Major Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Major Incident Manager
England > London

The median Major Incident Manager daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 - 384
Rank change year-on-year - - +138
Contract jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 2 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.013% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.53%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - £550
England median daily rate £550 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% +13.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,762 12,687 17,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 93.62% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,161 8,117 12,542
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 141 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.60 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +33.19% -13.87%
75th Percentile £61.00 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.75 £65.53
England median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.87% - -5.74%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Major Incident Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Major Incident Manager job vacancy trend in London

Major Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in London

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 February 2026, Major Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SLA

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy