Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Incident Manager
England > North West

The median Incident Manager daily rate in the North West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 121 122
Rank change year-on-year -32 +1 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 5 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.10% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £538 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +9.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £563 £473 £450
90th Percentile £570 - £472
England median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
England median hourly rate - £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +39.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,929 1,824 2,546
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.59% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 1,207 1,660
10th Percentile £263 £263 £281
25th Percentile £375 £380 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £585
90th Percentile £670 £654 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 111 264
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £25.49 £17.44 £13.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.40 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year +64.47% +14.03% -23.83%
75th Percentile £71.91 £60.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £84.88 £83.41 £67.63
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.62 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.52% -16.12% -18.03%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 North West.

Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Incident Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Incident Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Cheshire -11 2 £550 +18.28% 3
Lancashire -6 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 £550 -
Incident Manager
England

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 North West region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
4 2 (40.00%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
4 2 (40.00%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow