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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 181 145
Rank change year-on-year +27 -36 -18
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 826 440 560
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.59% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.74% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 254 289
10th Percentile £283 £254 £205
25th Percentile £413 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £598 £588 £650
90th Percentile £680 £668 £784
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 58 106
10th Percentile £13.42 £13.45 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £50.17 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +166.15% +16.14% -18.07%
75th Percentile £72.63 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £76.50 £91.50 £20.69
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +222.09% +0.43% -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 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -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 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +33 307 £501 +0.10% 391
North of England -14 198 £485 -4.34% 160
South East -17 117 £550 +29.41% 117
North West +7 115 £493 -1.50% 90
Midlands +13 86 £527 +1.25% 69
West Midlands +3 80 £527 +0.29% 45
Yorkshire -28 73 £475 -9.95% 53
South West -1 61 £543 +4.33% 43
East of England -38 38 £775 +63.16% 51
North East -33 10 £490 -24.58% 18
East Midlands -13 6 £538 +21.20% 23
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 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.51%) Confluence
2 29 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.85%) SAS
4 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.36%) CICS
6 3 (0.36%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 3 (0.36%) ThingWorx
6 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
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%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.36%) Windchill
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
Business Applications
1 26 (3.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.61%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.48%) Front Arena
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Summit
4 3 (0.36%) 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%) Oracle Applications
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 MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 204 (24.70%) Azure
2 159 (19.25%) AWS
3 116 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (8.23%) GCP
5 60 (7.26%) Entra ID
6 40 (4.84%) Power Platform
7 36 (4.36%) GitHub
8 29 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.15%) OpenShift
10 21 (2.54%) Datadog
10 21 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (2.30%) SaaS
12 18 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (2.18%) Serverless
13 17 (2.06%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
16 13 (1.57%) OCI
17 11 (1.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.66%) DNS
2 52 (6.30%) Firewall
3 49 (5.93%) VPN
4 38 (4.60%) DHCP
4 38 (4.60%) TCP/IP
5 35 (4.24%) Network Security
6 34 (4.12%) WAN
7 28 (3.39%) LAN
8 17 (2.06%) BGP
8 17 (2.06%) OSPF
9 16 (1.94%) SD-WAN
9 16 (1.94%) Wireless
10 12 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (1.33%) EIGRP
12 9 (1.09%) HTTP
12 9 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.09%) VLAN
13 8 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.51%) Power BI
3 17 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.61%) MySQL
10 4 (0.48%) Big Data
10 4 (0.48%) Db2
10 4 (0.48%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.36%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.36%) Metadata
12 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.24%) Power Query
12 2 (0.24%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 68 (8.23%) JIRA
2 42 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 35 (4.24%) GitLab
4 29 (3.51%) Git
5 5 (0.61%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.36%) Maven
8 2 (0.24%) AdminStudio
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%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 297 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 136 (16.46%) Finance
3 122 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.75%) Banking
5 57 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (3.75%) Legal
8 22 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.82%) Military
11 13 (1.57%) Front Office
12 11 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.97%) Law
13 8 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.97%) Retail
14 7 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.85%) French Language
14 7 (0.85%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (15.13%) Analyst
2 70 (8.47%) Senior
3 65 (7.87%) Lead
4 56 (6.78%) Consultant
5 40 (4.84%) Support Engineer
6 39 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
7 38 (4.60%) Security Analyst
8 33 (4.00%) Security Consultant
9 32 (3.87%) Network Engineer
9 32 (3.87%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 30 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (3.39%) Support Analyst
12 26 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
13 25 (3.03%) Applications Support
14 24 (2.91%) Incident Manager
15 23 (2.78%) Developer
16 22 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 22 (2.66%) IT Support
17 21 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 21 (2.54%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (12.11%) Terraform
2 21 (2.54%) REST
3 17 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (1.82%) Kafka
5 13 (1.57%) JSON
6 12 (1.45%) Middleware
7 11 (1.33%) Node.js
8 9 (1.09%) SOAP
9 8 (0.97%) RESTful
9 8 (0.97%) Spring
9 8 (0.97%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.85%) HTML
10 7 (0.85%) Web Services
11 6 (0.73%) CSS
11 6 (0.73%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.73%) XML
12 5 (0.61%) .NET
12 5 (0.61%) Ajax
12 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.57%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.33%) Management Information System
4 42 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 36 (4.36%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.36%) Security Posture
6 32 (3.87%) Data Protection Act
6 32 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (3.15%) Cyber Threat
8 23 (2.78%) CMDB
8 23 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.54%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.94%) Clustering
11 16 (1.94%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.69%) Operational Technology
13 11 (1.33%) CSOC
13 11 (1.33%) SCADA
14 10 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 166 (20.10%) Windows
2 99 (11.99%) Linux
3 57 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 24 (2.91%) Unix
6 16 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.33%) 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 (0.48%) VMS
10 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.48%) zOS
11 3 (0.36%) Solaris
11 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.24%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) AIX
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (29.54%) ITIL
2 224 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 194 (23.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (20.58%) Cybersecurity
6 164 (19.85%) Root Cause Analysis
7 161 (19.49%) Service Management
8 146 (17.68%) ITSM
9 145 (17.55%) Incident Response
10 144 (17.43%) CI/CD
11 129 (15.62%) Change Management
12 127 (15.38%) DevOps
13 126 (15.25%) Observability
14 112 (13.56%) Security Operations
15 100 (12.11%) Infrastructure as Code
16 90 (10.90%) Service Delivery
17 88 (10.65%) Major Incident Management
18 86 (10.41%) Problem Management
19 77 (9.32%) SIEM
20 75 (9.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 113 (13.68%) Python
2 89 (10.77%) SQL
3 79 (9.56%) PowerShell
4 51 (6.17%) Bash
5 38 (4.60%) Java
6 14 (1.69%) Go
7 13 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.21%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.09%) 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 (0.48%) C#
13 4 (0.48%) COBOL
13 4 (0.48%) JCL
13 4 (0.48%) Korn
14 3 (0.36%) RPG
14 3 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 286 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 198 (23.97%) SC Cleared
3 82 (9.93%) Degree
4 80 (9.69%) DV Cleared
5 45 (5.45%) CISSP
6 34 (4.12%) CISM
6 34 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.66%) CRISC
8 21 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.94%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.82%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.45%) GIAC
11 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.21%) CCNA
13 9 (1.09%) CISA
13 9 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 9 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.96%) SLA
2 50 (6.05%) NIST
3 43 (5.21%) NCSC
4 41 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (4.24%) GRC
6 31 (3.75%) Data Quality
7 26 (3.15%) QA
8 22 (2.66%) GDPR
9 19 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.94%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.61%) COBIT
12 5 (0.61%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.61%) PMO
13 4 (0.48%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.48%) RMADS
13 4 (0.48%) SEPA
14 3 (0.36%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 120 (14.53%) Active Directory
2 42 (5.08%) Docker
3 30 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.85%) vSphere
7 6 (0.73%) Firmware
7 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.12%) Ceph
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (10.29%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.69%) Grafana
3 41 (4.96%) Ansible
4 34 (4.12%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (2.06%) SCCM
7 13 (1.57%) Puppet
8 12 (1.45%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (1.21%) SCOM
11 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.85%) Data Guard
13 6 (0.73%) Istio
13 6 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
14 5 (0.61%) Nagios
14 5 (0.61%) Tivoli
15 4 (0.48%) Control-M
15 4 (0.48%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.48%) Kibana
15 4 (0.48%) QRadar
Vendors
1 202 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 128 (15.50%) ServiceNow
3 60 (7.26%) Splunk
4 39 (4.72%) VMware
5 37 (4.48%) Google
6 36 (4.36%) Dynatrace
7 35 (4.24%) Oracle
8 28 (3.39%) Cisco
9 27 (3.27%) Remedy
10 20 (2.42%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.82%) BMC
11 15 (1.82%) IBM
12 14 (1.69%) SAP
13 11 (1.33%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.33%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.21%) Commvault
15 9 (1.09%) SolarWinds
16 8 (0.97%) Bloomberg
16 8 (0.97%) F5
16 8 (0.97%) Murex