Incident Management Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Incident Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +18
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.24% 0.27% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 0.33% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £199 - -
25th Percentile £206 £185 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 £190 £275
Median % change year-on-year +13.95% -30.91% -47.62%
75th Percentile £227 £195 £278
90th Percentile £234 - -
Wales median daily rate £238 £195 £275
% change year-on-year +22.05% -29.09% -37.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.66
25th Percentile - - £12.77
Median hourly rate - - £13.08
75th Percentile - - £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
Wales median hourly rate - £22.50 £13.08
% change year-on-year - +72.02% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 275 305 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 85.40% 81.33% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 164 266
10th Percentile £204 £160 £170
25th Percentile £283 £212 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% -6.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £499 £550 £588
90th Percentile £643 £684 £647
Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -4.71% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 42 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.99 £25.27 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -28.82% -15.29% +49.50%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £29.82 £49.88 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Cardiff - 4 £217 - 2
Incident Management
Wales

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (25.00%) CSOC
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco