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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 206 182
Rank change year-on-year -11 -24 +12
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 186 150 234
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.17% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.28% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 95 170
10th Percentile £300 £263 £200
25th Percentile £413 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £555
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.91% -0.36%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £675 £738
England median daily rate £475 £488 £503
% change year-on-year -2.56% -3.08% +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - - £17.78
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £34.14
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.44% +22.63% -11.66%

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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 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 18 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 -8 25 £458 -8.40% 15
South London -14 5 £515 -1.95% 1
West London -20 1 £400 -20.00%
East London - 1 £500 - 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 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.15%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.08%) Confluence
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.08%) ION MarketView
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.08%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.08%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.54%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.54%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (29.03%) Azure
2 30 (16.13%) AWS
3 17 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.06%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (5.38%) IaaS
6 9 (4.84%) GCP
6 9 (4.84%) GitHub
7 8 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.30%) PaaS
8 7 (3.76%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.76%) SaaS
8 7 (3.76%) Slack
9 6 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.23%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.69%) Datadog
10 5 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.98%) Firewall
2 20 (10.75%) VPN
3 11 (5.91%) DNS
3 11 (5.91%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (5.91%) Wireless
4 10 (5.38%) WAN
5 9 (4.84%) DHCP
6 8 (4.30%) MPLS
7 6 (3.23%) Ethernet
7 6 (3.23%) InfiniBand
7 6 (3.23%) NetScaler
7 6 (3.23%) Network Security
7 6 (3.23%) SMTP
7 6 (3.23%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.69%) BGP
8 5 (2.69%) OSPF
9 4 (2.15%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (2.15%) LAN
10 3 (1.61%) NGFW
11 1 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.76%) Tableau
2 6 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.15%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.61%) Metadata
4 3 (1.61%) Power BI
4 3 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.08%) DB2
5 2 (1.08%) Flink
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.38%) JIRA
2 6 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.15%) Git
4 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) JUnit
4 1 (0.54%) Mockito
4 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.04%) Finance
3 29 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.22%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.91%) Banking
5 11 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.23%) Spanish Language
7 5 (2.69%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.15%) Front Office
8 4 (2.15%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.15%) Law
8 4 (2.15%) Military
9 3 (1.61%) French Language
9 3 (1.61%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.08%) Billing
10 2 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (1.08%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (11.29%) Analyst
2 17 (9.14%) Developer
2 17 (9.14%) Senior
3 14 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (6.45%) Lead
5 11 (5.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (5.91%) Network Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Consultant
6 10 (5.38%) Security Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Support Analyst
7 7 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (3.76%) Incident Manager
7 7 (3.76%) Network Security Engineer
7 7 (3.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) NetApp Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) ServiceNow Developer
8 6 (3.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.91%) REST
2 7 (3.76%) Kafka
3 5 (2.69%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.69%) JSON
3 5 (2.69%) Spring
3 5 (2.69%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.15%) .NET
5 3 (1.61%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.61%) PySpark
5 3 (1.61%) RESTful
6 2 (1.08%) Middleware
6 2 (1.08%) Node.js
6 2 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.08%) React
6 2 (1.08%) YAML
7 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.54%) JMS
7 1 (0.54%) SOAP
7 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.38%) Data Centre
1 10 (5.38%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.84%) CMDB
2 9 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.76%) Clustering
3 7 (3.76%) Enterprise Storage
4 6 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.23%) PKI
5 5 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.08%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.89%) Linux
2 33 (17.74%) Windows
3 18 (9.68%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.99%) Unix
5 6 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.15%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.61%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.08%) Android
8 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.08%) VMS
9 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.54%) Rocky
9 1 (0.54%) Solaris
9 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.97%) ITIL
2 35 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (17.74%) ITSM
4 31 (16.67%) DevOps
4 31 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 28 (15.05%) Service Management
6 27 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (13.98%) Root Cause Analysis
8 24 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (12.37%) Change Management
10 21 (11.29%) CI/CD
10 21 (11.29%) Observability
11 20 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (10.22%) Asset Management
12 19 (10.22%) Cloud Security
12 19 (10.22%) Incident Response
12 19 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (10.22%) Service Delivery
12 19 (10.22%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 17 (9.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.37%) Python
2 22 (11.83%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.83%) SQL
3 10 (5.38%) Java
4 5 (2.69%) C#
5 3 (1.61%) Bash
6 2 (1.08%) Bicep
6 2 (1.08%) Go
6 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.54%) C
7 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.54%) Scala
7 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.99%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.45%) Degree
5 6 (3.23%) CISSP
6 5 (2.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.15%) GIAC
7 4 (2.15%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.61%) CCNA
8 3 (1.61%) ISACA
8 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.08%) CCNP
9 2 (1.08%) CISA
9 2 (1.08%) CISM
9 2 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.08%) CRISC
9 2 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.53%) SLA
2 8 (4.30%) NIST
3 7 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (3.76%) GDPR
4 5 (2.69%) GRC
5 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.61%) COBIT
7 2 (1.08%) GxP
7 2 (1.08%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.08%) PMO
7 2 (1.08%) QA
7 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (13.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.91%) Docker
3 9 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.76%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.23%) BitLocker
6 6 (3.23%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.08%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.54%) NLBS
8 1 (0.54%) vSphere
8 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (12.37%) Terraform
2 19 (10.22%) Ansible
3 17 (9.14%) Kubernetes
4 14 (7.53%) Grafana
5 13 (6.99%) Prometheus
5 13 (6.99%) SCCM
6 7 (3.76%) CASB
7 6 (3.23%) Puppet
7 6 (3.23%) SCOrch
7 6 (3.23%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.23%) vMotion
8 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.69%) Salt
9 4 (2.15%) Pingdom
10 3 (1.61%) TeamSite
11 2 (1.08%) Argo
11 2 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (1.08%) Opsview
12 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.51%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.99%) Splunk
4 12 (6.45%) Oracle
4 12 (6.45%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.91%) Citrix
6 10 (5.38%) VMware
7 9 (4.84%) Cisco
7 9 (4.84%) Remedy
8 8 (4.30%) Google
9 7 (3.76%) Aruba
9 7 (3.76%) CheckPoint
9 7 (3.76%) F5
9 7 (3.76%) SAP
10 6 (3.23%) Arista
10 6 (3.23%) BigPanda
10 6 (3.23%) NetApp
10 6 (3.23%) PagerDuty
10 6 (3.23%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.69%) SolarWinds