Incident Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Incident Engineer
England > North of England

The median Incident Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 177 -
Rank change year-on-year -70 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.055% 0.026% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
England median daily rate £575 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile £96.50 - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 6,677 3,614 4,002
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 92.55% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,895 2,336 2,475
10th Percentile £313 £254 £263
25th Percentile £404 £368 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £463 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -5.56% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £580
90th Percentile £675 £644 £664
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 228 317
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.44
25th Percentile £25.49 £17.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.25 £22.32 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.78% -14.17% +13.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £45.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.79 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Incident Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Incident Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Incident Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Engineer in the North of England

Incident Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West - 4 £700 - 3
Incident Engineer
England

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Incident Engineer 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 North of England region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CSOC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft