Escalation Management Contracts

Escalation Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Escalation Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Escalation Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 582 686
Rank change year-on-year +73 +104 +116
Contract jobs citing Escalation Management 11 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.037% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.043% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £405 £172 £198
25th Percentile £450 £206 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £251 £375
Median % change year-on-year +119.56% -33.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £572 £506 £428
90th Percentile £574 £538 £441
UK excluding London median daily rate £556 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +11.25% +33.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.83
25th Percentile - £30.25 £19.64
Median hourly rate - £31.50 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year - +35.63% +16.13%
75th Percentile - £32.75 £26.24
90th Percentile - - £27.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.23
% change year-on-year - - +16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Escalation 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Escalation Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Escalation Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Escalation Management.

Daily rate trend for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Escalation Management over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Escalation Management.

Hourly rate trend for Escalation Management in the UK

Escalation Management
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Escalation Management within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England +49 10 £550 +119.56% 39
UK excluding London +59 7 £556 +11.25% 8
South East +49 6 £550 +358.33% 6
Work from Home - 4 - - 7
London +37 3 £375 +76.47% 35
North of England +23 1 £563 +18.42% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £563 -

Escalation Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Arabic Language
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) ETRM Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) SIAM Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Backlog Management
2 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
2 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Process Management
4 1 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (9.09%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) BMC
1 3 (27.27%) BT
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow