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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 209 170
Rank change year-on-year -29 -39 +20
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 170 150 258
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 1.11% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.22% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 96 193
10th Percentile £300 £383 £215
25th Percentile £400 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -11.09% +2.68%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £687 £700 £745
England median daily rate £475 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -4.04% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - £23.13 £18.39
25th Percentile - £27.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate - £36.25 £19.47
Median % change year-on-year - +86.23% -13.99%
75th Percentile - £45.31 £33.75
90th Percentile - £50.38 £35.51
England median hourly rate £13.85 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year -14.66% -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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -8 24 £481 -6.33% 15
South London -11 5 £515 - 3
West London -24 2 £350 -23.08% 3
East London - 1 £500 - 4
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 13 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.35%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.18%) Confluence
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.18%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.18%) ION MarketView
2 2 (1.18%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.18%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.59%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.59%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.88%) Azure
2 22 (12.94%) AWS
3 15 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.71%) SaaS
6 7 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (4.12%) GitHub
6 7 (4.12%) Google Workspace
6 7 (4.12%) Slack
7 6 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.94%) IaaS
8 5 (2.94%) PaaS
8 5 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.35%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.76%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.35%) Firewall
2 16 (9.41%) VPN
3 11 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (6.47%) Wireless
4 9 (5.29%) WAN
5 6 (3.53%) DHCP
5 6 (3.53%) DNS
5 6 (3.53%) Ethernet
5 6 (3.53%) InfiniBand
5 6 (3.53%) NetScaler
5 6 (3.53%) Network Security
6 5 (2.94%) MPLS
6 5 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.35%) BGP
7 4 (2.35%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (2.35%) OSPF
7 4 (2.35%) SMTP
8 3 (1.76%) LAN
8 3 (1.76%) NGFW
9 2 (1.18%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.12%) Tableau
2 4 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.35%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.76%) Power BI
3 3 (1.76%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.18%) DB2
4 2 (1.18%) Flink
4 2 (1.18%) Metadata
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.59%) Git
3 1 (0.59%) GitLab
3 1 (0.59%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.18%) Finance
3 25 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.88%) Banking
5 10 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.53%) Investment Banking
6 6 (3.53%) Spanish Language
7 5 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.35%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.35%) French Language
8 4 (2.35%) Front Office
8 4 (2.35%) Law
9 3 (1.76%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.18%) Billing
10 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 2 (1.18%) Military
10 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (14.71%) Analyst
2 14 (8.24%) Lead
3 12 (7.06%) Senior
4 11 (6.47%) Network Engineer
5 10 (5.88%) Developer
5 10 (5.88%) Security Engineer
6 9 (5.29%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (5.29%) Support Analyst
6 9 (5.29%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.71%) Incident Manager
8 7 (4.12%) Consultant
8 7 (4.12%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (4.12%) Operations Analyst
8 7 (4.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) IT Analyst
10 5 (2.94%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.71%) REST
2 6 (3.53%) Kafka
3 4 (2.35%) JSON
4 3 (1.76%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.76%) PySpark
4 3 (1.76%) Spring
4 3 (1.76%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.18%) .NET
5 2 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.18%) Middleware
5 2 (1.18%) React
5 2 (1.18%) RESTful
6 1 (0.59%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.59%) JMS
6 1 (0.59%) RSS
6 1 (0.59%) SOAP
6 1 (0.59%) WCF
6 1 (0.59%) WinForms
6 1 (0.59%) WPF
6 1 (0.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.71%) Data Centre
1 8 (4.71%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.12%) CMDB
3 6 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.94%) Clustering
4 5 (2.94%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.94%) PKI
5 4 (2.35%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.76%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.76%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.18%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.82%) Windows
2 30 (17.65%) Linux
3 13 (7.65%) Unix
4 12 (7.06%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.12%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.35%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.18%) Android
7 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.94%) ITIL
2 29 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (16.47%) ITSM
4 26 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (15.29%) Service Management
5 24 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (13.53%) Problem Management
6 23 (13.53%) Root Cause Analysis
6 23 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (12.35%) DevOps
8 20 (11.76%) Change Management
9 19 (11.18%) Incident Response
9 19 (11.18%) Service Delivery
10 18 (10.59%) Analytics
10 18 (10.59%) Asset Management
10 18 (10.59%) Cloud Security
11 17 (10.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 15 (8.82%) Observability
13 14 (8.24%) Data Protection
13 14 (8.24%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.59%) PowerShell
1 18 (10.59%) Python
1 18 (10.59%) SQL
2 8 (4.71%) Java
3 5 (2.94%) C#
4 2 (1.18%) Bash
4 2 (1.18%) Bicep
4 2 (1.18%) Go
4 2 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.59%) C
5 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.59%) Scala
5 1 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (19.41%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.53%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.65%) Degree
4 11 (6.47%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.53%) CISSP
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.35%) GIAC
7 4 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.76%) CISA
8 3 (1.76%) CRISC
8 3 (1.76%) ISACA
9 2 (1.18%) CCNA
9 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.18%) CISM
9 2 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.59%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.24%) SLA
2 7 (4.12%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (3.53%) GRC
3 6 (3.53%) NIST
4 5 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.35%) GDPR
6 3 (1.76%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.18%) COBIT
7 2 (1.18%) GxP
7 2 (1.18%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.18%) NCSC
7 2 (1.18%) PMO
7 2 (1.18%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.59%) QA
8 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (13.53%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (4.71%) Docker
4 5 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.35%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.59%) NLBS
6 1 (0.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.59%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (8.82%) Terraform
2 13 (7.65%) Ansible
3 11 (6.47%) SCCM
4 10 (5.88%) Grafana
4 10 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.88%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.53%) CASB
5 6 (3.53%) SCOrch
6 5 (2.94%) Salt
7 4 (2.35%) Pingdom
7 4 (2.35%) Puppet
7 4 (2.35%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.35%) vMotion
8 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.76%) TeamSite
9 2 (1.18%) Argo
9 2 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.18%) Opsview
9 2 (1.18%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 35 (20.59%) ServiceNow
3 12 (7.06%) Palo Alto
4 11 (6.47%) Splunk
5 10 (5.88%) Cisco
6 9 (5.29%) Citrix
6 9 (5.29%) Remedy
7 8 (4.71%) Google
8 7 (4.12%) Aruba
8 7 (4.12%) CheckPoint
8 7 (4.12%) F5
8 7 (4.12%) Oracle
8 7 (4.12%) VMware
9 6 (3.53%) Arista
9 6 (3.53%) BigPanda
9 6 (3.53%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.53%) SAP
10 4 (2.35%) Moogsoft
10 4 (2.35%) NetApp
10 4 (2.35%) SolarWinds