Incident Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Incident Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 14 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 8.38% 1.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.29% 1.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 - -
75th Percentile £585 - -
90th Percentile £599 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £561 - £220
% change year-on-year - - -64.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.20 -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £63.40 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 71 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.44% 91.03% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 46 23
10th Percentile £290 £356 £223
25th Percentile £425 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £465 £585
Median % change year-on-year +18.76% -20.51% +33.71%
75th Percentile £651 £630 £648
90th Percentile £712 £675 £930
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 16
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £40.83 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +70.24% +154.20% -65.00%
75th Percentile £74.50 £47.12 £25.71
90th Percentile £80.00 £60.39 £39.94
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £35.36
% change year-on-year +39.65% +24.69% -23.43%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in Preston over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in Preston

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) Security Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Incident Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Security Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Security Incident Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Management Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Incident Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Process Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Incident Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SIAM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
1 11 (78.57%) Service Management
1 11 (78.57%) SIAM
2 8 (57.14%) Major Incident Management
3 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (35.71%) Performance Metrics
5 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
5 5 (35.71%) Validation
6 4 (28.57%) ITSM
7 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (21.43%) ISMS
7 3 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (21.43%) Security Management
7 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) Supplier Management
8 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) SLA
2 8 (57.14%) NCSC
2 8 (57.14%) NIST
3 5 (35.71%) GRC
4 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
5 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow