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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 163 141
Rank change year-on-year -13 -22 +5
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 711 472 581
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.71% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.88% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 274 293
10th Percentile £250 £254 £213
25th Percentile £400 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £656 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 67 128
10th Percentile £14.16 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% +16.27% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.66 £63.20 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.00 £88.00 £27.53
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 38,792 25,089 28,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,117 16,022 18,624
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £422
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 £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,415 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +6 283 £500 - 280
North of England -33 148 £450 -10.00% 88
South East -38 112 £550 +12.82% 79
Midlands 0 82 £475 -6.40% 40
North West -4 80 £443 -6.84% 45
West Midlands -2 77 £463 -11.06% 24
Yorkshire -40 59 £475 -6.31% 31
South West -16 52 £450 -14.29% 27
East of England -57 22 £600 +20.00% 27
North East -38 9 £490 -24.58% 13
East Midlands -7 5 £538 +14.73% 16
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 26 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.23%) Confluence
4 8 (1.13%) IIS
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.42%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.42%) SAS
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.14%) Mule
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Maple
Business Applications
1 19 (2.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.84%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BRIM
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
1 199 (27.99%) Azure
2 134 (18.85%) AWS
3 94 (13.22%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (8.44%) Entra ID
5 47 (6.61%) GCP
6 34 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.50%) Power Platform
8 29 (4.08%) GitHub
9 28 (3.94%) OpenShift
10 20 (2.81%) Datadog
11 19 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (2.53%) SaaS
13 16 (2.25%) IaaS
14 15 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (2.11%) OCI
15 14 (1.97%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.97%) Serverless
16 13 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (7.17%) Firewall
1 51 (7.17%) VPN
2 48 (6.75%) DNS
3 39 (5.49%) Network Security
4 36 (5.06%) DHCP
5 33 (4.64%) WAN
6 31 (4.36%) TCP/IP
7 27 (3.80%) LAN
8 18 (2.53%) Wireless
9 17 (2.39%) BGP
9 17 (2.39%) OSPF
10 16 (2.25%) HTTP
11 15 (2.11%) SD-WAN
12 13 (1.83%) MPLS
13 12 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
15 8 (1.13%) VLAN
16 7 (0.98%) EIGRP
16 7 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 6 (0.84%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.38%) Power BI
3 14 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (1.55%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.41%) MySQL
7 8 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.98%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.98%) Pentaho
9 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.56%) Big Data
10 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.56%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.56%) Tableau
11 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 55 (7.74%) JIRA
2 33 (4.64%) Git
3 32 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.52%) GitLab
5 4 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.28%) JUnit
6 2 (0.28%) Mockito
6 2 (0.28%) MSI
6 2 (0.28%) Snyk
6 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
General
1 243 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 122 (17.16%) Finance
3 111 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.61%) Banking
6 24 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.23%) Legal
7 23 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.11%) Military
10 11 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.98%) French Language
12 7 (0.98%) Front Office
13 6 (0.84%) Retail
14 5 (0.70%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 98 (13.78%) Analyst
2 62 (8.72%) Lead
3 55 (7.74%) Senior
4 47 (6.61%) Consultant
5 35 (4.92%) Support Engineer
6 32 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (4.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 29 (4.08%) Incident Manager
8 28 (3.94%) Developer
9 27 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (3.23%) Network Engineer
10 23 (3.23%) Site Engineer
10 23 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.09%) Security Analyst
11 22 (3.09%) Security Consultant
12 21 (2.95%) Service Manager
13 20 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (2.81%) IT Support
13 20 (2.81%) Service Analyst
14 17 (2.39%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.81%) REST
2 16 (2.25%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (1.83%) .NET
4 10 (1.41%) Kafka
5 8 (1.13%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.13%) Node.js
6 7 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.98%) SOAP
6 7 (0.98%) Spring
6 7 (0.98%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.84%) Middleware
7 6 (0.84%) RESTful
7 6 (0.84%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.84%) Web Services
7 6 (0.84%) XML
8 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.70%) HTML
8 5 (0.70%) JSON
8 5 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.31%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 41 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.94%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
8 22 (3.09%) CMDB
9 20 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.67%) Product Ownership
11 18 (2.53%) Security Posture
12 16 (2.25%) Clustering
13 15 (2.11%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.97%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.69%) SCADA
16 10 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
16 10 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (1.41%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 153 (21.52%) Windows
2 85 (11.95%) Linux
3 47 (6.61%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.94%) Unix
5 25 (3.52%) Windows 10
6 16 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.70%) VMS
8 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.56%) Android
9 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.56%) Solaris
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) AIX
11 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (28.41%) ITIL
2 184 (25.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 152 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
4 142 (19.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 128 (18.00%) CI/CD
6 125 (17.58%) DevOps
6 125 (17.58%) ITSM
7 123 (17.30%) Service Management
8 122 (17.16%) Incident Response
8 122 (17.16%) Root Cause Analysis
9 120 (16.88%) Change Management
10 119 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
11 110 (15.47%) Observability
12 89 (12.52%) Infrastructure as Code
13 84 (11.81%) Security Operations
14 82 (11.53%) Problem Management
15 78 (10.97%) Service Delivery
16 73 (10.27%) SIEM
17 72 (10.13%) Agile
18 69 (9.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.66%) Python
2 78 (10.97%) PowerShell
3 63 (8.86%) SQL
4 39 (5.49%) Bash
5 27 (3.80%) Java
6 8 (1.13%) Go
6 8 (1.13%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.84%) Bicep
7 6 (0.84%) Groovy
7 6 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.42%) COBOL
9 3 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.28%) C#
10 2 (0.28%) C++
10 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.28%) RPG
10 2 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 221 (31.08%) Security Cleared
2 155 (21.80%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.67%) Degree
4 62 (8.72%) DV Cleared
5 38 (5.34%) CISSP
6 31 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (3.80%) CISM
9 18 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (1.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.83%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.69%) CCNA
12 12 (1.69%) CRISC
13 11 (1.55%) GIAC
13 11 (1.55%) SSCP
14 9 (1.27%) CCNP
14 9 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.61%) SLA
2 37 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.78%) NIST
4 29 (4.08%) GDPR
5 26 (3.66%) QA
6 25 (3.52%) NCSC
7 21 (2.95%) GRC
8 18 (2.53%) Data Quality
8 18 (2.53%) PCI DSS
9 15 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.98%) ISO 31000
12 6 (0.84%) PMO
13 4 (0.56%) COBIT
13 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.56%) RMADS
14 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 100 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.36%) Docker
3 27 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.98%) vSphere
8 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.70%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.28%) Firmware
11 2 (0.28%) 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 93 (13.08%) Terraform
2 62 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.17%) Grafana
4 50 (7.03%) Ansible
5 32 (4.50%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.53%) SCCM
8 13 (1.83%) Puppet
9 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (1.41%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.13%) CASB
10 8 (1.13%) SCOM
11 7 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.70%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.70%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.56%) QRadar
13 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.42%) Argo
14 3 (0.42%) Istio
Vendors
1 179 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 131 (18.42%) ServiceNow
3 50 (7.03%) Splunk
4 36 (5.06%) Oracle
4 36 (5.06%) VMware
5 32 (4.50%) Dynatrace
6 31 (4.36%) Cisco
7 23 (3.23%) Google
8 22 (3.09%) Remedy
9 17 (2.39%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.11%) Citrix
10 15 (2.11%) SAP
11 14 (1.97%) F5
12 11 (1.55%) BMC
12 11 (1.55%) CheckPoint
13 10 (1.41%) Aruba
14 9 (1.27%) Arista
14 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.13%) Denodo
15 8 (1.13%) Talend