 26 (3.20%) Incident Manager
14 25 (3.08%) Developer
15 24 (2.96%) IT Support
16 21 (2.59%) Applications Support
16 21 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 21 (2.59%) Service Manager
17 20 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (11.95%) Terraform
2 21 (2.59%) REST
3 17 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (1.85%) Kafka
5 11 (1.35%) Middleware
5 11 (1.35%) Node.js
6 9 (1.11%) SOAP
7 8 (0.99%) JSON
7 8 (0.99%) Spring
7 8 (0.99%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.86%) HTML
8 7 (0.86%) RESTful
8 7 (0.86%) Web Services
9 6 (0.74%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.74%) CSS
9 6 (0.74%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.62%) .NET
10 5 (0.62%) Ajax
10 5 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (7.88%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.67%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.30%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 35 (4.31%) Cloud Native
6 34 (4.19%) Security Posture
7 30 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
8 29 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.71%) CMDB
12 19 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (2.22%) Product Ownership
14 17 (2.09%) Clustering
14 17 (2.09%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.72%) Operational Technology
17 11 (1.35%) CSOC
17 11 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
17 11 (1.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 160 (19.70%) Windows
2 97 (11.95%) Linux
3 56 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 24 (2.96%) Unix
6 17 (2.09%) 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%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.49%) VMS
10 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.37%) Solaris
11 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.25%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) AIX
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (29.68%) ITIL
2 220 (27.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 188 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
5 157 (19.33%) Cybersecurity
6 156 (19.21%) Root Cause Analysis
7 155 (19.09%) Service Management
8 142 (17.49%) ITSM
9 140 (17.24%) CI/CD
10 139 (17.12%) Incident Response
11 126 (15.52%) Change Management
12 124 (15.27%) DevOps
13 122 (15.02%) Observability
14 109 (13.42%) Security Operations
15 94 (11.58%) Infrastructure as Code
16 93 (11.45%) Service Delivery
17 87 (10.71%) Major Incident Management
18 85 (10.47%) Problem Management
19 78 (9.61%) Decision-Making
20 76 (9.36%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 114 (14.04%) Python
2 84 (10.34%) SQL
3 79 (9.73%) PowerShell
4 50 (6.16%) Bash
5 37 (4.56%) Java
6 12 (1.48%) Go
6 12 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.35%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.86%) Groovy
9 7 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.74%) Bicep
11 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.49%) C#
12 4 (0.49%) Korn
12 4 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.37%) COBOL
13 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 273 (33.62%) Security Cleared
2 187 (23.03%) SC Cleared
3 84 (10.34%) Degree
4 78 (9.61%) DV Cleared
5 41 (5.05%) CISSP
6 34 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (3.69%) CISM
8 23 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.97%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.97%) CRISC
10 16 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.48%) GIAC
14 10 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (1.23%) CCNA
15 9 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.37%) SLA
2 43 (5.30%) NIST
3 42 (5.17%) NCSC
4 36 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (3.57%) GRC
6 28 (3.45%) Data Quality
7 25 (3.08%) QA
8 24 (2.96%) GDPR
9 19 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.97%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.62%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.62%) PMO
13 4 (0.49%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.49%) RMADS
14 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 116 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.80%) Docker
3 27 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.48%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.86%) vSphere
7 6 (0.74%) Firmware
7 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.12%) Ceph
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (10.10%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.54%) Grafana
3 42 (5.17%) Ansible
4 32 (3.94%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.09%) SCCM
7 13 (1.60%) Puppet
8 12 (1.48%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (1.35%) SCOM
10 8 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.74%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.74%) Istio
12 5 (0.62%) Nagios
12 5 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.49%) CASB
13 4 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.49%) Kibana
13 4 (0.49%) QRadar
13 4 (0.49%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 198 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 130 (16.01%) ServiceNow
3 60 (7.39%) Splunk
4 37 (4.56%) VMware
5 36 (4.43%) Dynatrace
6 35 (4.31%) Oracle
7 32 (3.94%) Google
8 29 (3.57%) Cisco
9 23 (2.83%) Remedy
10 20 (2.46%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.85%) BMC
11 15 (1.85%) SAP
12 13 (1.60%) IBM
13 12 (1.48%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.35%) CheckPoint
15 10 (1.23%) Commvault
16 9 (1.11%) F5
17 8 (0.99%) Citrix
17 8 (0.99%) Murex
17 8 (0.99%) SolarWinds