Incident Management Contract Job Trends in London

Incident Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 220 192
Rank change year-on-year +23 -28 -25
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 261 155 213
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 1.15% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.24% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 107 137
10th Percentile £204 £246 £240
25th Percentile £383 £308 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -12.73%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £738 £650 £725
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - £21.99
25th Percentile - £20.24 £27.22
Median hourly rate £28.00 £24.66 £32.92
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% -25.08% +65.84%
75th Percentile - - £43.04
90th Percentile - - £56.24
England median hourly rate £25.24 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +33.90% +16.14% -18.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,684 12,469 15,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.20% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,337 11,045
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 233 283
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.73 £24.66 £20.03
Median hourly rate £36.50 £32.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +6.24% -27.42%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Incident Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Incident Management job vacancy trend in London

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in London

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London -11 25 £325 -38.15% 16
West London -15 7 £725 +20.83% 6
South London -9 3 £490 -6.67% 3
East London - 2 £145 - 5
Incident Management
England

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.15%) Confluence
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.38%) Mule
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.30%) ProductWriter
2 4 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.38%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.67%) Azure
2 59 (22.61%) AWS
3 30 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (7.66%) GCP
6 19 (7.28%) OpenShift
7 13 (4.98%) Amazon S3
8 12 (4.60%) Serverless
9 11 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (4.21%) Datadog
10 10 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.45%) IaaS
12 8 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.07%) GitHub
13 7 (2.68%) Power Platform
14 6 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.43%) VPN
2 18 (6.90%) DNS
3 16 (6.13%) Firewall
4 12 (4.60%) DHCP
4 12 (4.60%) MPLS
5 11 (4.21%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.07%) WAN
7 7 (2.68%) LAN
7 7 (2.68%) Wireless
8 5 (1.92%) Ethernet
8 5 (1.92%) InfiniBand
8 5 (1.92%) NetScaler
8 5 (1.92%) Network Security
9 4 (1.53%) BGP
9 4 (1.53%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (1.53%) HTTP
9 4 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.53%) OSPF
9 4 (1.53%) SMTP
9 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.68%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.30%) Power BI
3 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.53%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.15%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (5.75%) JIRA
2 14 (5.36%) Git
2 14 (5.36%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.45%) GitLab
4 2 (0.77%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.77%) Gemini Tracker
4 2 (0.77%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.77%) JUnit
4 2 (0.77%) Mockito
4 2 (0.77%) MSI
4 2 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.38%) Snyk
5 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 68 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.52%) Finance
3 31 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.20%) Banking
5 15 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.83%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.30%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.92%) Front Office
10 5 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.53%) French Language
11 4 (1.53%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.15%) Billing
12 3 (1.15%) Military
13 2 (0.77%) Legal
14 1 (0.38%) Law
14 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (10.34%) Lead
2 26 (9.96%) Senior
3 25 (9.58%) Developer
4 22 (8.43%) Analyst
5 16 (6.13%) Consultant
5 16 (6.13%) Incident Manager
6 15 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (4.60%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Applications Support
8 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Major Incident Manager
8 11 (4.21%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.83%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.68%) Desktop Support
11 7 (2.68%) Service Manager
11 7 (2.68%) Site Engineer
11 7 (2.68%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.30%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.30%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.21%) REST
2 9 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (3.07%) Kafka
4 6 (2.30%) Middleware
5 5 (1.92%) .NET
5 5 (1.92%) JSON
5 5 (1.92%) Spring
5 5 (1.92%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.53%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (1.53%) RESTful
7 3 (1.15%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.15%) Node.js
7 3 (1.15%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.15%) Swagger
8 2 (0.77%) ADO
8 2 (0.77%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.77%) JMS
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.77%) XML
8 2 (0.77%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.98%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.60%) CMDB
4 11 (4.21%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.92%) Clustering
10 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.92%) PKI
10 5 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.92%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.39%) Linux
2 43 (16.48%) Windows
3 15 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.21%) Unix
6 5 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.92%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.53%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.77%) VMS
9 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.38%) Android
10 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.38%) Rocky
10 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.44%) ITIL
2 57 (21.84%) CI/CD
2 57 (21.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (19.54%) DevOps
5 49 (18.77%) ITSM
6 46 (17.62%) Change Management
7 45 (17.24%) Incident Response
7 45 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
7 45 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (15.71%) Observability
9 37 (14.18%) Service Management
10 36 (13.79%) AI
10 36 (13.79%) Problem Management
11 35 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (10.73%) Asset Management
13 28 (10.73%) Service Delivery
14 27 (10.34%) Roadmaps
15 25 (9.58%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.88%) Python
2 26 (9.96%) SQL
3 23 (8.81%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.98%) Java
5 10 (3.83%) Bash
6 5 (1.92%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.77%) C
8 2 (0.77%) C#
8 2 (0.77%) C++
8 2 (0.77%) COBOL
8 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.77%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.77%) RPG
8 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.38%) Groovy
9 1 (0.38%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.20%) Degree
4 15 (5.75%) CISSP
5 13 (4.98%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.21%) CISM
8 9 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.30%) SSCP
10 5 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.53%) GIAC
11 4 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.53%) PMP
12 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.15%) CCNA
12 3 (1.15%) CCNP
12 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.90%) SLA
2 14 (5.36%) NIST
3 9 (3.45%) GDPR
4 6 (2.30%) GRC
4 6 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.53%) COBIT
6 4 (1.53%) PMO
6 4 (1.53%) QA
7 3 (1.15%) NCSC
7 3 (1.15%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.77%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) PSD2
9 1 (0.38%) SEPA
9 1 (0.38%) TARGET2
System Software
1 27 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.75%) Docker
3 7 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.30%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.92%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.53%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.77%) vSphere
8 1 (0.38%) NLBS
8 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (13.03%) Terraform
2 32 (12.26%) Kubernetes
3 28 (10.73%) Grafana
4 27 (10.34%) Ansible
5 22 (8.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (3.45%) SCCM
8 6 (2.30%) CASB
9 5 (1.92%) Puppet
10 4 (1.53%) Salt
10 4 (1.53%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.53%) vMotion
11 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.77%) Opsview
12 2 (0.77%) QRadar
12 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.77%) TeamSite
13 1 (0.38%) Argo
13 1 (0.38%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.38%) Istio
Vendors
1 60 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.16%) ServiceNow
3 28 (10.73%) Splunk
4 14 (5.36%) Cisco
5 13 (4.98%) Oracle
6 12 (4.60%) Citrix
7 10 (3.83%) Google
8 9 (3.45%) CheckPoint
8 9 (3.45%) VMware
9 8 (3.07%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.68%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.68%) F5
10 7 (2.68%) PagerDuty
11 6 (2.30%) Aruba
11 6 (2.30%) BigPanda
11 6 (2.30%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.30%) Remedy
11 6 (2.30%) SAP
12 5 (1.92%) Arista
13 4 (1.53%) IBM