Major Incident Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Major Incident Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Major Incident Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 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
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 383 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 17 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile £472 - -
25th Percentile - £688 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% - -
75th Percentile £613 £763 -
90th Percentile £700 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £400
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -24.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,794 16,926 21,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 92.03% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,471 10,336 14,218
10th Percentile £217 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,203 1,766 1,146
10th Percentile £13.35 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £37.93
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +15.89% +79.15%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Major Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London

Major Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Major Incident Manager in the UK excluding London

Major Incident Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Major Incident Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 of England - 12 £500 - 3
Yorkshire - 7 £500 - 1
North West - 5 £533 - 2
Scotland - 3 £500 -
South East +21 2 - - 1
Major Incident Manager
UK

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 August 2025, Major 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 UK excluding London region featuring Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) ITIL
2 11 (64.71%) Incident Management
2 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (58.82%) Problem Management
4 7 (41.18%) Finance
5 6 (35.29%) Banking
5 6 (35.29%) Major Incident Management
6 5 (29.41%) Financial Institution
6 5 (29.41%) SLA
7 4 (23.53%) Change Management
7 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Service Management
8 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (11.76%) ITSM
9 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
9 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
9 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
9 2 (11.76%) Escalation Management
10 1 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
10 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
10 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
10 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
10 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) DB2
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Banking
4 5 (29.41%) Financial Institution
5 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) ITIL
2 11 (64.71%) Incident Management
3 10 (58.82%) Problem Management
4 6 (35.29%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (23.53%) Change Management
5 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Service Management
7 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.76%) Escalation Management
7 2 (11.76%) ITSM
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.88%) Agile
8 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (5.88%) Business Continuity
8 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 1 (5.88%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) BMC
2 1 (5.88%) Remedy