Incident Manager Contracts

Incident Manager
UK

The median Incident Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 518 647
Rank change year-on-year +34 +129 +103
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 36 64 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 38 49
10th Percentile £263 £413 £313
25th Percentile £454 £428 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £553 £536 £588
90th Percentile £567 £588 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £553 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +10.60% +25.00% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £41.35
25th Percentile - £55.00 £41.50
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +39.53% +45.76%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £46.00
90th Percentile - - £46.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £42.75

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in the UK

Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager.

Daily rate trend for Incident Manager in the UK

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Manager in the UK

Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Manager in the UK

Incident Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +27 24 £465 -7.00% 29
UK excluding London +41 14 £553 +10.60% 16
Work from Home +33 14 £525 -4.55% 17
London +31 13 £450 -10.00% 17
Scotland +18 7 £553 +7.90%
South West +41 3 £465 -10.58% 7
South East +43 2 - - 5
North of England +7 2 £465 +9.41% 2
North West +4 1 £465 +9.41% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 33 (91.67%) Incident Management
2 23 (63.89%) Social Skills
3 15 (41.67%) ITIL
4 13 (36.11%) Finance
4 13 (36.11%) ServiceNow
5 12 (33.33%) Banking
6 10 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
8 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (16.67%) Service Management
10 5 (13.89%) ITSM
10 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
10 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
10 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
10 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
10 5 (13.89%) Major Incident Management
10 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
11 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
11 4 (11.11%) Release Management
11 4 (11.11%) Retail Banking
11 4 (11.11%) Remedy
12 3 (8.33%) SLA
12 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
12 3 (8.33%) Change Management

Incident Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 23 (63.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 12 (33.33%) Banking
4 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.11%) Retail Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Military
7 1 (2.78%) Dutch Language
7 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.78%) French Language
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.78%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) Incident Management
2 15 (41.67%) ITIL
3 10 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 6 (16.67%) Service Management
6 5 (13.89%) ITSM
6 5 (13.89%) Major Incident Management
6 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
6 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 4 (11.11%) Release Management
8 3 (8.33%) Change Management
8 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (8.33%) Customer Experience
8 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.78%) Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) OPNET
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.11%) Remedy
3 1 (2.78%) BMC