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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 185 208
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 -33
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 221 168 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 1.36% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.47% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 113 136
10th Percentile £280 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £616 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £650 £775
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - - £30.57
25th Percentile - £20.24 £31.25
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.12% +63.75%
75th Percentile - - £35.71
90th Percentile - - £53.30
England median hourly rate £23.78 £16.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.87% +0.43% -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 15,594 11,404 15,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.24% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,437 7,710 11,153
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.57% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 13 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 13 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 -15 23 £450 -10.00% 17
South London -9 6 £515 -1.95%
West London -28 6 £725 +45.00% 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 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.81%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) ProductWriter
2 4 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (26.70%) Azure
2 41 (18.55%) AWS
3 22 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (9.05%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.88%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.98%) GCP
6 11 (4.98%) IaaS
7 10 (4.52%) GitHub
8 9 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (4.07%) PaaS
9 8 (3.62%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.17%) Google Workspace
10 7 (3.17%) Slack
11 6 (2.71%) Datadog
12 5 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.26%) SaaS
12 5 (2.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.50%) Firewall
1 21 (9.50%) VPN
2 14 (6.33%) DNS
3 12 (5.43%) MPLS
4 11 (4.98%) DHCP
5 10 (4.52%) Wireless
6 8 (3.62%) WAN
7 7 (3.17%) BGP
7 7 (3.17%) OSPF
7 7 (3.17%) SMTP
7 7 (3.17%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.71%) Ethernet
8 6 (2.71%) InfiniBand
8 6 (2.71%) LAN
8 6 (2.71%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.26%) Network Security
10 4 (1.81%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (1.36%) NGFW
11 3 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.71%) Tableau
3 5 (2.26%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.36%) Power BI
5 3 (1.36%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.90%) Flink
6 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) DB2
7 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) JIRA
2 7 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.71%) Git
3 6 (2.71%) GitLab
4 2 (0.90%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.90%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.90%) JUnit
4 2 (0.90%) Mockito
4 2 (0.90%) MSI
4 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.45%) Snyk
General
1 49 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.91%) Finance
3 26 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.05%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.69%) Banking
6 12 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.07%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.17%) Front Office
9 6 (2.71%) French Language
9 6 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.71%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.81%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.81%) Military
11 3 (1.36%) Law
12 2 (0.90%) Billing
12 2 (0.90%) Legal
13 1 (0.45%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (11.76%) Lead
2 24 (10.86%) Developer
3 22 (9.95%) Senior
4 19 (8.60%) Analyst
5 14 (6.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (5.88%) Consultant
7 12 (5.43%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.98%) Incident Manager
8 11 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.52%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (4.52%) Network Engineer
9 10 (4.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (4.07%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) NetApp Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (3.17%) Storage Engineer
12 6 (2.71%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.71%) ServiceNow Developer
12 6 (2.71%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.43%) REST
2 8 (3.62%) Kafka
3 7 (3.17%) JSON
4 5 (2.26%) .NET
4 5 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.26%) Spring
4 5 (2.26%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.81%) RESTful
6 3 (1.36%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.36%) Middleware
6 3 (1.36%) Node.js
7 2 (0.90%) ADO
7 2 (0.90%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.90%) PySpark
7 2 (0.90%) React
7 2 (0.90%) YAML
8 1 (0.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (4.52%) CMDB
4 8 (3.62%) Clustering
4 8 (3.62%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.62%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.17%) PKI
5 7 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.00%) Linux
2 33 (14.93%) Windows
3 14 (6.33%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.98%) Unix
5 9 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.17%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.17%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.71%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.90%) VMS
8 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.45%) Android
9 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.45%) Rocky
9 1 (0.45%) Solaris
9 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (22.17%) ITIL
2 46 (20.81%) DevOps
3 45 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (19.91%) Root Cause Analysis
5 37 (16.74%) ITSM
6 35 (15.84%) CI/CD
7 33 (14.93%) Change Management
8 32 (14.48%) Problem Management
9 31 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (13.57%) Incident Response
11 29 (13.12%) Service Management
12 28 (12.67%) AI
12 28 (12.67%) Observability
13 27 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 27 (12.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
15 24 (10.86%) Service Delivery
16 23 (10.41%) Asset Management
17 19 (8.60%) Containerisation
17 19 (8.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.86%) PowerShell
2 23 (10.41%) SQL
3 22 (9.95%) Python
4 13 (5.88%) Java
5 6 (2.71%) C#
6 5 (2.26%) Bash
7 4 (1.81%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.90%) Go
8 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) C
9 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 49 (22.17%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.05%) Degree
4 16 (7.24%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.98%) CISSP
6 9 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.62%) CISM
8 7 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.71%) SSCP
10 5 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.81%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.36%) CCNA
12 3 (1.36%) GIAC
12 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.90%) CCNP
13 2 (0.90%) CISA
13 2 (0.90%) CRISC
13 2 (0.90%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.24%) SLA
2 11 (4.98%) NIST
3 7 (3.17%) GDPR
4 6 (2.71%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.81%) COBIT
5 4 (1.81%) GRC
6 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.90%) PMO
7 2 (0.90%) QA
7 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.45%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.45%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 24 (10.86%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.88%) Docker
3 9 (4.07%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.17%) BitLocker
5 7 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.45%) NLBS
9 1 (0.45%) vSphere
9 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (13.12%) Ansible
1 29 (13.12%) Terraform
2 25 (11.31%) Kubernetes
3 18 (8.14%) Grafana
3 18 (8.14%) Prometheus
4 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.52%) SCCM
6 8 (3.62%) Puppet
7 7 (3.17%) CASB
7 7 (3.17%) vCenter Server
7 7 (3.17%) vMotion
8 5 (2.26%) Salt
9 4 (1.81%) Pingdom
10 3 (1.36%) TeamSite
11 2 (0.90%) Argo
11 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.90%) Opsview
11 2 (0.90%) QRadar
11 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.45%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 55 (24.89%) Microsoft
2 44 (19.91%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.05%) Splunk
4 16 (7.24%) Oracle
5 14 (6.33%) Cisco
5 14 (6.33%) Palo Alto
6 13 (5.88%) Citrix
7 11 (4.98%) VMware
8 9 (4.07%) CheckPoint
9 8 (3.62%) Google
9 8 (3.62%) Remedy
10 7 (3.17%) Aruba
10 7 (3.17%) BigPanda
10 7 (3.17%) F5
10 7 (3.17%) NetApp
10 7 (3.17%) PagerDuty
10 7 (3.17%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.71%) Arista
12 5 (2.26%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.26%) SolarWinds