Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Incident Manager
England > Midlands

The median Incident Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.066% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £466 - £440
25th Percentile £472 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £497 - £525
90th Percentile £499 - £540
England median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 4,187 2,052 2,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 90.12% 91.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,539 1,321 1,819
10th Percentile £313 £205 £227
25th Percentile £406 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £581 £540 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 158 229
10th Percentile £13.52 £12.62 £11.83
25th Percentile £17.39 £14.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.12 £22.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +19.74% -9.46%
75th Percentile £48.75 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.08 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.28% -29.81% -8.45%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Incident Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Incident Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
West Midlands - 3 £488 - 1
Incident Manager
England

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 July 2026, 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 Midlands region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon ELB
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon Glacier
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS KMS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon ELB
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon Glacier
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS KMS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft