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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 163 141
Rank change year-on-year -9 -22 +1
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 733 473 562
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.70% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.87% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 271 289
10th Percentile £255 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £362 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.32%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £664 £653 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 70 123
10th Percentile £14.19 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.61 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £20.25 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +35.82% +24.75% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.94 £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 39,024 25,239 28,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,245 16,077 18,561
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 £625 £628 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,443 1,638
10th Percentile £14.42 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.17% +3.59%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.50% -38.57% -1.35%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +19 286 £500 - 295
North of England -34 154 £449 -10.92% 87
South East -33 116 £550 +12.82% 88
North West -4 85 £443 -6.84% 47
Midlands +10 84 £475 -7.77% 38
West Midlands +1 79 £475 -9.52% 25
Yorkshire -39 59 £475 -9.52% 30
South West -21 58 £483 -8.10% 25
East of England -60 23 £600 +23.08% 25
North East -35 10 £490 -24.58% 10
East Midlands -14 5 £538 +14.73% 13
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 27 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.14%) Confluence
4 8 (1.09%) IIS
5 6 (0.82%) SAS
6 4 (0.55%) 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%) Anypoint
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%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
4 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.82%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.55%) 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 Assets
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
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
Cloud Services
1 211 (28.79%) Azure
2 147 (20.05%) AWS
3 99 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (8.32%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.82%) GCP
6 34 (4.64%) Power Platform
7 33 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (3.96%) OpenShift
9 27 (3.68%) GitHub
10 21 (2.86%) Datadog
11 19 (2.59%) SaaS
12 18 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.32%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (2.05%) IaaS
15 15 (2.05%) OCI
16 14 (1.91%) Amazon S3
17 13 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (1.77%) Serverless
18 12 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.64%) Firewall
2 51 (6.96%) DNS
3 50 (6.82%) VPN
4 41 (5.59%) Network Security
5 37 (5.05%) DHCP
6 34 (4.64%) TCP/IP
7 32 (4.37%) WAN
8 27 (3.68%) LAN
9 20 (2.73%) BGP
9 20 (2.73%) OSPF
10 16 (2.18%) Wireless
11 15 (2.05%) HTTP
11 15 (2.05%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.36%) EIGRP
13 10 (1.36%) MPLS
14 9 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
14 9 (1.23%) VLAN
15 7 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.41%) Power BI
3 15 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.50%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.23%) MySQL
8 8 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.95%) Pentaho
9 7 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.55%) Big Data
11 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.55%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.55%) Tableau
12 3 (0.41%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.41%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 57 (7.78%) JIRA
2 35 (4.77%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.50%) Git
4 26 (3.55%) GitLab
5 4 (0.55%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.55%) 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
1 250 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 128 (17.46%) Finance
3 112 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.32%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.68%) Banking
6 26 (3.55%) Legal
7 24 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.05%) Military
11 8 (1.09%) Front Office
11 8 (1.09%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.95%) French Language
13 6 (0.82%) Retail
14 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.55%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 105 (14.32%) Analyst
2 64 (8.73%) Lead
3 55 (7.50%) Senior
4 49 (6.68%) Consultant
5 36 (4.91%) Support Engineer
6 34 (4.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 33 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (3.82%) Developer
9 28 (3.82%) Incident Manager
10 27 (3.68%) Network Engineer
11 25 (3.41%) Site Engineer
11 25 (3.41%) Support Analyst
12 24 (3.27%) Security Analyst
13 23 (3.14%) Security Consultant
14 22 (3.00%) Service Manager
15 21 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (2.73%) IT Support
16 20 (2.73%) Service Analyst
17 17 (2.32%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.73%) REST
2 17 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (1.91%) .NET
4 11 (1.50%) Kafka
5 8 (1.09%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.09%) Node.js
6 7 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (0.95%) Spring
6 7 (0.95%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.82%) JSON
7 6 (0.82%) Middleware
7 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.82%) RESTful
7 6 (0.82%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.82%) SOAP
7 6 (0.82%) Web Services
8 5 (0.68%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.68%) HTML
8 5 (0.68%) SAML
8 5 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.96%) Onboarding
2 46 (6.28%) Management Information System
3 42 (5.73%) Data Centre
4 31 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 31 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (3.00%) CMDB
9 21 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.73%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (2.59%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.46%) Clustering
13 16 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
13 16 (2.18%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.91%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.64%) SCADA
16 11 (1.50%) CSOC
16 11 (1.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 153 (20.87%) Windows
2 86 (11.73%) Linux
3 49 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.27%) Unix
4 24 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.36%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.68%) VMS
7 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.55%) Android
8 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.55%) Solaris
8 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (29.47%) ITIL
2 189 (25.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 153 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (20.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (18.14%) CI/CD
6 130 (17.74%) ITSM
7 129 (17.60%) Service Management
8 128 (17.46%) Cybersecurity
8 128 (17.46%) DevOps
9 127 (17.33%) Incident Response
10 124 (16.92%) Change Management
10 124 (16.92%) Root Cause Analysis
11 111 (15.14%) Observability
12 95 (12.96%) Security Operations
13 92 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
14 82 (11.19%) Problem Management
15 80 (10.91%) SIEM
16 79 (10.78%) Service Delivery
17 74 (10.10%) Agile
18 71 (9.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 93 (12.69%) Python
2 82 (11.19%) PowerShell
3 67 (9.14%) SQL
4 40 (5.46%) Bash
5 27 (3.68%) Java
6 8 (1.09%) Go
7 7 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.82%) Bicep
8 6 (0.82%) Groovy
8 6 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.41%) COBOL
11 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.41%) VBScript
12 2 (0.27%) C#
12 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.27%) Scala
12 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 235 (32.06%) Security Cleared
2 166 (22.65%) SC Cleared
3 81 (11.05%) Degree
4 61 (8.32%) DV Cleared
5 45 (6.14%) CISSP
6 34 (4.64%) CISM
7 33 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
11 14 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (1.91%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.64%) CCNA
13 11 (1.50%) CRISC
13 11 (1.50%) GIAC
13 11 (1.50%) SSCP
14 10 (1.36%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.00%) SLA
2 37 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.64%) NIST
4 31 (4.23%) GDPR
5 28 (3.82%) QA
6 27 (3.68%) NCSC
7 19 (2.59%) Data Quality
7 19 (2.59%) GRC
8 18 (2.46%) PCI DSS
9 17 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.68%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.55%) PMO
12 4 (0.55%) RMADS
13 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.41%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 102 (13.92%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.23%) Docker
3 28 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.95%) vSphere
8 6 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.68%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.27%) Firmware
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.14%) Ceph
12 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (13.10%) Terraform
2 65 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 53 (7.23%) Grafana
4 50 (6.82%) Ansible
5 31 (4.23%) Prometheus
6 25 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (2.59%) SCCM
8 13 (1.77%) Puppet
9 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (1.50%) Progress Chef
10 9 (1.23%) CASB
10 9 (1.23%) SCOM
11 7 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.68%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.68%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.68%) Istio
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.55%) QRadar
13 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.41%) Argo
Vendors
1 188 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 131 (17.87%) ServiceNow
3 51 (6.96%) Splunk
4 37 (5.05%) VMware
5 36 (4.91%) Oracle
6 34 (4.64%) Dynatrace
7 31 (4.23%) Cisco
8 24 (3.27%) Google
9 23 (3.14%) Remedy
10 18 (2.46%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.18%) SAP
12 15 (2.05%) Citrix
13 12 (1.64%) BMC
14 11 (1.50%) CheckPoint
14 11 (1.50%) F5
15 10 (1.36%) Red Hat
16 9 (1.23%) Zscaler
17 8 (1.09%) Denodo
17 8 (1.09%) Talend
18 7 (0.95%) Aruba