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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 168 148
Rank change year-on-year +7 -20 -9
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 785 467 552
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 1.69% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.87% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 267 286
10th Percentile £263 £250 £206
25th Percentile £402 £359 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £668 £662 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 68 118
10th Percentile £12.71 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £18.86 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% +16.20% -18.07%
75th Percentile £69.50 £63.40 £16.85
90th Percentile £77.00 £90.45 £21.37
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +54.58% +9.61% -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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +18 295 £500 - 458
North of England -12 185 £475 -7.95% 112
South East -19 120 £550 +13.11% 121
North West -5 105 £478 -1.24% 76
Midlands -2 84 £488 -7.14% 62
West Midlands -2 78 £475 -9.52% 41
Yorkshire -25 70 £456 -15.51% 26
South West -1 64 £520 -0.95% 57
East of England -59 23 £600 +37.14% 43
North East -39 10 £490 -24.58% 10
East Midlands -10 6 £538 +14.73% 21
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 30 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (2.80%) Confluence
4 8 (1.02%) IIS
5 7 (0.89%) SAS
6 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.13%) Mule
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 38 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Maple
4 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.64%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 215 (27.39%) Azure
2 158 (20.13%) AWS
3 104 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (7.64%) GCP
5 58 (7.39%) Entra ID
6 34 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (4.33%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.69%) OpenShift
8 28 (3.57%) GitHub
9 21 (2.68%) SaaS
10 20 (2.55%) Datadog
11 18 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (1.91%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.78%) OCI
15 14 (1.78%) Serverless
16 13 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.13%) Firewall
2 52 (6.62%) VPN
3 51 (6.50%) DNS
4 39 (4.97%) Network Security
5 38 (4.84%) DHCP
6 36 (4.59%) TCP/IP
6 36 (4.59%) WAN
7 30 (3.82%) LAN
8 21 (2.68%) BGP
8 21 (2.68%) OSPF
9 17 (2.17%) SD-WAN
10 16 (2.04%) Wireless
11 12 (1.53%) HTTP
11 12 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (1.40%) EIGRP
13 10 (1.27%) VLAN
14 9 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 7 (0.89%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.06%) Power BI
3 14 (1.78%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (1.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.15%) MySQL
5 9 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.76%) Pentaho
9 4 (0.51%) Big Data
10 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.38%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (7.39%) JIRA
2 40 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.95%) Git
4 29 (3.69%) GitLab
5 5 (0.64%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.38%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
8 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.25%) Maven
8 2 (0.25%) Mockito
8 2 (0.25%) MSI
8 2 (0.25%) Snyk
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 273 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 131 (16.69%) Finance
3 119 (15.16%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.01%) Banking
6 30 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (3.57%) Legal
8 24 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 18 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.17%) Military
11 9 (1.15%) Front Office
12 8 (1.02%) Retail
13 7 (0.89%) French Language
14 6 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.76%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.51%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 116 (14.78%) Analyst
2 72 (9.17%) Lead
3 64 (8.15%) Senior
4 53 (6.75%) Consultant
5 42 (5.35%) Support Engineer
6 37 (4.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 34 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (4.33%) Security Analyst
8 32 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (3.95%) Network Engineer
10 27 (3.44%) Incident Manager
10 27 (3.44%) Security Consultant
11 26 (3.31%) Support Analyst
12 25 (3.18%) Site Engineer
13 24 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.06%) Developer
13 24 (3.06%) Service Manager
14 23 (2.93%) IT Support
15 21 (2.68%) Applications Support
15 21 (2.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (12.48%) Terraform
2 20 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
3 18 (2.29%) REST
4 16 (2.04%) Kafka
5 12 (1.53%) .NET
6 9 (1.15%) Node.js
6 9 (1.15%) RESTful
6 9 (1.15%) Spring
6 9 (1.15%) Spring Boot
7 8 (1.02%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.02%) Middleware
8 7 (0.89%) SOAP
9 6 (0.76%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.76%) HTML
9 6 (0.76%) JSON
9 6 (0.76%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.76%) Web Services
10 5 (0.64%) CSS
10 5 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 46 (5.86%) Management Information System
3 42 (5.35%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.84%) Security Operations Centre
5 34 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 30 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (2.68%) CMDB
10 21 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (2.55%) Security Posture
12 19 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (2.29%) Product Ownership
14 17 (2.17%) Clustering
15 16 (2.04%) Virtual Team
16 15 (1.91%) Operational Technology
17 12 (1.53%) SCADA
18 11 (1.40%) CSOC
19 10 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 154 (19.62%) Windows
2 95 (12.10%) Linux
3 51 (6.50%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.44%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.80%) Unix
6 18 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.40%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.76%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.64%) VMS
9 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.51%) Android
10 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.51%) Solaris
10 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.25%) CentOS
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.13%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (29.43%) ITIL
2 202 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 169 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 161 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
5 151 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
6 144 (18.34%) Root Cause Analysis
6 144 (18.34%) Service Management
7 141 (17.96%) CI/CD
7 141 (17.96%) Incident Response
8 136 (17.32%) DevOps
9 135 (17.20%) ITSM
10 125 (15.92%) Observability
11 124 (15.80%) Change Management
12 111 (14.14%) Security Operations
13 95 (12.10%) Infrastructure as Code
14 91 (11.59%) Service Delivery
15 85 (10.83%) Major Incident Management
16 82 (10.45%) Problem Management
17 81 (10.32%) SIEM
18 78 (9.94%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 105 (13.38%) Python
2 84 (10.70%) PowerShell
3 74 (9.43%) SQL
4 47 (5.99%) Bash
5 35 (4.46%) Java
6 11 (1.40%) Go
7 8 (1.02%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.76%) Bicep
9 6 (0.76%) Groovy
9 6 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.51%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.38%) COBOL
11 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.38%) VBScript
12 2 (0.25%) ABAP
12 2 (0.25%) C#
12 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 262 (33.38%) Security Cleared
2 192 (24.46%) SC Cleared
3 88 (11.21%) Degree
4 66 (8.41%) DV Cleared
5 46 (5.86%) CISSP
6 36 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (4.46%) CISM
8 29 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (1.91%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.91%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.78%) CRISC
13 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.40%) CCNA
14 11 (1.40%) GIAC
14 11 (1.40%) SSCP
15 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.13%) SLA
2 42 (5.35%) NIST
3 39 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (4.59%) NCSC
5 28 (3.57%) QA
6 27 (3.44%) GDPR
7 26 (3.31%) Data Quality
8 21 (2.68%) GRC
9 19 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (2.17%) PCI DSS
11 8 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.64%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.64%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.51%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.51%) PMO
13 4 (0.51%) RMADS
14 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 104 (13.25%) Active Directory
2 37 (4.71%) Docker
3 29 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.89%) vSphere
8 6 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.64%) Firmware
10 4 (0.51%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 78 (9.94%) Kubernetes
2 53 (6.75%) Grafana
3 48 (6.11%) Ansible
4 35 (4.46%) Prometheus
5 26 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (2.04%) SCCM
7 13 (1.66%) Puppet
8 12 (1.53%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (1.15%) CASB
10 9 (1.15%) SCOM
11 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.76%) Istio
13 5 (0.64%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.64%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.64%) Nagios
14 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.51%) QRadar
15 3 (0.38%) Argo
Vendors
1 198 (25.22%) Microsoft
2 131 (16.69%) ServiceNow
3 60 (7.64%) Splunk
4 38 (4.84%) Oracle
4 38 (4.84%) VMware
5 37 (4.71%) Dynatrace
6 31 (3.95%) Cisco
7 27 (3.44%) Google
8 20 (2.55%) Remedy
9 19 (2.42%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.78%) SAP
11 12 (1.53%) BMC
11 12 (1.53%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.40%) CheckPoint
13 10 (1.27%) Citrix
13 10 (1.27%) F5
14 9 (1.15%) Commvault
14 9 (1.15%) IBM
15 8 (1.02%) Zscaler
16 7 (0.89%) Denodo