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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 190 203
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 -34
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 241 158 210
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 1.30% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.41% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 106 136
10th Percentile £275 £250 £200
25th Percentile £403 £378 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £663 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 4
10th Percentile - - £30.46
25th Percentile - £20.24 £30.97
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year - -27.69% +71.84%
75th Percentile - - £43.04
90th Percentile - - £56.24
England median hourly rate £26.62 £17.79 £16.23
% change year-on-year +49.63% +9.61% -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 16,287 11,179 15,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.56% 92.25% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,870 7,505 11,106
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £433 £431 £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 £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 190 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.72
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £31.17 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.50% +11.33% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.03 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

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 29 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 29 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 -17 23 £438 -14.84% 10
West London -26 8 £725 +45.00% 4
South London -9 6 £515 -1.95% 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 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.66%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.83%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) ProductWriter
2 4 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.41%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.41%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.14%) Azure
2 51 (21.16%) AWS
3 24 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.54%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.39%) GCP
5 13 (5.39%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.98%) IaaS
7 11 (4.56%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (4.15%) GitHub
8 10 (4.15%) Serverless
9 9 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.73%) PaaS
10 8 (3.32%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.90%) Datadog
11 7 (2.90%) Google Workspace
11 7 (2.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.96%) VPN
2 22 (9.13%) Firewall
3 18 (7.47%) DNS
4 14 (5.81%) DHCP
5 12 (4.98%) MPLS
6 11 (4.56%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.56%) Wireless
7 8 (3.32%) WAN
8 7 (2.90%) BGP
8 7 (2.90%) LAN
8 7 (2.90%) OSPF
8 7 (2.90%) SMTP
9 6 (2.49%) Ethernet
9 6 (2.49%) InfiniBand
9 6 (2.49%) NetScaler
9 6 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.07%) Network Security
11 4 (1.66%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.66%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (1.24%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.49%) Tableau
3 5 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.66%) Power BI
4 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.24%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.83%) Flink
6 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) JIRA
2 9 (3.73%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.32%) Git
3 8 (3.32%) GitLab
4 2 (0.83%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.83%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.83%) JUnit
4 2 (0.83%) Mockito
4 2 (0.83%) MSI
4 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.16%) Finance
3 28 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.30%) Banking
6 12 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.73%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.90%) Front Office
8 7 (2.90%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.49%) French Language
10 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.66%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.66%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.66%) Military
12 2 (0.83%) Billing
12 2 (0.83%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Legal
13 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (12.03%) Lead
2 24 (9.96%) Developer
2 24 (9.96%) Senior
3 20 (8.30%) Analyst
4 16 (6.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (6.22%) Consultant
6 13 (5.39%) Incident Manager
7 12 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (4.56%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (4.56%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.73%) Network Engineer
10 8 (3.32%) Major Incident Manager
10 8 (3.32%) Operations Analyst
10 8 (3.32%) Site Engineer
11 7 (2.90%) Applications Support
11 7 (2.90%) Operations Engineer
11 7 (2.90%) Service Manager
11 7 (2.90%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.39%) REST
2 9 (3.73%) JSON
2 9 (3.73%) Kafka
3 5 (2.07%) .NET
3 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.07%) Spring
3 5 (2.07%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.66%) Middleware
4 4 (1.66%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (1.66%) RESTful
5 3 (1.24%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.24%) Node.js
5 3 (1.24%) React
6 2 (0.83%) ADO
6 2 (0.83%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.83%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.83%) Swagger
6 2 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.20%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.98%) CMDB
3 11 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.73%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.32%) Clustering
5 8 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.32%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (3.32%) PKI
6 7 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.49%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (19.09%) Linux
2 40 (16.60%) Windows
3 16 (6.64%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.39%) Unix
5 10 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.90%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.49%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.66%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.24%) Solaris
10 2 (0.83%) VMS
10 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.41%) Android
11 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Rocky
11 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.82%) ITIL
2 51 (21.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (20.75%) DevOps
4 47 (19.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 43 (17.84%) CI/CD
6 40 (16.60%) Change Management
6 40 (16.60%) ITSM
7 36 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (14.52%) Incident Response
8 35 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (14.11%) Problem Management
10 33 (13.69%) AI
11 32 (13.28%) Observability
11 32 (13.28%) Service Management
12 31 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (11.62%) Service Delivery
14 26 (10.79%) Asset Management
14 26 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (9.13%) Roadmaps
15 22 (9.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.37%) PowerShell
1 25 (10.37%) Python
2 23 (9.54%) SQL
3 15 (6.22%) Java
4 7 (2.90%) Bash
5 6 (2.49%) C#
6 5 (2.07%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.83%) C++
7 2 (0.83%) Go
7 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) Bicep
8 1 (0.41%) C
8 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 50 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.88%) Degree
4 16 (6.64%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.81%) CISSP
6 10 (4.15%) CISM
7 9 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.90%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.49%) SSCP
10 5 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.24%) CCNA
11 3 (1.24%) CCNP
11 3 (1.24%) CISA
11 3 (1.24%) GIAC
12 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.22%) SLA
2 11 (4.56%) NIST
3 8 (3.32%) GDPR
4 6 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.66%) COBIT
6 4 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.66%) GRC
7 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.83%) PMO
7 2 (0.83%) QA
7 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.41%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (10.79%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.47%) Docker
3 9 (3.73%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.32%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.90%) BitLocker
5 7 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.41%) NLBS
9 1 (0.41%) vSphere
9 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (14.11%) Terraform
2 30 (12.45%) Ansible
2 30 (12.45%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.30%) Grafana
3 20 (8.30%) Prometheus
4 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.73%) SCCM
6 8 (3.32%) Puppet
7 7 (2.90%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.90%) vMotion
8 6 (2.49%) CASB
9 5 (2.07%) Salt
10 4 (1.66%) Pingdom
11 3 (1.24%) Argo
11 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.24%) TeamSite
12 2 (0.83%) Opsview
12 2 (0.83%) QRadar
12 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (25.31%) Microsoft
2 48 (19.92%) ServiceNow
3 22 (9.13%) Splunk
4 15 (6.22%) Citrix
4 15 (6.22%) Oracle
5 14 (5.81%) Cisco
6 13 (5.39%) Palo Alto
7 11 (4.56%) VMware
8 9 (3.73%) CheckPoint
9 8 (3.32%) Google
9 8 (3.32%) Remedy
10 7 (2.90%) Aruba
10 7 (2.90%) BigPanda
10 7 (2.90%) F5
10 7 (2.90%) NetApp
10 7 (2.90%) PagerDuty
10 7 (2.90%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.49%) Arista
12 5 (2.07%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.07%) SolarWinds