Incident Manager Contracts in London

Incident Manager
England > London

The median Incident Manager daily rate in London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 377 458
Rank change year-on-year +26 +81 +131
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 14 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.12% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 12
10th Percentile - £496 £453
25th Percentile £263 £522 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £663 £678
90th Percentile £579 £775 £733
England median daily rate £500 £500 £493
% change year-on-year - +1.52% -0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.00 -
England median hourly rate £59.00 £21.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +180.95% -51.16% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,646 16,186 24,044
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 94.08% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 11,551 17,581
10th Percentile £331 £331 £360
25th Percentile £425 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 275 272
10th Percentile £17.98 £16.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.98 £23.27
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.16 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -19.40% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £70.55 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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 -12 2 £494 -34.17%
Incident Manager
England

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) Finance
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) Banking
5 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
5 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Release Management
5 4 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (14.29%) JIRA
7 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
7 1 (7.14%) SLA
7 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (7.14%) Workflow
7 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 1 (7.14%) Confluence
7 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
7 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (7.14%) Fintech
7 1 (7.14%) Major Incident Management
7 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (28.57%) Release Management
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.14%) Fintech
4 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
4 1 (7.14%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow