Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Incident Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Incident Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 18 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.06% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 2
10th Percentile £489 - £368
25th Percentile £500 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.43%
75th Percentile £633 - £519
90th Percentile £693 - £553
South Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +80.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 540 354 394
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 87.41% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 195 260
10th Percentile £290 £376 £374
25th Percentile £369 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £535 £585
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% -8.48% +11.34%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £675
90th Percentile £609 £638 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -11.06% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £15.55 £15.88 £11.64
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.13 £13.77
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.88 £22.06
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £27.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.31% +5.00% +11.89%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in Sheffield

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in Sheffield over the 6 months to 11 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Manager in Sheffield

Incident Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 11 September 2025, Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 13 (72.22%) Incident Management
3 10 (55.56%) JIRA
3 10 (55.56%) ServiceNow
3 10 (55.56%) Mentoring
3 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (55.56%) ITSM
3 10 (55.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 10 (55.56%) GDPR
3 10 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (55.56%) Backlog Management
4 9 (50.00%) Incident Response
5 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
5 5 (27.78%) ITIL
5 5 (27.78%) Banking
6 4 (22.22%) SLA
6 4 (22.22%) Change Management
6 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
6 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Major Incident Management
8 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.56%) Escalation Management

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Incident Management
2 10 (55.56%) Backlog Management
2 10 (55.56%) Decision-Making
2 10 (55.56%) ITSM
2 10 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (27.78%) ITIL
5 4 (22.22%) Change Management
5 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Major Incident Management
7 1 (5.56%) Escalation Management
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) GDPR
1 10 (55.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (22.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) ServiceNow
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
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