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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 159 145
Rank change year-on-year -55 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 475 435 611
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 1.79% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.97% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 260 330
10th Percentile £255 £209 £195
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £581 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 123
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.99 -
25th Percentile £13.66 £15.44 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% -17.72%
75th Percentile £22.15 £31.38 £23.23
90th Percentile £33.15 £70.00 £40.00
UK median hourly rate £20.01 £21.46 £16.30
% change year-on-year -6.76% +31.66% -17.72%

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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -24 205 £525 +7.69% 73
South East +1 101 £456 +1.39% 47
North of England -64 67 £470 +10.59% 45
Midlands -39 43 £415 -29.36% 16
West Midlands -45 37 £415 -29.36% 9
South West -44 34 £531 +6.25% 17
Yorkshire -42 32 £479 +12.59% 18
North West -43 29 £435 +2.35% 24
East of England -67 22 £550 - 10
East Midlands -26 6 £419 -1.47% 7
North East -17 5 £260 -25.71% 4
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 20 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.53%) Confluence
4 8 (1.68%) IIS
5 4 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.63%) Apache
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.42%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (3.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.63%) ProductWriter
4 2 (0.42%) assyst
4 2 (0.42%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (26.53%) Azure
2 96 (20.21%) AWS
3 48 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (7.79%) GCP
5 22 (4.63%) GitHub
6 21 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.42%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (3.37%) Google Workspace
9 13 (2.74%) IaaS
9 13 (2.74%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.74%) PaaS
10 11 (2.32%) Power Platform
10 11 (2.32%) SaaS
11 9 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.47%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.37%) Firewall
2 25 (5.26%) VPN
3 23 (4.84%) DNS
4 18 (3.79%) Network Security
4 18 (3.79%) TCP/IP
5 16 (3.37%) DHCP
6 14 (2.95%) Wireless
7 12 (2.53%) MPLS
7 12 (2.53%) WAN
8 11 (2.32%) LAN
8 11 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.89%) BGP
10 8 (1.68%) HTTP
10 8 (1.68%) OSPF
11 7 (1.47%) SMTP
12 6 (1.26%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.26%) InfiniBand
12 6 (1.26%) Internet
12 6 (1.26%) SAN
12 6 (1.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.74%) SQL Server
1 13 (2.74%) Tableau
2 11 (2.32%) Power BI
3 10 (2.11%) MySQL
4 9 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.47%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.42%) Flink
11 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.42%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 39 (8.21%) JIRA
2 27 (5.68%) Git
3 17 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.84%) JMeter
6 3 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.42%) JUnit
7 2 (0.42%) Mockito
7 2 (0.42%) Postman
7 2 (0.42%) Selenium
7 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 143 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 78 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (15.58%) Finance
4 55 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.47%) Banking
6 15 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.53%) Retail
9 9 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.89%) Legal
10 8 (1.68%) Military
11 7 (1.47%) Law
12 6 (1.26%) Front Office
12 6 (1.26%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.05%) French Language
13 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.84%) Billing
Job Titles
1 72 (15.16%) Analyst
2 39 (8.21%) Lead
3 32 (6.74%) Senior
4 28 (5.89%) Consultant
4 28 (5.89%) Service Manager
5 26 (5.47%) Developer
5 26 (5.47%) Support Analyst
6 22 (4.63%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
8 19 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (4.00%) Incident Manager
8 19 (4.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 18 (3.79%) IT Support
10 17 (3.58%) Network Engineer
10 17 (3.58%) Site Engineer
11 15 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.16%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.16%) Service Analyst
12 13 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (2.74%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.26%) REST
2 14 (2.95%) Kafka
3 13 (2.74%) .NET
4 10 (2.11%) Spring
4 10 (2.11%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.89%) .NET Framework
6 7 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.47%) React
6 7 (1.47%) RESTful
7 6 (1.26%) JSON
8 4 (0.84%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.84%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.63%) Middleware
9 3 (0.63%) Node.js
9 3 (0.63%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.63%) SAML
9 3 (0.63%) SOAP
9 3 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.11%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 19 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.16%) CMDB
7 13 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (2.32%) Clustering
9 11 (2.32%) PKI
10 10 (2.11%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
11 8 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.26%) BYOD
12 6 (1.26%) Legacy Code
12 6 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.05%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 99 (20.84%) Windows
2 69 (14.53%) Linux
3 29 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 25 (5.26%) Unix
5 24 (5.05%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.05%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.84%) VMS
9 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.42%) Debian
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (30.53%) ITIL
2 106 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (19.58%) DevOps
4 84 (17.68%) Service Management
5 81 (17.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 80 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (16.63%) ITSM
8 73 (15.37%) Change Management
9 71 (14.95%) Problem Management
10 69 (14.53%) Incident Response
11 63 (13.26%) Service Delivery
11 63 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 61 (12.84%) Agile
13 60 (12.63%) CI/CD
14 58 (12.21%) Observability
15 51 (10.74%) Cybersecurity
16 49 (10.32%) Customer Service
17 48 (10.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 40 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
19 35 (7.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.58%) PowerShell
2 50 (10.53%) Python
3 40 (8.42%) SQL
4 26 (5.47%) Java
5 14 (2.95%) Bash
6 8 (1.68%) Go
7 7 (1.47%) C#
7 7 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.26%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.63%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.42%) Rust
11 2 (0.42%) Solidity
11 2 (0.42%) VB
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Groovy
12 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 136 (28.63%) Security Cleared
2 101 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.05%) Degree
4 25 (5.26%) CISSP
4 25 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.00%) CISM
5 19 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (3.16%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.68%) GIAC
8 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.26%) CCNP
9 6 (1.26%) SSCP
10 5 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.05%) CCNA
10 5 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.84%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.63%) SLA
2 23 (4.84%) GDPR
3 22 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (4.42%) NIST
5 15 (3.16%) QA
6 12 (2.53%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.47%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.05%) GRC
11 4 (0.84%) PMO
11 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.63%) COBIT
12 3 (0.63%) NCSC
13 2 (0.42%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.42%) NEBOSH
14 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 40 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.63%) Docker
3 11 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.89%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.47%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.21%) NLBS
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (10.95%) Terraform
2 45 (9.47%) Ansible
3 42 (8.84%) Kubernetes
4 38 (8.00%) Grafana
5 23 (4.84%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.95%) SCCM
7 11 (2.32%) Puppet
8 9 (1.89%) CASB
8 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.47%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.47%) vMotion
10 5 (1.05%) Argo
10 5 (1.05%) Salt
10 5 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.05%) TeamSite
11 4 (0.84%) Pingdom
12 3 (0.63%) QRadar
12 3 (0.63%) SCOM
12 3 (0.63%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 104 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 85 (17.89%) ServiceNow
3 31 (6.53%) Splunk
4 29 (6.11%) Oracle
4 29 (6.11%) Remedy
5 23 (4.84%) Cisco
6 20 (4.21%) Citrix
7 17 (3.58%) Google
8 16 (3.37%) VMware
9 14 (2.95%) SAP
10 12 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.11%) Atlassian
11 10 (2.11%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.11%) F5
11 10 (2.11%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.89%) AppDynamics
12 9 (1.89%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.68%) Aruba
13 8 (1.68%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.47%) NetApp