Major Incident Manager Contracts in England

Major Incident Manager
UK > England

The median Major Incident Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 522 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 16 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.009% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.010% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £442 £485 -
25th Percentile £489 £519 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £634 £694 -
90th Percentile £700 £735 -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 -

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 25,466 30,983 42,910
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.90% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,521 20,498 30,243
10th Percentile £286 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.46%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,312 1,827 1,342
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Manager in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major 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 Major Incident Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 - 11 £500 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £500 - 1
North West - 5 £533 - 2
South East +25 2 - - 1
London +12 2 £413 -13.16%
Major Incident Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Major 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 Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) ITIL
2 11 (68.75%) Incident Management
3 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 9 (56.25%) Problem Management
5 6 (37.50%) Finance
6 5 (31.25%) Major Incident Management
6 5 (31.25%) Banking
7 4 (25.00%) SLA
7 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
8 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (18.75%) Service Management
8 3 (18.75%) Change Management
8 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (12.50%) ITSM
9 2 (12.50%) Escalation Management
10 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
10 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
10 1 (6.25%) Proactive Management
10 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
10 1 (6.25%) Fintech
10 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
10 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
10 1 (6.25%) DB2
10 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
10 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management

Major 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 (6.25%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) DB2
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) ITIL
2 11 (68.75%) Incident Management
3 9 (56.25%) Problem Management
4 5 (31.25%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Service Management
7 2 (12.50%) Escalation Management
7 2 (12.50%) ITSM
8 1 (6.25%) Agile
8 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
8 1 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
8 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
8 1 (6.25%) Proactive Management
8 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) BMC
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow