Incident Management Jobs in England

Incident Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Incident Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Management over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 219 238
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 +39
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 812 1,232 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.65% 1.29% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.56% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 511 918 822
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £37,375 £34,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,084 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -5.10% +15.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +13.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Incident Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,895 79,102 77,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.17% 82.52% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 23,159 56,320 47,994
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,435 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,790 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +1.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Incident Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Management in England

Incident Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Management in England.

Salary trend for Incident Management in England

Incident Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Management in England

Incident Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the England region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +38 280 £65,000 -7.14% 283
South East +30 153 £55,000 +22.22% 129
North of England -36 140 £42,500 -2.30% 104
Midlands +82 123 £40,500 -28.32% 46
North West -25 74 £50,000 +8.70% 55
West Midlands +43 70 £52,500 -7.08% 19
Yorkshire +25 55 £34,500 -21.59% 34
East Midlands +84 53 £28,500 -55.81% 24
East of England +28 45 £32,500 +1.56% 52
South West +7 32 £49,250 -5.29% 55
North East +8 11 £22,500 -30.77% 15
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (4.43%) Confluence
3 32 (3.94%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.23%) IIS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) Moodle
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.25%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.97%) SAP ERP
3 14 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (1.60%) Oracle Applications
5 9 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.62%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.62%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.12%) Eikon
9 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 235 (28.94%) Azure
2 126 (15.52%) AWS
3 108 (13.30%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (9.85%) GCP
5 34 (4.19%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
7 25 (3.08%) SaaS
8 21 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.59%) Vertex AI
9 20 (2.46%) GitHub
10 17 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (1.72%) PaaS
12 11 (1.35%) Serverless
13 10 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.23%) Power Platform
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.99%) Datadog
15 8 (0.99%) IaaS
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 92 (11.33%) Firewall
2 83 (10.22%) Broadband
3 63 (7.76%) DNS
4 50 (6.16%) DHCP
4 50 (6.16%) TCP/IP
5 46 (5.67%) VPN
6 42 (5.17%) LAN
6 42 (5.17%) WAN
7 37 (4.56%) Network Security
8 24 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (2.22%) BGP
9 18 (2.22%) MPLS
9 18 (2.22%) OSPF
10 11 (1.35%) VLAN
11 10 (1.23%) SAN
11 10 (1.23%) Wireless
12 9 (1.11%) NAS
12 9 (1.11%) VoIP
13 8 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 8 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.69%) Data Mining
2 23 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.99%) Power BI
5 7 (0.86%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.74%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.37%) OLAP
8 3 (0.37%) OLTP
9 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.25%) DTS
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.25%) GIS
9 2 (0.25%) HDInsight
9 2 (0.25%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.54%) JIRA
2 13 (1.60%) Git
3 11 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.99%) GitLab
5 4 (0.49%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.12%) Redmine
7 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 426 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 216 (26.60%) Finance
3 166 (20.44%) Law
4 145 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (10.22%) Banking
6 81 (9.98%) Games
7 69 (8.50%) Retail
8 59 (7.27%) Legal
9 58 (7.14%) Marketing
10 52 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (5.67%) Manufacturing
12 44 (5.42%) Public Sector
13 41 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (4.31%) Telecoms
15 24 (2.96%) Electronics
16 21 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (2.22%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.99%) Back Office
18 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 175 (21.55%) Analyst
2 166 (20.44%) Senior
3 115 (14.16%) Lead
4 99 (12.19%) Support Analyst
5 97 (11.95%) Senior Manager
6 86 (10.59%) IT Support
7 82 (10.10%) Senior Service Manager
8 80 (9.85%) Engineering Manager
9 79 (9.73%) ServiceNow Manager
10 53 (6.53%) Support Engineer
11 42 (5.17%) IT Analyst
12 37 (4.56%) IT Manager
13 33 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support
14 31 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
14 31 (3.82%) Service Manager
15 30 (3.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 30 (3.69%) Applications Support
15 30 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
15 30 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 30 (3.69%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.96%) RESTful
2 19 (2.34%) Middleware
3 18 (2.22%) .NET
4 16 (1.97%) SAP Fiori
5 14 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (1.60%) Hugging Face
6 13 (1.60%) LangChain
6 13 (1.60%) Node.js
6 13 (1.60%) PyTorch
6 13 (1.60%) TensorFlow
7 11 (1.35%) Spring
8 8 (0.99%) Kafka
8 8 (0.99%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.86%) HTML
10 6 (0.74%) CSS
10 6 (0.74%) React
11 5 (0.62%) EDI
11 5 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (0.62%) SOAP
11 5 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (21.80%) Management Information System
2 89 (10.96%) Product Ownership
3 79 (9.73%) Video\Live Streaming
4 45 (5.54%) Security Posture
5 32 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 31 (3.82%) Algorithms
7 24 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.22%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.09%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.72%) Clustering
14 12 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
15 10 (1.23%) Hedge funds
15 10 (1.23%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.11%) Cyberattack
16 9 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 164 (20.20%) Windows
2 86 (10.59%) Windows Server
3 45 (5.54%) Linux
4 19 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.60%) Mac OS
9 10 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (1.11%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.62%) Unix
11 5 (0.62%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.25%) Android
13 1 (0.12%) AIX
13 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (27.34%) ITIL
3 210 (25.86%) Change Management
4 200 (24.63%) ITSM
5 197 (24.26%) Service Delivery
6 182 (22.41%) Problem Management
7 155 (19.09%) Root Cause Analysis
8 148 (18.23%) Roadmaps
9 145 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
10 129 (15.89%) Incident Response
11 127 (15.64%) Agile
12 113 (13.92%) Computer Science
13 110 (13.55%) Software Engineering
14 105 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 97 (11.95%) Service Management
16 96 (11.82%) Artificial Intelligence
17 93 (11.45%) DevOps
18 91 (11.21%) Customer Service
19 89 (10.96%) High Availability
20 88 (10.84%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 134 (16.50%) SQL
2 75 (9.24%) PowerShell
3 56 (6.90%) Python
4 27 (3.33%) Java
5 18 (2.22%) Bash
6 16 (1.97%) ABAP
7 13 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (1.35%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.23%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.99%) C#
11 5 (0.62%) Bicep
11 5 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.49%) Scala
13 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
14 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (19.46%) Degree
2 104 (12.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 81 (9.98%) Security Cleared
4 58 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 49 (6.03%) CISSP
6 34 (4.19%) Azure Certification
6 34 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (4.06%) CISM
8 32 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (3.45%) CCNA
10 22 (2.71%) Master's Degree
11 20 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (2.34%) PMI Certification
12 19 (2.34%) PMP
13 18 (2.22%) DV Cleared
14 17 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 14 (1.72%) CCNP
15 14 (1.72%) CISA
15 14 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (15.64%) SLA
2 73 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (7.64%) GDPR
4 43 (5.30%) NIST
5 36 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (3.33%) PCI DSS
6 27 (3.33%) QA
7 23 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (1.85%) GRC
8 15 (1.85%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.99%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.86%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.86%) SOC 1
11 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.62%) COBIT
13 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.37%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 129 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 48 (5.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (5.17%) Docker
3 42 (5.17%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (2.22%) vSphere
5 17 (2.09%) BitLocker
6 15 (1.85%) Firmware
7 11 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.74%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.12%) HDFS
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 39 (4.80%) SCCM
3 36 (4.43%) Terraform
4 34 (4.19%) Ansible
5 27 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (3.08%) Grafana
6 25 (3.08%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.22%) Nagios
8 16 (1.97%) Puppet
9 14 (1.72%) NetBackup
10 12 (1.48%) SCOM
10 12 (1.48%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.48%) vMotion
11 10 (1.23%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.99%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.86%) WSUS
14 6 (0.74%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.74%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.74%) vRealize
15 5 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 244 (30.05%) Microsoft
2 141 (17.36%) ServiceNow
3 66 (8.13%) VMware
4 47 (5.79%) SAP
5 42 (5.17%) Google
6 34 (4.19%) OpenAI
7 28 (3.45%) HP
8 27 (3.33%) SolarWinds
9 26 (3.20%) Citrix
9 26 (3.20%) Oracle
10 25 (3.08%) Cisco
11 24 (2.96%) Veeam
12 23 (2.83%) Databricks
13 16 (1.97%) Apple
14 11 (1.35%) MobileIron
15 9 (1.11%) Dell
15 9 (1.11%) Remedy
16 8 (0.99%) McAfee
16 8 (0.99%) Splunk
17 7 (0.86%) Avaloq