Major Incident Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Major Incident Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Major Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 163 188
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 +50
Contract jobs citing Major Incident Management 9 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.22% 0.048% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.057% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £565 - £358
25th Percentile £570 - £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £356 £406
Median % change year-on-year +72.05% -12.37% +8.33%
75th Percentile £633 - £458
90th Percentile £658 - £479
England median daily rate £617 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +64.60% -21.05% +30.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -28.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Major 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,679 3,504 4,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.84% 84.39% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,414 1,927 2,997
10th Percentile £250 £294 £285
25th Percentile £369 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £674 £650 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 180 211
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.75 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.63 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.38 £35.00 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -30.34% +23.67% +34.22%
75th Percentile £41.46 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £63.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +38.38%

Major Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Major Incident Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Major Incident Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Major Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Major Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Major Incident Management

Major Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Major Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Major Incident Management

Major Incident Management
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 Major Incident Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
North West -4 6 £631 +77.32% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £589 - 1
Major Incident Management
England

Major Incident Management
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:

Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Manager
1 7 (77.78%) Major Incident Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Incident and Problem Manager
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Incident Manager
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Manager
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Problem Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Problem Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) Backlog Management
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) ITSM
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft