Incident Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Incident Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Incident Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 290 323 453
Rank change year-on-year +33 +130 +126
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Manager 14 22 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.14% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.15% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 19
10th Percentile £475 £420 £333
25th Percentile £500 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £440
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +25.00% -6.38%
75th Percentile £553 £606 £584
90th Percentile - £680 £635
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £45.25
90th Percentile - - £45.70
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year - +39.53% +45.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Incident Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Incident Manager.

Incident Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Incident Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Incident Manager.

Incident Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Incident Management
2 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 6 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
4 6 (42.86%) Banking
5 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (28.57%) ITIL
6 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
7 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 3 (21.43%) Service Management
7 3 (21.43%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
7 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
8 2 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
8 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) SLA
8 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
9 1 (7.14%) Degree
9 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (7.14%) Dutch Language
9 1 (7.14%) French Language
9 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
9 1 (7.14%) Trend Analysis

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Dutch Language
4 1 (7.14%) French Language
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Incident Management
2 6 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 3 (21.43%) Service Management
5 3 (21.43%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
6 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.14%) Line Management
7 1 (7.14%) People Management
7 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
7 1 (7.14%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow