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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 171 145
Rank change year-on-year +14 -26 -4
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 823 457 557
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.65% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.81% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 267 282
10th Percentile £267 £250 £213
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £654 £675 £783
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 64 116
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.47 £14.62
25th Percentile £17.23 £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 £76.60 £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 39,349 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.76% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,108 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -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 2,747 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £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% +1.18%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +23 315 £500 - 498
North of England -9 195 £480 -6.98% 149
South East -27 117 £550 +22.22% 117
North West +15 110 £483 -3.40% 100
Midlands +3 85 £525 +0.96% 75
West Midlands -6 79 £525 - 44
Yorkshire -32 75 £434 -18.16% 39
South West -5 62 £550 +4.76% 45
East of England -48 33 £600 +26.32% 58
North East -35 10 £490 -24.58% 13
East Midlands -4 6 £538 +19.44% 31
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 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.28%) Confluence
4 7 (0.85%) SAS
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.49%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) IBM Transformation Extender
8 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.24%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 38 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Windchill
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (2.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.61%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.49%) Front Arena
3 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.49%) Summit
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
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
1 210 (25.52%) Azure
2 158 (19.20%) AWS
3 110 (13.37%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (7.90%) GCP
5 59 (7.17%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.37%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.13%) GitHub
8 31 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (3.65%) OpenShift
10 20 (2.43%) Datadog
10 20 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (2.43%) SaaS
11 17 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (1.94%) Serverless
13 15 (1.82%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.70%) OCI
15 13 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
16 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (1.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.32%) DNS
1 52 (6.32%) Firewall
2 49 (5.95%) VPN
3 37 (4.50%) TCP/IP
4 36 (4.37%) DHCP
4 36 (4.37%) Network Security
5 33 (4.01%) WAN
6 27 (3.28%) LAN
7 19 (2.31%) BGP
7 19 (2.31%) OSPF
8 16 (1.94%) Wireless
9 15 (1.82%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.34%) EIGRP
10 11 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (1.22%) HTTP
12 9 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.09%) VLAN
13 7 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.16%) Power BI
3 17 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (1.70%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.85%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.61%) MySQL
11 4 (0.49%) Big Data
12 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.36%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.36%) Metadata
13 2 (0.24%) Pentaho
13 2 (0.24%) Power Query
13 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (7.90%) JIRA
2 44 (5.35%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.01%) GitLab
4 30 (3.65%) Git
5 6 (0.73%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.36%) JUnit
6 3 (0.36%) Maven
7 2 (0.24%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.24%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.24%) Mockito
7 2 (0.24%) MSI
7 2 (0.24%) Postman
7 2 (0.24%) Snyk
7 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 291 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 141 (17.13%) Finance
3 123 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.29%) Banking
6 30 (3.65%) Legal
6 30 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (2.92%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.82%) Military
10 11 (1.34%) Front Office
11 8 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.97%) Retail
12 7 (0.85%) French Language
12 7 (0.85%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.61%) Law
13 5 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 120 (14.58%) Analyst
2 74 (8.99%) Lead
3 73 (8.87%) Senior
4 57 (6.93%) Consultant
5 40 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 39 (4.74%) Support Engineer
7 34 (4.13%) Security Analyst
8 33 (4.01%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 32 (3.89%) Network Engineer
9 32 (3.89%) Security Consultant
10 29 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (3.40%) Developer
12 27 (3.28%) Incident Manager
12 27 (3.28%) Support Analyst
13 26 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (2.92%) IT Support
15 22 (2.67%) Applications Support
15 22 (2.67%) Service Manager
16 21 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 20 (2.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (12.15%) Terraform
2 22 (2.67%) REST
3 20 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
4 17 (2.07%) Kafka
5 11 (1.34%) Middleware
5 11 (1.34%) Node.js
6 10 (1.22%) Spring
6 10 (1.22%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.09%) RESTful
7 9 (1.09%) SOAP
8 8 (0.97%) .NET
8 8 (0.97%) JSON
9 7 (0.85%) HTML
9 7 (0.85%) Web Services
10 6 (0.73%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.73%) CSS
10 6 (0.73%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.61%) Ajax
11 5 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.65%) Onboarding
2 47 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.22%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 37 (4.50%) Cloud Native
6 32 (3.89%) Security Posture
7 31 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
10 22 (2.67%) CMDB
10 22 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (2.19%) Product Ownership
13 17 (2.07%) Clustering
13 17 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (2.07%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.70%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.46%) SCADA
16 11 (1.34%) CSOC
17 10 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 160 (19.44%) Windows
2 101 (12.27%) Linux
3 56 (6.80%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.40%) Windows 10
5 25 (3.04%) Unix
6 18 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.73%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.61%) Android
9 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.61%) VMS
9 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.49%) Solaris
10 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.24%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (29.28%) ITIL
2 220 (26.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 186 (22.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (19.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 161 (19.56%) Cybersecurity
7 157 (19.08%) Service Management
8 146 (17.74%) Incident Response
9 144 (17.50%) CI/CD
10 142 (17.25%) ITSM
11 134 (16.28%) DevOps
12 129 (15.67%) Change Management
13 125 (15.19%) Observability
14 113 (13.73%) Security Operations
15 97 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 94 (11.42%) Service Delivery
17 89 (10.81%) Major Incident Management
18 84 (10.21%) Problem Management
19 83 (10.09%) Agile
20 82 (9.96%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 113 (13.73%) Python
2 87 (10.57%) SQL
3 81 (9.84%) PowerShell
4 50 (6.08%) Bash
5 40 (4.86%) Java
6 12 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.46%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.34%) Go
8 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.85%) Groovy
9 7 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.73%) Bicep
10 6 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.49%) C#
12 4 (0.49%) Korn
12 4 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.36%) COBOL
13 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 275 (33.41%) Security Cleared
2 192 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 86 (10.45%) Degree
4 75 (9.11%) DV Cleared
5 44 (5.35%) CISSP
6 35 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.01%) CISM
8 27 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
11 16 (1.94%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.82%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.82%) CRISC
13 14 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.34%) GIAC
16 10 (1.22%) CCNA
16 10 (1.22%) SSCP
17 9 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.14%) SLA
2 44 (5.35%) NIST
3 42 (5.10%) NCSC
4 37 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 29 (3.52%) GRC
6 28 (3.40%) QA
7 24 (2.92%) GDPR
8 19 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.94%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.61%) ISO 31000
11 5 (0.61%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.61%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.49%) RMADS
13 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 115 (13.97%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.86%) Docker
3 28 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.85%) vSphere
7 5 (0.61%) Firmware
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.12%) Ceph
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 85 (10.33%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.83%) Grafana
3 45 (5.47%) Ansible
4 35 (4.25%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.07%) SCCM
7 12 (1.46%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.46%) Puppet
8 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
8 11 (1.34%) SCOM
9 8 (0.97%) CASB
9 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.73%) Data Guard
10 6 (0.73%) Istio
11 5 (0.61%) Nagios
11 5 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.61%) QRadar
12 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 205 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 132 (16.04%) ServiceNow
3 62 (7.53%) Splunk
4 38 (4.62%) Oracle
5 37 (4.50%) VMware
6 36 (4.37%) Dynatrace
7 30 (3.65%) Cisco
7 30 (3.65%) Google
8 22 (2.67%) Remedy
9 20 (2.43%) Palo Alto
10 15 (1.82%) BMC
10 15 (1.82%) SAP
11 14 (1.70%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.46%) IBM
13 11 (1.34%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.09%) Commvault
14 9 (1.09%) F5
14 9 (1.09%) Murex
15 8 (0.97%) Citrix
15 8 (0.97%) Databricks