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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 166 138
Rank change year-on-year -18 -28 -1
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 671 464 618
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.69% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.87% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 267 312
10th Percentile £244 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £354 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £613
90th Percentile £661 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 69 135
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.20 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.24 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +33.76% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £21.37
90th Percentile £76.80 £85.10 £28.05
UK median hourly rate £26.75 £18.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year +46.02% +12.88% -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 38,549 24,860 29,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 90.73% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,182 15,935 19,502
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,342 1,889
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.26 £13.67
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.90 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 +23 270 £500 - 146
North of England -41 140 £450 -8.54% 87
South East -37 111 £510 +4.51% 59
Midlands +7 76 £450 +12.50% 30
North West -21 74 £443 -0.56% 42
West Midlands +2 72 £450 +15.38% 20
Yorkshire -46 57 £475 -6.31% 39
South West -31 38 £438 -16.67% 25
East of England -56 24 £600 +23.08% 12
North East -40 9 £490 -10.86% 6
East Midlands -12 4 £550 +17.40% 10
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 21 (3.13%) Confluence
1 21 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.19%) IIS
3 3 (0.45%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (0.45%) SAS
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.15%) Mule
5 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 39 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 17 (2.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.89%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 182 (27.12%) Azure
2 134 (19.97%) AWS
3 82 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (8.35%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.56%) GCP
6 30 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.02%) OpenShift
8 25 (3.73%) GitHub
8 25 (3.73%) Power Platform
9 20 (2.98%) Datadog
10 18 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (2.38%) IaaS
12 15 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (2.24%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.24%) PaaS
12 15 (2.24%) SaaS
13 14 (2.09%) OCI
13 14 (2.09%) Serverless
14 13 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (7.00%) VPN
2 41 (6.11%) Firewall
3 36 (5.37%) DNS
4 32 (4.77%) Network Security
5 27 (4.02%) DHCP
6 26 (3.87%) WAN
7 23 (3.43%) TCP/IP
8 22 (3.28%) LAN
9 16 (2.38%) HTTP
10 15 (2.24%) BGP
11 14 (2.09%) MPLS
11 14 (2.09%) OSPF
11 14 (2.09%) Wireless
12 10 (1.49%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (1.34%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 7 (1.04%) Internet
15 6 (0.89%) SSL
16 5 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.98%) Power BI
3 13 (1.94%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.49%) MySQL
5 9 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.04%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.89%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.75%) Tableau
10 4 (0.60%) Big Data
10 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.45%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.45%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 52 (7.75%) JIRA
2 31 (4.62%) Git
2 31 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.43%) GitLab
4 4 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.30%) Gemini Tracker
5 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.30%) JUnit
5 2 (0.30%) Mockito
5 2 (0.30%) MSI
5 2 (0.30%) Snyk
5 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 232 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 115 (17.14%) Finance
3 108 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.90%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.11%) Banking
6 24 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (2.98%) Legal
7 20 (2.98%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.94%) Military
10 9 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.19%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.89%) French Language
13 5 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.75%) Front Office
13 5 (0.75%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.45%) Automotive
15 3 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (14.01%) Analyst
2 59 (8.79%) Lead
3 51 (7.60%) Senior
4 40 (5.96%) Consultant
5 33 (4.92%) Developer
5 33 (4.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 33 (4.92%) Support Engineer
6 30 (4.47%) Incident Manager
7 28 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (3.58%) Service Manager
9 24 (3.58%) Site Engineer
9 24 (3.58%) Support Analyst
10 22 (3.28%) Service Analyst
11 21 (3.13%) IT Support
12 19 (2.83%) IT Analyst
12 19 (2.83%) Network Engineer
13 18 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (2.68%) Security Analyst
14 17 (2.53%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.13%) REST
2 16 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.24%) .NET
4 11 (1.64%) Kafka
5 9 (1.34%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.34%) Spring
5 9 (1.34%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.19%) Node.js
7 7 (1.04%) RESTful
8 6 (0.89%) JSON
8 6 (0.89%) Middleware
8 6 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.89%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.89%) SOAP
9 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.75%) SAML
9 5 (0.75%) Web Services
9 5 (0.75%) XML
10 4 (0.60%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 37 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 36 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.58%) CMDB
6 24 (3.58%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.83%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.38%) Security Posture
11 14 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.94%) Clustering
12 13 (1.94%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
12 13 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.64%) SCADA
14 10 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (1.49%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 137 (20.42%) Windows
2 81 (12.07%) Linux
3 38 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.32%) Unix
5 21 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.49%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.60%) Android
8 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.60%) Solaris
8 4 (0.60%) VMS
8 4 (0.60%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) AIX
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (29.36%) ITIL
2 167 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 145 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (19.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 126 (18.78%) ITSM
6 122 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 121 (18.03%) DevOps
8 118 (17.59%) Service Management
9 117 (17.44%) Root Cause Analysis
10 111 (16.54%) Incident Response
11 106 (15.80%) Change Management
11 106 (15.80%) Cybersecurity
12 100 (14.90%) Observability
13 80 (11.92%) Problem Management
14 79 (11.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 73 (10.88%) Service Delivery
16 71 (10.58%) Security Operations
17 69 (10.28%) Agile
18 68 (10.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 64 (9.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 79 (11.77%) Python
2 66 (9.84%) PowerShell
3 50 (7.45%) SQL
4 38 (5.66%) Bash
5 30 (4.47%) Java
6 9 (1.34%) Go
6 9 (1.34%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.89%) Groovy
7 6 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.60%) Bicep
9 3 (0.45%) C#
9 3 (0.45%) COBOL
9 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.30%) C++
10 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.30%) RPG
10 2 (0.30%) Scala
10 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 199 (29.66%) Security Cleared
2 146 (21.76%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.92%) Degree
4 52 (7.75%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.22%) CISSP
6 28 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (4.02%) CISM
8 23 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (1.79%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.79%) GIAC
12 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.64%) SSCP
14 9 (1.34%) CRISC
14 9 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.19%) AWS Certification
16 7 (1.04%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.30%) SLA
2 36 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (5.22%) NIST
4 28 (4.17%) GDPR
5 25 (3.73%) NCSC
6 19 (2.83%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.83%) GRC
6 19 (2.83%) QA
7 16 (2.38%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.04%) ISO 31000
10 7 (1.04%) PMO
11 4 (0.60%) COBIT
11 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.60%) RMADS
12 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.45%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (11.77%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.77%) Docker
3 20 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.19%) vSphere
7 6 (0.89%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.30%) Firmware
10 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.15%) Ceph
11 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (12.07%) Terraform
2 60 (8.94%) Kubernetes
3 53 (7.90%) Grafana
4 47 (7.00%) Ansible
5 33 (4.92%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (2.53%) SCCM
8 13 (1.94%) Puppet
9 7 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 7 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.89%) CASB
11 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (0.75%) SCOM
12 4 (0.60%) Argo
12 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.60%) QRadar
12 4 (0.60%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.60%) vMotion
13 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 151 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 132 (19.67%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.00%) Splunk
4 32 (4.77%) Oracle
5 29 (4.32%) Cisco
6 27 (4.02%) Dynatrace
7 26 (3.87%) Google
7 26 (3.87%) VMware
8 21 (3.13%) Remedy
9 19 (2.83%) SAP
10 17 (2.53%) Citrix
11 16 (2.38%) Palo Alto
12 15 (2.24%) F5
13 12 (1.79%) CheckPoint
14 11 (1.64%) Aruba
15 9 (1.34%) Arista
16 8 (1.19%) Denodo
16 8 (1.19%) PagerDuty
16 8 (1.19%) Talend
16 8 (1.19%) Zscaler