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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 139 142
Rank change year-on-year -55 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 529 482 606
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 2.01% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 2.20% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 281 318
10th Percentile £260 £220 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £675 £766
UK median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 69 135
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.51 £14.99 £14.44
Median hourly rate £25.24 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.85% +0.43% -18.07%
75th Percentile £54.38 £28.00 £21.46
90th Percentile £63.90 £70.00 £34.93
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +146.93% +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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £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 £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -9 231 £523 +5.82% 83
South East -23 103 £475 -5.00% 56
North of England -69 90 £475 +11.76% 58
North West -47 41 £488 +15.11% 26
Yorkshire -56 40 £475 +5.56% 24
Midlands -45 38 £415 -24.55% 27
South West -36 34 £488 -9.30% 12
West Midlands -36 34 £415 -27.03% 21
East of England -77 19 £535 -2.73% 11
North East -26 9 £490 -10.86% 8
East Midlands -21 4 £425 -15.00% 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 14 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.89%) Confluence
4 8 (1.51%) IIS
5 4 (0.76%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.57%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (2.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.13%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) assyst
6 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 163 (30.81%) Azure
2 119 (22.50%) AWS
3 48 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (7.75%) GCP
5 35 (6.62%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.29%) GitHub
7 21 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (3.97%) OpenShift
8 20 (3.78%) IaaS
9 19 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (3.59%) PaaS
10 17 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.65%) SaaS
13 13 (2.46%) Power Platform
14 12 (2.27%) Google Workspace
15 11 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (2.08%) Datadog
16 10 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.75%) Firewall
2 30 (5.67%) VPN
3 29 (5.48%) DNS
4 21 (3.97%) DHCP
4 21 (3.97%) Network Security
4 21 (3.97%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.59%) WAN
6 15 (2.84%) LAN
6 15 (2.84%) Wireless
7 14 (2.65%) BGP
7 14 (2.65%) MPLS
8 13 (2.46%) OSPF
9 11 (2.08%) HTTP
10 9 (1.70%) Ethernet VPN
10 9 (1.70%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.32%) SMTP
12 6 (1.13%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.13%) Internet
12 6 (1.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.08%) Power BI
3 10 (1.89%) MySQL
3 10 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.89%) Tableau
4 9 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.51%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.32%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.57%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.57%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 42 (7.94%) JIRA
2 32 (6.05%) Git
3 26 (4.91%) GitLab
4 25 (4.73%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.76%) JMeter
6 3 (0.57%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.57%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.38%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.38%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) Mockito
7 2 (0.38%) MSI
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.38%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.19%) Snyk
General
1 165 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 79 (14.93%) Finance
3 75 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.86%) Banking
6 16 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.08%) Legal
10 10 (1.89%) Military
11 9 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.70%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.32%) Front Office
13 6 (1.13%) French Language
13 6 (1.13%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.13%) Law
14 4 (0.76%) Billing
14 4 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (13.04%) Analyst
2 51 (9.64%) Lead
3 42 (7.94%) Senior
4 31 (5.86%) Developer
5 30 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (5.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 27 (5.10%) Consultant
7 25 (4.73%) Incident Manager
7 25 (4.73%) Support Engineer
8 23 (4.35%) Service Manager
9 22 (4.16%) Site Engineer
10 21 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (3.78%) Support Analyst
12 19 (3.59%) Network Engineer
13 15 (2.84%) Technical Support
14 14 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
15 13 (2.46%) IT Support
15 13 (2.46%) Linux Engineer
15 13 (2.46%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.59%) REST
2 14 (2.65%) .NET
2 14 (2.65%) Kafka
3 11 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (1.89%) JSON
4 10 (1.89%) Spring
4 10 (1.89%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.70%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.51%) Node.js
7 7 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.32%) RESTful
8 6 (1.13%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.13%) React
9 5 (0.95%) ADO
9 5 (0.95%) Loki
9 5 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.76%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.76%) Middleware
11 3 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 32 (6.05%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.73%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.40%) CMDB
6 18 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.46%) Operational Technology
8 13 (2.46%) Product Ownership
9 12 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.27%) PKI
10 11 (2.08%) Clustering
11 10 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.89%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
12 8 (1.51%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.32%) SCADA
14 6 (1.13%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 102 (19.28%) Windows
2 82 (15.50%) Linux
3 35 (6.62%) Unix
4 30 (5.67%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (1.13%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.13%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.95%) VMS
10 3 (0.57%) Solaris
10 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.38%) Android
11 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.38%) Debian
11 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.19%) AIX
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (27.79%) ITIL
2 117 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 111 (20.98%) DevOps
4 102 (19.28%) CI/CD
5 101 (19.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 99 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (15.50%) Incident Response
8 81 (15.31%) Observability
9 76 (14.37%) ITSM
10 75 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 74 (13.99%) Change Management
12 68 (12.85%) Service Management
13 67 (12.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 67 (12.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 66 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
15 64 (12.10%) Problem Management
16 63 (11.91%) Service Delivery
17 60 (11.34%) Agile
18 49 (9.26%) Decision-Making
19 46 (8.70%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (10.96%) Python
2 52 (9.83%) PowerShell
3 46 (8.70%) SQL
4 34 (6.43%) Java
5 26 (4.91%) Bash
6 13 (2.46%) Go
7 11 (2.08%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.51%) C#
9 7 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.32%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.32%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.57%) Bicep
10 3 (0.57%) Groovy
11 2 (0.38%) Scala
11 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.38%) VB
12 1 (0.19%) C
12 1 (0.19%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) COBOL
12 1 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 154 (29.11%) Security Cleared
2 111 (20.98%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.78%) Degree
4 39 (7.37%) DV Cleared
5 31 (5.86%) CISSP
6 26 (4.91%) CISM
7 21 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.21%) Azure Certification
10 15 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.89%) GIAC
12 10 (1.89%) SSCP
13 8 (1.51%) CRISC
14 7 (1.32%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.13%) SANS
16 5 (0.95%) CCNP
16 5 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (10.59%) SLA
2 28 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (5.29%) NIST
3 21 (3.97%) GDPR
4 15 (2.84%) QA
5 13 (2.46%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.32%) ISO 31000
8 5 (0.95%) PMO
9 4 (0.76%) COBIT
9 4 (0.76%) GRC
10 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.57%) NCSC
10 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 51 (9.64%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.48%) Docker
3 14 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.89%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.32%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.76%) vSphere
10 2 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.19%) Ceph
11 1 (0.19%) NLBS
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 75 (14.18%) Terraform
2 63 (11.91%) Ansible
3 59 (11.15%) Kubernetes
4 51 (9.64%) Grafana
5 35 (6.62%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.21%) Puppet
7 14 (2.65%) SCCM
8 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.32%) Argo
9 7 (1.32%) CASB
9 7 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.32%) vMotion
10 6 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.95%) Salt
11 5 (0.95%) TeamSite
12 4 (0.76%) Pingdom
13 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.57%) QRadar
14 2 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 112 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 88 (16.64%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.81%) Oracle
4 34 (6.43%) Splunk
5 25 (4.73%) Remedy
6 22 (4.16%) Cisco
7 19 (3.59%) Google
7 19 (3.59%) VMware
8 18 (3.40%) Citrix
8 18 (3.40%) Palo Alto
9 15 (2.84%) F5
10 13 (2.46%) Aruba
11 12 (2.27%) SAP
12 11 (2.08%) Arista
13 10 (1.89%) PagerDuty
14 9 (1.70%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.70%) Red Hat
15 8 (1.51%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.51%) Fortinet
15 8 (1.51%) IBM