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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 161 137
Rank change year-on-year -26 -24 +3
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 688 474 607
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.72% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.90% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 278 304
10th Percentile £240 £247 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £616
90th Percentile £656 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 67 135
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £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 £55.50 £63.20 £18.75
90th Percentile £76.40 £85.70 £28.05
UK median hourly rate £27.75 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +47.21% +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 38,641 24,977 29,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.76% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,154 16,016 19,101
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
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% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,371 1,780
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +24 273 £500 - 187
North of England -35 145 £449 -9.62% 81
South East -28 115 £530 +8.67% 71
North West -25 77 £443 -6.84% 38
Midlands +1 76 £450 -10.00% 33
West Midlands -10 72 £450 -12.62% 23
Yorkshire -48 59 £475 -6.31% 35
South West -33 44 £444 -15.48% 28
East of England -56 23 £600 +23.08% 17
North East -41 9 £490 -10.86% 8
East Midlands -10 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 23 (3.34%) Confluence
1 23 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.16%) IIS
4 3 (0.44%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.44%) SAS
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.15%) Mule
6 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Maple
Business Applications
1 20 (2.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.87%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) 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
1 185 (26.89%) Azure
2 133 (19.33%) AWS
3 84 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (8.43%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.40%) GCP
6 31 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.36%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.92%) OpenShift
9 26 (3.78%) GitHub
10 20 (2.91%) Datadog
11 19 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (2.33%) IaaS
12 16 (2.33%) SaaS
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon S3
13 15 (2.18%) PaaS
14 14 (2.03%) OCI
14 14 (2.03%) Serverless
15 13 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.98%) VPN
2 43 (6.25%) DNS
2 43 (6.25%) Firewall
3 34 (4.94%) Network Security
4 32 (4.65%) DHCP
5 28 (4.07%) WAN
6 25 (3.63%) TCP/IP
7 23 (3.34%) LAN
8 17 (2.47%) BGP
8 17 (2.47%) HTTP
9 16 (2.33%) OSPF
9 16 (2.33%) Wireless
10 13 (1.89%) MPLS
10 13 (1.89%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.31%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 7 (1.02%) VLAN
14 6 (0.87%) EIGRP
14 6 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.49%) Power BI
3 13 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.45%) MySQL
6 8 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.02%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
9 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.58%) Tableau
10 3 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.44%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 52 (7.56%) JIRA
2 32 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.51%) Git
4 24 (3.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.29%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.29%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.29%) JUnit
6 2 (0.29%) Mockito
6 2 (0.29%) MSI
6 2 (0.29%) Snyk
6 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.15%) JMeter
General
1 235 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 115 (16.72%) Finance
3 109 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.25%) Banking
6 24 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (3.20%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.91%) Legal
9 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.89%) Military
11 10 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.02%) French Language
14 6 (0.87%) Front Office
15 5 (0.73%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.44%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (14.10%) Analyst
2 61 (8.87%) Lead
3 50 (7.27%) Senior
4 43 (6.25%) Consultant
5 33 (4.80%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 33 (4.80%) Support Engineer
6 32 (4.65%) Developer
7 30 (4.36%) Incident Manager
7 30 (4.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (3.49%) Service Manager
9 24 (3.49%) Site Engineer
9 24 (3.49%) Support Analyst
10 23 (3.34%) Network Engineer
11 22 (3.20%) Service Analyst
12 20 (2.91%) Security Analyst
12 20 (2.91%) Security Consultant
13 19 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (2.76%) IT Support
14 18 (2.62%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.05%) REST
2 16 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (2.18%) .NET
4 10 (1.45%) Kafka
5 9 (1.31%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.16%) Node.js
7 7 (1.02%) SOAP
7 7 (1.02%) Spring
7 7 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.87%) Middleware
8 6 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.87%) RESTful
8 6 (0.87%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.87%) Web Services
8 6 (0.87%) XML
9 5 (0.73%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.73%) HTML
9 5 (0.73%) JSON
9 5 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.85%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.81%) Data Centre
3 38 (5.52%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 27 (3.92%) CMDB
5 25 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.76%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 16 (2.33%) Virtual Team
10 14 (2.03%) Clustering
10 14 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (1.89%) Operational Technology
12 12 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.60%) PKI
13 11 (1.60%) SCADA
14 10 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 145 (21.08%) Windows
2 80 (11.63%) Linux
3 44 (6.40%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.22%) Unix
5 24 (3.49%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.31%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.73%) VMS
8 5 (0.73%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.58%) Solaris
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.44%) Android
10 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (28.92%) ITIL
2 170 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 150 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (19.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 128 (18.60%) ITSM
6 122 (17.73%) CI/CD
7 121 (17.59%) DevOps
8 120 (17.44%) Service Management
9 119 (17.30%) Root Cause Analysis
10 115 (16.72%) Change Management
11 114 (16.57%) Incident Response
12 108 (15.70%) Cybersecurity
13 101 (14.68%) Observability
14 82 (11.92%) Infrastructure as Code
14 82 (11.92%) Problem Management
15 73 (10.61%) Security Operations
15 73 (10.61%) Service Delivery
16 70 (10.17%) Agile
17 69 (10.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 65 (9.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 81 (11.77%) Python
2 70 (10.17%) PowerShell
3 57 (8.28%) SQL
4 38 (5.52%) Bash
5 28 (4.07%) Java
6 9 (1.31%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.16%) Go
8 6 (0.87%) Groovy
8 6 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.58%) Bicep
9 4 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.44%) C#
10 3 (0.44%) COBOL
10 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.29%) C
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.29%) RPG
11 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (29.65%) Security Cleared
2 148 (21.51%) SC Cleared
3 84 (12.21%) Degree
4 55 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.09%) CISSP
6 30 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.78%) CISM
8 19 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.60%) CRISC
13 11 (1.60%) GIAC
13 11 (1.60%) SSCP
14 10 (1.45%) CCNA
14 10 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.70%) SLA
2 36 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.80%) NIST
4 29 (4.22%) GDPR
5 25 (3.63%) NCSC
6 21 (3.05%) QA
7 20 (2.91%) GRC
8 19 (2.76%) Data Quality
9 17 (2.47%) PCI DSS
10 14 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.02%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.02%) PMO
13 4 (0.58%) COBIT
13 4 (0.58%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.58%) RMADS
14 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.44%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (12.94%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.51%) Docker
3 24 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.02%) vSphere
6 6 (0.87%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.29%) Firmware
8 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.15%) Ceph
9 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 82 (11.92%) Terraform
2 60 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 52 (7.56%) Grafana
4 48 (6.98%) Ansible
5 32 (4.65%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.62%) SCCM
8 13 (1.89%) Puppet
9 8 (1.16%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.02%) CASB
10 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (1.02%) SCOM
11 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.73%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.73%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.58%) Argo
13 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.58%) QRadar
13 4 (0.58%) vMotion
14 3 (0.44%) Salt
Vendors
1 159 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 132 (19.19%) ServiceNow
3 47 (6.83%) Splunk
4 34 (4.94%) Oracle
5 33 (4.80%) VMware
6 31 (4.51%) Cisco
7 28 (4.07%) Dynatrace
8 23 (3.34%) Google
8 23 (3.34%) Remedy
9 19 (2.76%) SAP
10 16 (2.33%) Citrix
11 15 (2.18%) Palo Alto
12 14 (2.03%) F5
13 11 (1.60%) Aruba
13 11 (1.60%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.31%) Arista
14 9 (1.31%) BMC
14 9 (1.31%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.16%) Denodo
15 8 (1.16%) Talend