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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 212 191
Rank change year-on-year -5 -21 -4
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 190 153 219
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 1.19% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.30% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 94 158
10th Percentile £300 £263 £199
25th Percentile £413 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £675 £725
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - - £17.20
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £34.34
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
% change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% -17.72%

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 14,871 11,726 15,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,969 7,878 11,440
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.52 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.73 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +17.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.98 £52.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.15 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -17 23 £460 -7.95% 17
South London -12 5 £515 -1.95%
West London -20 1 £400 -20.00% 1
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 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.11%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.05%) Confluence
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.05%) ION MarketView
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.05%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.53%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.53%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (28.42%) Azure
2 34 (17.89%) AWS
3 18 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.37%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (5.26%) GCP
5 10 (5.26%) IaaS
6 9 (4.74%) GitHub
7 8 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.21%) PaaS
8 7 (3.68%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.68%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.68%) SaaS
8 7 (3.68%) Slack
9 6 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.63%) Datadog
10 5 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.63%) Firewall
2 20 (10.53%) VPN
3 11 (5.79%) DNS
3 11 (5.79%) Wireless
4 9 (4.74%) DHCP
4 9 (4.74%) MPLS
4 9 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (4.21%) WAN
6 6 (3.16%) BGP
6 6 (3.16%) Ethernet
6 6 (3.16%) InfiniBand
6 6 (3.16%) NetScaler
6 6 (3.16%) Network Security
6 6 (3.16%) OSPF
6 6 (3.16%) SMTP
6 6 (3.16%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.11%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (2.11%) LAN
8 3 (1.58%) NGFW
9 2 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.68%) Tableau
2 6 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.63%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.11%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.58%) Metadata
5 3 (1.58%) Power BI
5 3 (1.58%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.05%) DB2
6 2 (1.05%) Flink
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.26%) JIRA
2 7 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.11%) Git
4 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) JUnit
4 1 (0.53%) Mockito
4 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 46 (24.21%) Finance
3 27 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.79%) Banking
5 11 (5.79%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.63%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.11%) Front Office
8 4 (2.11%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.11%) Law
8 4 (2.11%) Military
8 4 (2.11%) Spanish Language
9 3 (1.58%) French Language
9 3 (1.58%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.05%) Billing
10 2 (1.05%) Legal
10 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (10.00%) Analyst
2 18 (9.47%) Developer
2 18 (9.47%) Senior
3 14 (7.37%) Lead
4 12 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (5.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (5.26%) Security Engineer
7 9 (4.74%) Consultant
7 9 (4.74%) Network Engineer
8 8 (4.21%) Incident Manager
8 8 (4.21%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) NetApp Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) ServiceNow Developer
10 6 (3.16%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) REST
2 9 (4.74%) Kafka
3 6 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.63%) JSON
4 5 (2.63%) Spring
4 5 (2.63%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.11%) .NET
5 4 (2.11%) RESTful
6 3 (1.58%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.58%) PySpark
7 2 (1.05%) Middleware
7 2 (1.05%) Node.js
7 2 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.05%) React
7 2 (1.05%) YAML
8 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.53%) JMS
8 1 (0.53%) SOAP
8 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
1 10 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.74%) CMDB
3 8 (4.21%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.68%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.68%) Clustering
4 7 (3.68%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.16%) PKI
6 5 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.58%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.58%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.05%) Life Science
9 2 (1.05%) Replication
9 2 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.47%) Linux
2 33 (17.37%) Windows
3 16 (8.42%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.84%) Unix
5 6 (3.16%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.11%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.58%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.05%) VMS
9 1 (0.53%) Android
9 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.53%) Rocky
9 1 (0.53%) Solaris
9 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.53%) ITIL
2 36 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (17.37%) DevOps
4 32 (16.84%) ITSM
4 32 (16.84%) Root Cause Analysis
5 31 (16.32%) Problem Management
6 28 (14.74%) Change Management
7 27 (14.21%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (14.21%) Incident Response
7 27 (14.21%) Service Management
8 25 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (11.58%) CI/CD
9 22 (11.58%) Observability
10 21 (11.05%) AI
10 21 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (10.53%) Security Operations
12 19 (10.00%) Asset Management
12 19 (10.00%) Service Delivery
12 19 (10.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.63%) PowerShell
1 24 (12.63%) Python
2 20 (10.53%) SQL
3 11 (5.79%) Java
4 5 (2.63%) C#
5 3 (1.58%) Bash
6 2 (1.05%) Bicep
6 2 (1.05%) Go
6 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.53%) C
7 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.53%) Scala
7 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.26%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.37%) Degree
4 13 (6.84%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.79%) CISSP
6 9 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.68%) CISM
8 6 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (3.16%) SSCP
9 5 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.11%) GIAC
10 4 (2.11%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.58%) CCNA
11 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.58%) ISACA
11 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.05%) CCNP
12 2 (1.05%) CISA
12 2 (1.05%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.37%) SLA
2 8 (4.21%) NIST
3 7 (3.68%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.68%) GDPR
4 5 (2.63%) GRC
5 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.58%) COBIT
7 2 (1.05%) GxP
7 2 (1.05%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.05%) PMO
7 2 (1.05%) QA
7 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (11.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.79%) Docker
3 8 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.68%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.16%) BitLocker
5 6 (3.16%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.53%) NLBS
7 1 (0.53%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (12.63%) Terraform
2 20 (10.53%) Ansible
3 18 (9.47%) Kubernetes
4 15 (7.89%) Grafana
5 14 (7.37%) Prometheus
6 11 (5.79%) SCCM
7 10 (5.26%) CASB
8 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (3.16%) Puppet
8 6 (3.16%) vCenter Server
8 6 (3.16%) vMotion
9 5 (2.63%) Salt
10 4 (2.11%) Pingdom
10 4 (2.11%) SCOrch
11 3 (1.58%) TeamSite
12 2 (1.05%) Argo
12 2 (1.05%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.05%) Opsview
12 2 (1.05%) QRadar
13 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 41 (21.58%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.37%) Splunk
4 13 (6.84%) Oracle
5 12 (6.32%) Palo Alto
6 11 (5.79%) Cisco
6 11 (5.79%) Citrix
7 10 (5.26%) VMware
8 9 (4.74%) Remedy
9 8 (4.21%) Google
10 7 (3.68%) Aruba
10 7 (3.68%) CheckPoint
10 7 (3.68%) F5
11 6 (3.16%) Arista
11 6 (3.16%) BigPanda
11 6 (3.16%) NetApp
11 6 (3.16%) PagerDuty
11 6 (3.16%) Salesforce
12 5 (2.63%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.63%) SAP