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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 192 206
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 -34
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 215 171 197
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.36% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.48% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 112 132
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £401 £372 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £650 £771
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 6
10th Percentile - - £24.53
25th Percentile - £20.24 £30.40
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.12% +43.61%
75th Percentile - - £35.22
90th Percentile - - £50.37
England median hourly rate £18.61 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +14.14% +0.43% -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 15,622 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,456 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -24 22 £458 -10.20% 18
South London -10 6 £515 -1.95% 1
West London -25 4 £563 +12.50% 6
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 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.86%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) Confluence
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) ProductWriter
1 4 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.47%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.47%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.47%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (26.51%) Azure
2 38 (17.67%) AWS
3 21 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.84%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.58%) OpenShift
6 11 (5.12%) GCP
6 11 (5.12%) IaaS
7 10 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.19%) GitHub
8 9 (4.19%) PaaS
9 8 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.26%) Google Workspace
10 7 (3.26%) Slack
11 6 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.79%) Datadog
12 5 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.77%) Firewall
2 19 (8.84%) VPN
3 12 (5.58%) DNS
3 12 (5.58%) MPLS
4 9 (4.19%) DHCP
4 9 (4.19%) Wireless
5 8 (3.72%) WAN
5 8 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (3.26%) BGP
6 7 (3.26%) OSPF
6 7 (3.26%) SMTP
7 6 (2.79%) Ethernet
7 6 (2.79%) InfiniBand
7 6 (2.79%) NetScaler
8 5 (2.33%) LAN
8 5 (2.33%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.86%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (1.86%) Network Security
10 3 (1.40%) NGFW
10 3 (1.40%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.79%) Tableau
3 4 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.40%) Power BI
4 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.93%) Flink
5 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) DB2
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.12%) JIRA
2 7 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.79%) Git
4 4 (1.86%) GitLab
5 2 (0.93%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.93%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.93%) JUnit
5 2 (0.93%) Mockito
5 2 (0.93%) MSI
5 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.47%) Snyk
General
1 47 (21.86%) Finance
2 46 (21.40%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.91%) Banking
6 11 (5.12%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.19%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.26%) Front Office
8 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.79%) French Language
9 6 (2.79%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.86%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.86%) Law
11 4 (1.86%) Military
12 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Legal
13 2 (0.93%) Billing
13 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.47%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 25 (11.63%) Lead
2 22 (10.23%) Developer
3 21 (9.77%) Senior
4 19 (8.84%) Analyst
5 12 (5.58%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (5.58%) Consultant
5 12 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (5.12%) Incident Manager
6 11 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (4.65%) Network Engineer
8 9 (4.19%) Linux Engineer
8 9 (4.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (3.72%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) NetApp Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Operations Analyst
10 7 (3.26%) Storage Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) ServiceNow Developer
11 6 (2.79%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.58%) REST
2 8 (3.72%) Kafka
3 7 (3.26%) JSON
4 5 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.33%) Spring
4 5 (2.33%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.86%) .NET
5 4 (1.86%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.86%) RESTful
6 3 (1.40%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.40%) Middleware
6 3 (1.40%) Node.js
7 2 (0.93%) ADO
7 2 (0.93%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.93%) PySpark
7 2 (0.93%) React
7 2 (0.93%) YAML
8 1 (0.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.91%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.19%) CMDB
4 8 (3.72%) Clustering
4 8 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.72%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.26%) PKI
6 6 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 40 (18.60%) Linux
2 32 (14.88%) Windows
3 15 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.12%) Unix
5 8 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.26%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.79%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.93%) VMS
8 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.47%) Android
9 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.47%) Rocky
9 1 (0.47%) Solaris
9 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.86%) ITIL
2 44 (20.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (20.00%) DevOps
4 41 (19.07%) Root Cause Analysis
5 36 (16.74%) ITSM
6 32 (14.88%) CI/CD
7 31 (14.42%) Change Management
7 31 (14.42%) Problem Management
8 29 (13.49%) Incident Response
9 27 (12.56%) AI
9 27 (12.56%) Observability
9 27 (12.56%) Service Management
10 26 (12.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (10.23%) Asset Management
13 21 (9.77%) Service Delivery
14 19 (8.84%) Roadmaps
14 19 (8.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.23%) Python
3 19 (8.84%) SQL
4 12 (5.58%) Java
5 5 (2.33%) C#
6 3 (1.40%) Bash
6 3 (1.40%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.93%) Bicep
7 2 (0.93%) Go
7 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.47%) C
8 1 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 48 (22.33%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.35%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.84%) Degree
4 17 (7.91%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.65%) CISSP
6 8 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.26%) CISM
8 6 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (2.79%) SSCP
9 5 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.86%) GIAC
10 4 (1.86%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.40%) ISACA
11 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.93%) CCNA
12 2 (0.93%) CISA
12 2 (0.93%) CRISC
12 2 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.44%) SLA
2 10 (4.65%) NIST
3 7 (3.26%) GDPR
4 6 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.86%) COBIT
6 4 (1.86%) GRC
7 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 2 (0.93%) QA
8 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.47%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 24 (11.16%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.05%) Docker
3 9 (4.19%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.72%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.26%) BitLocker
5 7 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.47%) NLBS
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (13.02%) Terraform
2 27 (12.56%) Ansible
3 23 (10.70%) Kubernetes
4 16 (7.44%) Grafana
4 16 (7.44%) Prometheus
5 11 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (5.12%) SCCM
6 8 (3.72%) CASB
7 7 (3.26%) Puppet
7 7 (3.26%) vCenter Server
7 7 (3.26%) vMotion
8 5 (2.33%) Salt
9 4 (1.86%) Pingdom
10 3 (1.40%) TeamSite
11 2 (0.93%) Argo
11 2 (0.93%) Opsview
11 2 (0.93%) QRadar
11 2 (0.93%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.47%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 55 (25.58%) Microsoft
2 43 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 19 (8.84%) Splunk
4 15 (6.98%) Oracle
5 14 (6.51%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.05%) Cisco
7 12 (5.58%) Citrix
8 11 (5.12%) VMware
9 9 (4.19%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.72%) Google
10 8 (3.72%) Remedy
11 7 (3.26%) Aruba
11 7 (3.26%) BigPanda
11 7 (3.26%) F5
11 7 (3.26%) NetApp
11 7 (3.26%) Salesforce
12 6 (2.79%) Arista
12 6 (2.79%) PagerDuty
12 6 (2.79%) SAP
13 5 (2.33%) Red Hat