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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 219 192
Rank change year-on-year +33 -27 -24
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 313 157 204
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.54% 1.17% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.26% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 110 125
10th Percentile £275 £263 £289
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £599 £615 £625
90th Percentile £738 £653 £765
England median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - - £19.25
25th Percentile - £20.24 £22.53
Median hourly rate £28.00 £24.66 £41.31
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% -40.31% +106.55%
75th Percentile - - £62.21
90th Percentile - £25.42 £82.52
England median hourly rate £48.84 £18.86 £16.23
% change year-on-year +158.96% +16.20% -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 18,107 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.93% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,868 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £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 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 37 £523 -9.13% 40
West London -20 8 £725 +141.67% 16
East London +3 2 £145 -71.00% 5
South London - 2 £490 - 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 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.88%) Confluence
2 9 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.32%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.32%) Mule
5 1 (0.32%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.60%) ProductWriter
3 4 (1.28%) Front Arena
3 4 (1.28%) Summit
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.32%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.32%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.32%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.32%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (26.52%) Azure
2 73 (23.32%) AWS
3 41 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (9.27%) GCP
5 28 (8.95%) Entra ID
6 20 (6.39%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.75%) GitHub
7 18 (5.75%) OpenShift
8 16 (5.11%) Amazon S3
8 16 (5.11%) Serverless
9 14 (4.47%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.15%) Datadog
11 11 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.24%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.58%) DNS
2 27 (8.63%) TCP/IP
3 21 (6.71%) VPN
4 20 (6.39%) DHCP
5 19 (6.07%) Firewall
6 16 (5.11%) Network Security
7 10 (3.19%) LAN
7 10 (3.19%) WAN
8 8 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.24%) HTTP
9 7 (2.24%) Wireless
10 5 (1.60%) 4G
10 5 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.28%) MPLS
12 3 (0.96%) WinSCP
13 2 (0.64%) BGP
13 2 (0.64%) OSPF
13 2 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
13 2 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.11%) Power BI
3 12 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (3.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.64%) Metadata
11 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.32%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 32 (10.22%) JIRA
2 24 (7.67%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.07%) Git
4 15 (4.79%) GitLab
5 6 (1.92%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.64%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.64%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.64%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.64%) JUnit
7 2 (0.64%) Maven
7 2 (0.64%) MSI
7 2 (0.64%) Postman
7 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.32%) Snyk
8 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 102 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 76 (24.28%) Finance
3 39 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.54%) Banking
5 20 (6.39%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.11%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.15%) Front Office
8 11 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.60%) Legal
11 5 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.96%) French Language
13 2 (0.64%) Billing
13 2 (0.64%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.64%) Law
13 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (11.82%) Analyst
1 37 (11.82%) Senior
2 30 (9.58%) Lead
3 24 (7.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (7.03%) Consultant
5 21 (6.71%) Support Engineer
6 17 (5.43%) Applications Support
7 16 (5.11%) Developer
8 15 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.47%) Support Analyst
10 12 (3.83%) DBA
11 11 (3.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 10 (3.19%) Incident Manager
13 9 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (2.88%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.88%) Security Consultant
13 9 (2.88%) SQL DBA
14 8 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 8 (2.56%) IT Manager
14 8 (2.56%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.06%) Terraform
2 14 (4.47%) Kafka
2 14 (4.47%) REST
3 11 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (2.24%) Middleware
4 7 (2.24%) SOAP
5 6 (1.92%) Node.js
6 5 (1.60%) CSS
6 5 (1.60%) HTML
6 5 (1.60%) JSON
6 5 (1.60%) RESTful
6 5 (1.60%) Web Services
7 4 (1.28%) .NET
7 4 (1.28%) Ajax
7 4 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.28%) pytest
7 4 (1.28%) Spring
7 4 (1.28%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.22%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.03%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.71%) Management Information System
4 20 (6.39%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.47%) Clustering
5 14 (4.47%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.19%) CMDB
8 10 (3.19%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.88%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.92%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.28%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (22.68%) Windows
2 50 (15.97%) Linux
3 26 (8.31%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (3.51%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.56%) Unix
6 6 (1.92%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.28%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.64%) Solaris
10 2 (0.64%) VMS
10 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.32%) MVS
11 1 (0.32%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.48%) ITIL
2 82 (26.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 71 (22.68%) CI/CD
4 71 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (21.09%) Change Management
6 64 (20.45%) Root Cause Analysis
7 63 (20.13%) DevOps
8 55 (17.57%) ITSM
9 54 (17.25%) Incident Response
9 54 (17.25%) Observability
10 48 (15.34%) Service Management
11 43 (13.74%) Migration
12 42 (13.42%) AI
12 42 (13.42%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (13.10%) Agile
13 41 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
14 39 (12.46%) High Availability
15 37 (11.82%) Problem Management
16 33 (10.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 56 (17.89%) SQL
2 55 (17.57%) Python
3 39 (12.46%) PowerShell
4 20 (6.39%) Bash
5 18 (5.75%) Java
6 8 (2.56%) Shell Script
7 7 (2.24%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.92%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.28%) Go
9 4 (1.28%) Korn
9 4 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.28%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.96%) C#
10 3 (0.96%) VBScript
11 2 (0.64%) C++
11 2 (0.64%) COBOL
11 2 (0.64%) Groovy
11 2 (0.64%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.64%) Perl
11 2 (0.64%) RPG
Qualifications
1 68 (21.73%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.90%) Degree
4 20 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.83%) CISSP
5 12 (3.83%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.19%) CISM
7 8 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.24%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.92%) PMP
10 5 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.28%) CCNA
11 4 (1.28%) CCNP
11 4 (1.28%) GIAC
12 3 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.96%) CRISC
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.03%) SLA
2 16 (5.11%) QA
3 12 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.83%) NIST
4 10 (3.19%) GRC
4 10 (3.19%) NCSC
5 6 (1.92%) GDPR
5 6 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.96%) PMO
7 3 (0.96%) PSD2
8 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.64%) SEPA
9 1 (0.32%) COBIT
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 42 (13.42%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.67%) Docker
3 15 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (14.06%) Kubernetes
2 30 (9.58%) Grafana
3 22 (7.03%) Prometheus
4 18 (5.75%) Ansible
5 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (3.51%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (2.56%) SCCM
7 8 (2.56%) SCOM
8 4 (1.28%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.28%) Kibana
8 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.96%) Puppet
9 3 (0.96%) QRadar
10 2 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.64%) Nagios
10 2 (0.64%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 85 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 49 (15.65%) ServiceNow
3 33 (10.54%) Splunk
4 21 (6.71%) VMware
5 18 (5.75%) Oracle
6 14 (4.47%) Google
7 13 (4.15%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.51%) BMC
8 11 (3.51%) Cisco
8 11 (3.51%) Remedy
9 9 (2.88%) Commvault
9 9 (2.88%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.56%) Bloomberg
10 8 (2.56%) Murex
11 7 (2.24%) Databricks
11 7 (2.24%) IBM
12 5 (1.60%) PagerDuty
12 5 (1.60%) Refinitiv
12 5 (1.60%) SAP
13 4 (1.28%) Zscaler