Incident Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Incident Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Incident Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 36 42
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 13 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.10% 0.87% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 1.01% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £240 - -
25th Percentile £380 £256 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £263 £190
Median % change year-on-year +204.76% +38.16% -30.91%
75th Percentile - £269 £195
90th Percentile £811 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £18.55 - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +45.89% +16.14% -18.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 451 296 299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 72.98% 85.80% 76.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 186 172
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £293 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £403 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -5.29% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £544
90th Percentile £698 £650 £611
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 49 50
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £14.86
25th Percentile £14.77 £15.00 £18.33
Median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -7.87% +5.98%
75th Percentile £40.48 £25.15 £48.44
90th Percentile £52.37 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -3.67%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in Wales over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in Wales

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Management in Wales over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Management in Wales

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
South Wales - 12 £800 - 10
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Environmental Health
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Monitoring Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Production Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (15.38%) NHS
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Unix
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Incident Response
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
4 4 (30.77%) Batch Processing
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
5 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity Management
5 3 (23.08%) Business Impact Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Impact Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Detection
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO 22301
1 3 (23.08%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Control-M
2 2 (15.38%) Nessus
3 1 (7.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco