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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 44 50
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +11
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.84% 0.66% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.85% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £199 £187 -
25th Percentile £206 £189 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 £195 £338
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -42.22% -32.50%
75th Percentile £227 £199 £344
90th Percentile £234 £200 -
UK median daily rate £500 £497 £550
% change year-on-year +0.60% -9.64% +17.02%
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 £16.00 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year -1.42% -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 390 355 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 81.93% 77.68% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 200 314
10th Percentile £184 £140 £173
25th Percentile £259 £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -1.45% -13.75%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £567
90th Percentile £606 £650 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 26
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.48 £15.93
25th Percentile £16.75 £20.12 £21.27
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -13.46% +37.17%
75th Percentile £23.71 £33.64 £50.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

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 22 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 +1 4 £217 +13.95% 9
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