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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.89% 0.66% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.84% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £199 £187 -
25th Percentile £206 £189 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 £195 £275
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -29.09% -37.14%
75th Percentile £227 £199 £311
90th Percentile £234 £200 £331
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +16.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.66
25th Percentile - £21.25 £12.77
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £13.08
Median % change year-on-year - +72.02% -
75th Percentile - £23.75 £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
UK median hourly rate £16.90 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year +4.10% -18.07% -

All Process and 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 376 356 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.37% 78.07% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 202 322
10th Percentile £185 £141 £175
25th Percentile £266 £211 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 48 25
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.48 £15.71
25th Percentile £16.89 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.09 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -3.50% +44.44%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
90th Percentile - £49.13 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

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
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
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 8 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
South Wales +3 4 £217 +13.95% 5
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:

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