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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 203 195
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 -23
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 283 162 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 1.19% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.29% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 112 127
10th Percentile £231 £251 £254
25th Percentile £400 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £604 £631
90th Percentile £728 £650 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - - £23.15
25th Percentile - £20.24 £30.12
Median hourly rate £28.00 £24.66 £35.71
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% -30.94% +109.26%
75th Percentile - - £65.03
90th Percentile - - £86.01
England median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.73% +16.27% -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 17,959 12,532 14,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.33% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,377 10,112
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 248 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -13.73%
75th Percentile £56.25 £47.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.08 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%

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 August 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 August 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 -20 31 £454 -17.49% 33
West London -16 8 £725 +31.82% 6
South London -9 2 £490 -6.67% 7
East London - 2 £145 - 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 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.83%) Confluence
3 6 (2.12%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.35%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.35%) Mule
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.12%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.35%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.35%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.35%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.35%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.35%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (28.62%) Azure
2 61 (21.55%) AWS
3 37 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (11.66%) Entra ID
5 22 (7.77%) GCP
6 17 (6.01%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.95%) Amazon S3
7 14 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.95%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.95%) Serverless
8 13 (4.59%) GitHub
9 12 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (4.24%) Datadog
10 10 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.18%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.83%) IaaS
13 6 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.60%) DNS
2 25 (8.83%) VPN
3 24 (8.48%) Firewall
4 22 (7.77%) TCP/IP
5 20 (7.07%) DHCP
6 13 (4.59%) Network Security
6 13 (4.59%) WAN
7 12 (4.24%) LAN
8 11 (3.89%) MPLS
9 10 (3.53%) Wireless
10 9 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (2.47%) HTTP
12 4 (1.41%) 4G
12 4 (1.41%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.41%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (1.41%) InfiniBand
12 4 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (1.41%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.06%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (1.06%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.24%) Power BI
3 11 (3.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.12%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.06%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (8.13%) JIRA
2 16 (5.65%) Git
3 15 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.18%) GitLab
5 4 (1.41%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.71%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.71%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.71%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.71%) JUnit
6 2 (0.71%) Mockito
6 2 (0.71%) MSI
6 2 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) Snyk
General
1 78 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 70 (24.73%) Finance
3 34 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.19%) Banking
5 18 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.65%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.47%) Front Office
9 6 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.77%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.41%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.41%) Legal
12 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) French Language
12 3 (1.06%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Billing
13 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (11.66%) Senior
2 30 (10.60%) Lead
3 26 (9.19%) Analyst
4 21 (7.42%) Developer
5 19 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (6.01%) Consultant
7 15 (5.30%) Incident Manager
8 14 (4.95%) Support Engineer
9 13 (4.59%) Applications Support
9 13 (4.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.53%) Major Incident Manager
10 10 (3.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 10 (3.53%) Support Analyst
11 9 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.18%) DBA
11 9 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.83%) SQL DBA
13 7 (2.47%) AWS Engineer
13 7 (2.47%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.95%) REST
2 8 (2.83%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (2.83%) Kafka
3 5 (1.77%) JSON
3 5 (1.77%) Middleware
3 5 (1.77%) SOAP
3 5 (1.77%) Web Services
3 5 (1.77%) XML
4 4 (1.41%) .NET
4 4 (1.41%) Ajax
4 4 (1.41%) CSS
4 4 (1.41%) HTML
4 4 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (1.41%) PySpark
4 4 (1.41%) RESTful
5 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.06%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.06%) pytest
5 3 (1.06%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.89%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.36%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.01%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.59%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.59%) Clustering
4 13 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.24%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.89%) CMDB
7 10 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.12%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.41%) PKI
11 4 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 66 (23.32%) Windows
2 43 (15.19%) Linux
3 25 (8.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.18%) Unix
6 8 (2.83%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.77%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.41%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.06%) Solaris
9 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.71%) VMS
10 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.35%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.35%) Rocky
11 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.50%) ITIL
2 68 (24.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (22.97%) Change Management
4 61 (21.55%) CI/CD
5 58 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (19.79%) Incident Response
6 56 (19.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 55 (19.43%) ITSM
8 54 (19.08%) DevOps
9 50 (17.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 44 (15.55%) Observability
10 44 (15.55%) Service Management
11 43 (15.19%) Problem Management
12 39 (13.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 38 (13.43%) AI
14 34 (12.01%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (11.66%) Security Operations
16 31 (10.95%) Agile
16 31 (10.95%) Migration
17 30 (10.60%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.13%) Python
1 40 (14.13%) SQL
2 34 (12.01%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.24%) Bash
4 11 (3.89%) Java
5 5 (1.77%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.71%) Bicep
8 2 (0.71%) C++
8 2 (0.71%) COBOL
8 2 (0.71%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.71%) RPG
8 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.71%) VBScript
9 1 (0.35%) C
9 1 (0.35%) C#
9 1 (0.35%) Groovy
9 1 (0.35%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.54%) Degree
4 16 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.30%) CISSP
5 15 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.89%) CISM
8 7 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.12%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.12%) SSCP
10 5 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.77%) CCNA
10 5 (1.77%) CCNP
11 4 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.41%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.41%) PMP
12 3 (1.06%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.01%) SLA
2 13 (4.59%) QA
3 12 (4.24%) NIST
4 9 (3.18%) GDPR
5 8 (2.83%) GRC
5 8 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.41%) COBIT
8 4 (1.41%) NCSC
8 4 (1.41%) PMO
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.71%) ISO 31000
10 2 (0.71%) PSD2
10 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 44 (15.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.65%) Docker
4 8 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.77%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (14.13%) Terraform
2 33 (11.66%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.54%) Grafana
4 24 (8.48%) Ansible
5 20 (7.07%) Prometheus
6 17 (6.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (3.18%) SCCM
9 7 (2.47%) SCOM
10 6 (2.12%) CASB
11 5 (1.77%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.41%) Puppet
12 4 (1.41%) vCenter Server
13 3 (1.06%) QRadar
13 3 (1.06%) Salt
13 3 (1.06%) vMotion
14 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
15 1 (0.35%) Istio
15 1 (0.35%) Kibana
Vendors
1 81 (28.62%) Microsoft
2 51 (18.02%) ServiceNow
3 28 (9.89%) Splunk
4 23 (8.13%) VMware
5 15 (5.30%) Cisco
5 15 (5.30%) Oracle
6 10 (3.53%) Citrix
7 9 (3.18%) BMC
7 9 (3.18%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.18%) Google
7 9 (3.18%) Remedy
8 8 (2.83%) CheckPoint
9 7 (2.47%) PagerDuty
10 6 (2.12%) Commvault
10 6 (2.12%) F5
10 6 (2.12%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.77%) BigPanda
11 5 (1.77%) Databricks
11 5 (1.77%) SAP
12 4 (1.41%) Arista