Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Incident Manager
UK > England

The median Incident Manager daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 493 492
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 +157
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 47 21 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.073% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.079% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 36
10th Percentile £461 - £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £588
90th Percentile £621 £649 £613
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £57.50 - £70.25
90th Percentile - - £73.40
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - £60.00

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 28,956 26,703 34,238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.91% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,454 16,603 23,422
10th Percentile £295 £300 £283
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £625 £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 1,777 840 1,400
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.75 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -25.92% -22.62% +41.17%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.20 £74.47 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.20 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.64% -26.67% +45.77%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Incident Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Incident Manager job vacancy trend in England

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in England

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies 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 25 December 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
North of England -40 19 £550 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire -34 13 £550 +22.22%
South West -3 11 £525 - 1
London -6 10 £475 -20.83% 2
North West - 5 £600 - 6
South East - 3 £588 - 1
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 1 - -
North East - 1 £500 -
Incident Manager
UK

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 30 (63.83%) ITIL
2 25 (53.19%) Incident Management
3 21 (44.68%) Service Management
4 18 (38.30%) Problem Management
5 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (34.04%) ITSM
7 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
8 12 (25.53%) SC Cleared
9 11 (23.40%) Remedy
9 11 (23.40%) ServiceNow
10 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making
11 9 (19.15%) Incident Response
11 9 (19.15%) Major Incident Management
11 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (17.02%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (17.02%) SLA
13 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
13 7 (14.89%) JIRA
13 7 (14.89%) Service Delivery
14 6 (12.77%) Backlog Management
14 6 (12.77%) Change Management
14 6 (12.77%) Configuration Management
14 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (12.77%) Degree
14 6 (12.77%) GDPR
14 6 (12.77%) Mentoring
14 6 (12.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
15 5 (10.64%) Compliance Audit
15 5 (10.64%) Digital Marketing

Incident Manager Skill Set
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 1 (2.13%) Confluence
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) IP Telephony
1 1 (2.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 20 (42.55%) Finance
2 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 14 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Banking
4 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.64%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Electronics
5 5 (10.64%) Financial Institution
5 5 (10.64%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.64%) Marketing
5 5 (10.64%) Military
5 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) CMDB
2 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
1 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (63.83%) ITIL
2 25 (53.19%) Incident Management
3 21 (44.68%) Service Management
4 18 (38.30%) Problem Management
5 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (34.04%) ITSM
7 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making
8 9 (19.15%) Incident Response
8 9 (19.15%) Major Incident Management
8 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (17.02%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (14.89%) Service Delivery
11 6 (12.77%) Backlog Management
11 6 (12.77%) Change Management
11 6 (12.77%) Configuration Management
11 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (12.77%) Mentoring
12 5 (10.64%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
12 5 (10.64%) Service Catalogue
12 5 (10.64%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
1 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 12 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
4 6 (12.77%) Degree
5 3 (6.38%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CCNA
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CISSP
6 1 (2.13%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.13%) GIAC
6 1 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) SLA
2 6 (12.77%) GDPR
2 6 (12.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.13%) GRC
3 1 (2.13%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Remedy
1 11 (23.40%) ServiceNow
2 5 (10.64%) SAP
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Apple
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle