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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 181 145
Rank change year-on-year +27 -36 -8
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 821 442 558
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.60% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.76% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 256 287
10th Percentile £270 £250 £204
25th Percentile £406 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £638
90th Percentile £680 £675 £784
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 62 112
10th Percentile £13.42 £13.91 £14.84
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 £91.35 £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 39,416 25,077 27,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.84% 86.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,046 15,915 17,172
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -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 2,836 1,513 1,250
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.14
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £66.58
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +28 310 £500 - 497
North of England -15 192 £483 -8.00% 160
South East -18 119 £550 +25.71% 138
North West +7 109 £493 -1.50% 93
Midlands +2 85 £525 +0.96% 79
West Midlands +8 79 £525 - 53
Yorkshire -33 73 £475 -10.38% 53
South West +1 60 £575 +10.05% 47
East of England -43 38 £688 +44.74% 54
North East -32 10 £490 -24.58% 15
East Midlands -16 6 £538 +19.44% 26
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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.85%) SAS
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.37%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.37%) ThingWorx
6 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.24%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
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
Applications
1 38 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Windchill
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (3.29%) 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 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
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 Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 199 (24.24%) Azure
2 151 (18.39%) AWS
3 115 (14.01%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (7.43%) GCP
5 59 (7.19%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.38%) GitHub
7 35 (4.26%) Power Platform
8 30 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.29%) OpenShift
10 21 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (2.44%) Datadog
12 19 (2.31%) SaaS
13 18 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (2.07%) Amazon S3
14 17 (2.07%) Serverless
15 15 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (1.58%) OCI
18 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
19 11 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.46%) DNS
2 52 (6.33%) Firewall
3 49 (5.97%) VPN
4 38 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 36 (4.38%) DHCP
5 36 (4.38%) Network Security
6 34 (4.14%) WAN
7 28 (3.41%) LAN
8 18 (2.19%) BGP
8 18 (2.19%) OSPF
9 16 (1.95%) SD-WAN
9 16 (1.95%) Wireless
10 12 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (1.34%) EIGRP
12 10 (1.22%) HTTP
13 9 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (1.10%) VLAN
14 8 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.05%) Power BI
3 17 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.46%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.85%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.61%) MySQL
10 4 (0.49%) Big Data
11 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.37%) Metadata
12 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.24%) Pentaho
12 2 (0.24%) Power Query
12 2 (0.24%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 64 (7.80%) JIRA
2 42 (5.12%) Jenkins
3 34 (4.14%) GitLab
4 31 (3.78%) Git
5 6 (0.73%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.37%) Maven
8 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
8 2 (0.24%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.24%) JUnit
8 2 (0.24%) MSI
8 2 (0.24%) Postman
8 2 (0.24%) Snyk
8 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 294 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 133 (16.20%) Finance
3 123 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.43%) Banking
4 61 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 32 (3.90%) Legal
6 30 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.83%) Military
11 13 (1.58%) Front Office
12 10 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.97%) Retail
14 7 (0.85%) French Language
14 7 (0.85%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.85%) Law
15 6 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 119 (14.49%) Analyst
2 70 (8.53%) Lead
3 69 (8.40%) Senior
4 59 (7.19%) Consultant
5 41 (4.99%) Support Engineer
6 37 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (4.14%) Security Analyst
8 33 (4.02%) Security Consultant
9 32 (3.90%) Network Engineer
10 31 (3.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 29 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (3.29%) Support Analyst
13 26 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
13 26 (3.17%) Incident Manager
14 25 (3.05%) Developer
15 23 (2.80%) IT Support
16 22 (2.68%) Applications Support
17 21 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 21 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 21 (2.56%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (11.94%) Terraform
2 22 (2.68%) REST
3 17 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (1.83%) Kafka
5 12 (1.46%) Middleware
6 11 (1.34%) Node.js
7 9 (1.10%) JSON
7 9 (1.10%) SOAP
8 8 (0.97%) Spring
8 8 (0.97%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.85%) HTML
9 7 (0.85%) RESTful
9 7 (0.85%) Web Services
10 6 (0.73%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.73%) CSS
10 6 (0.73%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.73%) XML
11 5 (0.61%) .NET
11 5 (0.61%) Ajax
11 5 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 44 (5.36%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 35 (4.26%) Cloud Native
6 34 (4.14%) Security Posture
7 30 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
8 29 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.68%) CMDB
12 20 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (2.44%) Product Ownership
13 17 (2.07%) Clustering
13 17 (2.07%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.71%) Operational Technology
16 11 (1.34%) CSOC
16 11 (1.34%) SCADA
17 10 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 162 (19.73%) Windows
2 98 (11.94%) Linux
3 56 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.41%) Windows 10
5 24 (2.92%) Unix
6 17 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.34%) 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%) 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 (0.24%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (29.72%) ITIL
2 221 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 172 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
5 159 (19.37%) Cybersecurity
6 158 (19.24%) Service Management
7 156 (19.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 146 (17.78%) ITSM
9 143 (17.42%) CI/CD
10 139 (16.93%) Incident Response
11 126 (15.35%) DevOps
12 125 (15.23%) Change Management
13 124 (15.10%) Observability
14 108 (13.15%) Security Operations
15 96 (11.69%) Infrastructure as Code
16 93 (11.33%) Service Delivery
17 87 (10.60%) Major Incident Management
18 86 (10.48%) Problem Management
19 78 (9.50%) Decision-Making
20 76 (9.26%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 114 (13.89%) Python
2 85 (10.35%) SQL
3 79 (9.62%) PowerShell
4 50 (6.09%) Bash
5 38 (4.63%) Java
6 13 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.46%) Go
8 11 (1.34%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.85%) Groovy
10 7 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.73%) Bicep
12 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.49%) C#
13 4 (0.49%) Korn
13 4 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.37%) COBOL
14 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 280 (34.10%) Security Cleared
2 194 (23.63%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.35%) Degree
4 78 (9.50%) DV Cleared
5 40 (4.87%) CISSP
6 34 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (3.53%) CISM
8 22 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.95%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.95%) CRISC
10 16 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (1.83%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.46%) GIAC
14 10 (1.22%) CCNA
15 9 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.16%) SLA
2 45 (5.48%) NIST
3 43 (5.24%) NCSC
4 36 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (3.65%) GRC
6 28 (3.41%) Data Quality
7 25 (3.05%) QA
8 23 (2.80%) GDPR
9 19 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.95%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.61%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.61%) 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 (14.13%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.87%) Docker
3 28 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.85%) vSphere
6 6 (0.73%) Firmware
6 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (9.99%) Kubernetes
2 46 (5.60%) Grafana
3 42 (5.12%) Ansible
4 33 (4.02%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.07%) SCCM
7 13 (1.58%) Puppet
8 12 (1.46%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (1.34%) SCOM
10 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.73%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.73%) Istio
12 5 (0.61%) Nagios
12 5 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.61%) Tivoli
13 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.49%) Kibana
13 4 (0.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 198 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 130 (15.83%) ServiceNow
3 60 (7.31%) Splunk
4 38 (4.63%) VMware
5 36 (4.38%) Dynatrace
6 35 (4.26%) Google
7 34 (4.14%) Oracle
8 29 (3.53%) Cisco
9 27 (3.29%) Remedy
10 20 (2.44%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.83%) BMC
11 15 (1.83%) SAP
12 14 (1.71%) IBM
13 12 (1.46%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.34%) CheckPoint
15 10 (1.22%) Commvault
16 8 (0.97%) Bloomberg
16 8 (0.97%) Citrix
16 8 (0.97%) Murex
16 8 (0.97%) SolarWinds