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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 193 196
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 -18
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 203 159 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.25% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.37% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 98 148
10th Percentile £300 £250 £199
25th Percentile £413 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £650
90th Percentile £700 £658 £708
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 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 £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 15,277 11,605 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.33% 91.50% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,873 11,316
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 169 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -19 24 £463 -7.50% 20
South London -13 6 £515 -1.95%
West London -23 2 £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 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.97%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.99%) Confluence
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.48%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.99%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.49%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.49%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.59%) Azure
2 34 (16.75%) AWS
3 19 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.88%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.42%) IaaS
6 10 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (4.93%) GCP
7 9 (4.43%) GitHub
7 9 (4.43%) PaaS
8 8 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.94%) OpenShift
9 7 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.45%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.45%) SaaS
9 7 (3.45%) Slack
10 6 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.97%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.34%) Firewall
2 20 (9.85%) VPN
3 11 (5.42%) DNS
4 10 (4.93%) MPLS
5 9 (4.43%) DHCP
5 9 (4.43%) Wireless
6 8 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (3.45%) BGP
7 7 (3.45%) OSPF
7 7 (3.45%) SMTP
7 7 (3.45%) WAN
8 6 (2.96%) Ethernet
8 6 (2.96%) InfiniBand
8 6 (2.96%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.46%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.97%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.97%) LAN
10 4 (1.97%) Network Security
11 3 (1.48%) NGFW
11 3 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (3.45%) Tableau
2 4 (1.97%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.48%) Power BI
3 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.99%) Flink
4 2 (0.99%) Metadata
4 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) DB2
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.93%) JIRA
2 7 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.96%) Git
4 2 (0.99%) JUnit
4 2 (0.99%) Mockito
4 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 49 (24.14%) Finance
2 45 (22.17%) Social Skills
3 27 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.39%) Banking
6 11 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.96%) Front Office
8 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.96%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.46%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.46%) French Language
10 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.97%) Law
10 4 (1.97%) Military
11 3 (1.48%) Legal
11 3 (1.48%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.99%) Billing
13 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.49%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 21 (10.34%) Developer
2 20 (9.85%) Analyst
3 19 (9.36%) Lead
4 17 (8.37%) Senior
5 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (5.42%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (5.42%) Consultant
6 11 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (4.43%) Incident Manager
8 8 (3.94%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.94%) Support Analyst
8 8 (3.94%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) NetApp Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) Security Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) Storage Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.40%) REST
2 8 (3.94%) Kafka
3 5 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.46%) JSON
3 5 (2.46%) Spring
3 5 (2.46%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.97%) .NET
4 4 (1.97%) RESTful
5 3 (1.48%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.48%) Middleware
5 3 (1.48%) Node.js
5 3 (1.48%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.99%) PySpark
6 2 (0.99%) React
6 2 (0.99%) YAML
7 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.49%) pytest
7 1 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (4.93%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.43%) CMDB
4 8 (3.94%) Clustering
4 8 (3.94%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.94%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (3.45%) PKI
6 6 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.46%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.97%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.99%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (18.23%) Linux
2 33 (16.26%) Windows
3 16 (7.88%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.40%) Unix
5 7 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.96%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.46%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.99%) VMS
10 1 (0.49%) Android
10 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.49%) Rocky
10 1 (0.49%) Solaris
10 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (20.69%) ITIL
2 39 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (17.73%) DevOps
4 33 (16.26%) Root Cause Analysis
5 32 (15.76%) ITSM
6 31 (15.27%) Problem Management
7 29 (14.29%) Change Management
8 27 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (13.30%) Service Management
9 26 (12.81%) CI/CD
10 25 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (11.82%) Incident Response
12 23 (11.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (10.84%) Observability
14 21 (10.34%) AI
15 20 (9.85%) Service Delivery
16 19 (9.36%) Asset Management
17 18 (8.87%) Security Operations
18 17 (8.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.32%) PowerShell
2 24 (11.82%) Python
3 20 (9.85%) SQL
4 11 (5.42%) Java
5 5 (2.46%) C#
6 3 (1.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.99%) Bicep
7 2 (0.99%) Go
7 2 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.49%) C
8 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 30 (14.78%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.39%) Degree
4 14 (6.90%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.43%) CISSP
6 7 (3.45%) CISM
7 6 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (2.96%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.96%) SSCP
8 5 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.97%) GIAC
9 4 (1.97%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.48%) CCNA
10 3 (1.48%) ISACA
10 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.99%) CCNP
11 2 (0.99%) CISA
11 2 (0.99%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.39%) SLA
2 8 (3.94%) GDPR
2 8 (3.94%) NIST
3 7 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.46%) GRC
5 4 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.48%) COBIT
6 3 (1.48%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.99%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.99%) PMO
7 2 (0.99%) QA
7 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.49%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
8 1 (0.49%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 23 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.40%) Docker
3 9 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.94%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.45%) BitLocker
5 7 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.49%) NLBS
8 1 (0.49%) vSphere
8 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (12.81%) Terraform
2 22 (10.84%) Ansible
3 19 (9.36%) Kubernetes
4 14 (6.90%) Grafana
4 14 (6.90%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.93%) SCCM
6 9 (4.43%) CASB
7 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (3.45%) Puppet
8 7 (3.45%) vCenter Server
8 7 (3.45%) vMotion
9 5 (2.46%) Salt
10 4 (1.97%) Pingdom
11 3 (1.48%) SCOrch
11 3 (1.48%) TeamSite
12 2 (0.99%) Argo
12 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.99%) Opsview
12 2 (0.99%) QRadar
13 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (27.09%) Microsoft
2 40 (19.70%) ServiceNow
3 15 (7.39%) Splunk
4 12 (5.91%) Citrix
4 12 (5.91%) Oracle
4 12 (5.91%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.42%) Cisco
5 11 (5.42%) VMware
6 8 (3.94%) Google
6 8 (3.94%) Remedy
7 7 (3.45%) Aruba
7 7 (3.45%) CheckPoint
7 7 (3.45%) F5
7 7 (3.45%) NetApp
8 6 (2.96%) Arista
8 6 (2.96%) BigPanda
8 6 (2.96%) PagerDuty
8 6 (2.96%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.96%) SAP
9 5 (2.46%) Red Hat