Incident Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Incident Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Incident Engineer daily rate in Warrington is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 2.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £700 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile £96.50 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 136 53 54
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 80.30% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 33 40
10th Percentile £218 £123 £158
25th Percentile £375 £200 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £230 £378
Median % change year-on-year +106.52% -39.07% -16.11%
75th Percentile £594 £425 £491
90th Percentile £641 £516 £559
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £437 £463
% change year-on-year +12.59% -5.61% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 5 4
10th Percentile £13.47 - £10.83
25th Percentile £52.50 - £10.94
Median hourly rate £85.00 £12.82 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year +563.03% +13.96% -77.50%
75th Percentile - - £13.88
90th Percentile £87.50 - £16.80
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £31.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.32% +77.74% -41.98%

Incident Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warrington

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Engineer in Warrington over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Engineer in Warrington

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Incident Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Warrington region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CSOC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft