Incident Manager Contracts in England

Incident Manager
UK > England

The median Incident Manager daily rate in England is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 488 585
Rank change year-on-year +27 +97 +113
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 24 54 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 47
10th Percentile £263 £413 £313
25th Percentile £325 £428 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £547 £588
90th Percentile £561 £588 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £41.33
25th Percentile - £55.00 £41.44
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +39.53% -
75th Percentile - £65.00 £45.13
90th Percentile - - £46.25
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year - +39.53% +45.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +31 13 £450 -10.00% 16
South West +41 3 £465 -10.58% 7
South East +43 2 - - 5
North of England +7 2 £465 +9.41% 1
North West +4 1 £465 +9.41% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Incident Manager
UK

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Incident Management
2 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 12 (50.00%) ITIL
4 8 (33.33%) Finance
5 7 (29.17%) Banking
6 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (25.00%) ServiceNow
6 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Release Management
8 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (16.67%) Remedy
8 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (16.67%) Major Incident Management
9 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
9 3 (12.50%) SLA
9 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 3 (12.50%) Change Management
9 3 (12.50%) ITSM
9 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (12.50%) Retail Banking
9 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
9 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Banking
4 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (12.50%) Retail Banking
7 2 (8.33%) Military
8 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 1 (4.17%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Incident Management
2 12 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Major Incident Management
4 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (16.67%) Release Management
4 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management
5 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.50%) ITSM
5 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (8.33%) Service Management
6 2 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (4.17%) BMC