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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 137 144
Rank change year-on-year -70 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 512 483 602
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 2.00% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.19% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 281 318
10th Percentile £250 £210 £199
25th Percentile £363 £350 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £650 £766
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 68 135
10th Percentile £14.87 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.99 £14.41
Median hourly rate £23.78 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +45.87% +0.43% -18.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £24.66 £21.46
90th Percentile £55.35 £70.00 £34.93
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +71.78% +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 34,498 22,079 31,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 91.24% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 14,439 20,650
10th Percentile £320 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 933 2,247
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.44 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -16 225 £516 +4.56% 73
South East -27 100 £475 - 64
North of England -65 89 £475 +11.76% 57
North West -37 41 £475 +13.64% 24
Yorkshire -61 39 £475 +5.56% 25
Midlands -47 36 £415 -24.55% 20
West Midlands -45 31 £415 -29.36% 14
South West -43 30 £475 -11.63% 13
East of England -78 19 £535 -2.73% 16
North East -17 9 £260 -52.73% 8
East Midlands -25 5 £413 -2.94% 6
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 15 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.76%) Confluence
4 8 (1.56%) IIS
5 4 (0.78%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.59%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 36 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (2.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.17%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.20%) assyst
7 1 (0.20%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 155 (30.27%) Azure
2 112 (21.88%) AWS
3 51 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.81%) GCP
5 32 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 27 (5.27%) GitHub
7 26 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (3.91%) IaaS
8 20 (3.91%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.71%) PaaS
10 18 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.93%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (2.54%) Power Platform
14 12 (2.34%) Google Workspace
14 12 (2.34%) SaaS
15 10 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.95%) Datadog
15 10 (1.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.62%) Firewall
2 28 (5.47%) VPN
3 27 (5.27%) DNS
4 21 (4.10%) Network Security
5 20 (3.91%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.71%) DHCP
7 17 (3.32%) WAN
8 14 (2.73%) LAN
8 14 (2.73%) MPLS
8 14 (2.73%) Wireless
9 13 (2.54%) BGP
10 12 (2.34%) OSPF
11 9 (1.76%) HTTP
11 9 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (1.56%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (1.56%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.37%) SMTP
14 6 (1.17%) Ethernet
14 6 (1.17%) Internet
14 6 (1.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.15%) Power BI
3 10 (1.95%) MySQL
3 10 (1.95%) Tableau
4 9 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (1.56%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.37%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.59%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.59%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (8.01%) JIRA
2 30 (5.86%) Git
3 24 (4.69%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.78%) JMeter
6 3 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.59%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.39%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.39%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.39%) JUnit
7 2 (0.39%) Mockito
7 2 (0.39%) MSI
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 156 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.04%) Finance
3 75 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.05%) Banking
6 16 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.15%) Legal
10 10 (1.95%) Military
11 9 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.76%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.37%) Front Office
12 7 (1.37%) Law
13 6 (1.17%) French Language
13 6 (1.17%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.17%) Retail
14 4 (0.78%) Billing
14 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 68 (13.28%) Analyst
2 49 (9.57%) Lead
3 40 (7.81%) Senior
4 31 (6.05%) Developer
5 28 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (5.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 24 (4.69%) Consultant
7 24 (4.69%) Incident Manager
8 23 (4.49%) Support Engineer
9 22 (4.30%) Service Manager
9 22 (4.30%) Support Analyst
10 21 (4.10%) Site Engineer
11 20 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (3.91%) Network Engineer
12 19 (3.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.93%) Technical Support
14 14 (2.73%) IT Support
14 14 (2.73%) Service Analyst
15 13 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
15 13 (2.54%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.13%) REST
2 14 (2.73%) .NET
2 14 (2.73%) Kafka
3 10 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
3 10 (1.95%) Spring
3 10 (1.95%) Spring Boot
4 9 (1.76%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.56%) JSON
5 8 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.37%) RESTful
7 6 (1.17%) Node.js
8 5 (0.98%) ADO
8 5 (0.98%) Loki
8 5 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.98%) React
9 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.78%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.59%) SOAP
10 3 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.03%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.47%) Data Centre
3 26 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (3.32%) CMDB
7 17 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.34%) PKI
9 11 (2.15%) Clustering
9 11 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.95%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.37%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.37%) SCADA
13 6 (1.17%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 100 (19.53%) Windows
2 78 (15.23%) Linux
3 32 (6.25%) Unix
4 29 (5.66%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.71%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.17%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.98%) VMS
10 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.39%) Android
11 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.39%) Debian
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.20%) Solaris
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (28.52%) ITIL
2 109 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 108 (21.09%) DevOps
4 96 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
5 94 (18.36%) CI/CD
6 80 (15.63%) Incident Response
7 79 (15.43%) ITSM
8 77 (15.04%) Observability
9 75 (14.65%) Service Management
10 74 (14.45%) Change Management
11 71 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 66 (12.89%) Cybersecurity
13 63 (12.30%) Infrastructure as Code
13 63 (12.30%) Problem Management
13 63 (12.30%) Service Delivery
13 63 (12.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 57 (11.13%) Agile
15 49 (9.57%) Decision-Making
16 45 (8.79%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.55%) Python
2 52 (10.16%) PowerShell
3 43 (8.40%) SQL
4 30 (5.86%) Java
5 25 (4.88%) Bash
6 12 (2.34%) Go
7 9 (1.76%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.56%) C#
9 7 (1.37%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.37%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.98%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
11 3 (0.59%) Groovy
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
12 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.39%) VB
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) COBOL
13 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 143 (27.93%) Security Cleared
2 103 (20.12%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.52%) Degree
4 33 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 32 (6.25%) CISSP
6 26 (5.08%) CISM
7 21 (4.10%) ITIL Certification
8 18 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.32%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (2.15%) GIAC
13 10 (1.95%) SSCP
14 8 (1.56%) CRISC
15 7 (1.37%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.17%) CESG Certified Professional
16 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (0.98%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.74%) SLA
2 31 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (5.66%) NIST
4 22 (4.30%) GDPR
5 13 (2.54%) QA
6 12 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.37%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.37%) ISO 31000
10 6 (1.17%) PMO
11 4 (0.78%) COBIT
11 4 (0.78%) GRC
12 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.39%) NCSC
13 2 (0.39%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 48 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.08%) Docker
3 14 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.76%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.37%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.59%) vSphere
11 2 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.20%) Ceph
12 1 (0.20%) NLBS
12 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 72 (14.06%) Terraform
2 62 (12.11%) Ansible
3 56 (10.94%) Kubernetes
4 50 (9.77%) Grafana
5 34 (6.64%) Prometheus
6 16 (3.13%) Puppet
7 14 (2.73%) SCCM
8 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.37%) Argo
9 7 (1.37%) CASB
9 7 (1.37%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.37%) vMotion
10 6 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.98%) Salt
11 5 (0.98%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.78%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.59%) QRadar
14 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.39%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 109 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 88 (17.19%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.64%) Splunk
4 33 (6.45%) Oracle
5 25 (4.88%) Remedy
6 22 (4.30%) Cisco
7 20 (3.91%) Citrix
8 19 (3.71%) Google
8 19 (3.71%) VMware
9 18 (3.52%) Palo Alto
10 14 (2.73%) F5
11 12 (2.34%) Aruba
11 12 (2.34%) SAP
12 10 (1.95%) Arista
12 10 (1.95%) PagerDuty
13 9 (1.76%) CheckPoint
13 9 (1.76%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.56%) Dynatrace
14 8 (1.56%) Fortinet
15 7 (1.37%) Talend