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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 218 238
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 +35
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 776 1,194 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.58% 1.33% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.59% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 488 904 874
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £28,328
25th Percentile £40,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £71,438 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,250 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.50% -4.76% +10.53%

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 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
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 £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +52 278 £65,000 -7.14% 170
South East +17 142 £57,500 +29.94% 308
North of England -51 137 £42,500 - 198
Midlands +80 113 £45,000 -8.56% 149
North West -42 75 £50,000 +12.01% 93
West Midlands +36 69 £52,500 +11.70% 74
Yorkshire +25 52 £34,500 -21.59% 78
East Midlands +68 44 £27,750 -54.88% 64
East of England +27 38 £47,500 +48.44% 137
South West -6 29 £51,000 +2.00% 116
North East +2 10 £22,500 -30.77% 28
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 40 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.77%) Confluence
3 29 (3.74%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.29%) IIS
5 5 (0.64%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 53 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.06%) SAP ERP
3 14 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (1.68%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.26%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.26%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (29.64%) Azure
2 125 (16.11%) AWS
3 101 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (10.82%) GCP
5 37 (4.77%) Entra ID
6 32 (4.12%) SaaS
7 30 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
8 22 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.84%) PaaS
9 21 (2.71%) GitHub
10 18 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (1.93%) Vertex AI
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.16%) Serverless
13 8 (1.03%) Datadog
13 8 (1.03%) Power Platform
14 7 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.90%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 96 (12.37%) Firewall
2 81 (10.44%) Broadband
3 63 (8.12%) DNS
4 49 (6.31%) DHCP
5 46 (5.93%) TCP/IP
6 44 (5.67%) VPN
7 40 (5.15%) LAN
7 40 (5.15%) Network Security
8 39 (5.03%) WAN
9 20 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (2.32%) BGP
10 18 (2.32%) MPLS
10 18 (2.32%) OSPF
11 15 (1.93%) VLAN
12 13 (1.68%) SAN
13 12 (1.55%) NAS
14 10 (1.29%) SMTP
14 10 (1.29%) Wireless
15 9 (1.16%) SD-WAN
16 8 (1.03%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.09%) Data Mining
2 21 (2.71%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.77%) Power BI
7 5 (0.64%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.26%) DTS
10 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 2 (0.26%) HDInsight
10 2 (0.26%) MySQL
10 2 (0.26%) OLAP
10 2 (0.26%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 46 (5.93%) JIRA
2 23 (2.96%) Git
3 22 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.03%) GitLab
5 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.13%) Redmine
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 400 (51.55%) Social Skills
2 204 (26.29%) Finance
3 147 (18.94%) Law
4 132 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (10.44%) Games
6 71 (9.15%) Banking
7 64 (8.25%) Retail
8 56 (7.22%) Legal
9 43 (5.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (5.54%) Manufacturing
9 43 (5.54%) Marketing
10 41 (5.28%) Public Sector
11 40 (5.15%) Telecoms
12 28 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.71%) Electronics
14 18 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.55%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.29%) Back Office
17 9 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (21.26%) Analyst
2 162 (20.88%) Senior
3 101 (13.02%) Lead
4 95 (12.24%) Senior Manager
5 83 (10.70%) Support Analyst
6 82 (10.57%) IT Support
6 82 (10.57%) Senior Service Manager
7 80 (10.31%) Engineering Manager
8 79 (10.18%) ServiceNow Manager
9 51 (6.57%) Support Engineer
10 44 (5.67%) IT Analyst
11 41 (5.28%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (4.25%) IT Manager
13 32 (4.12%) Service Manager
14 31 (3.99%) IT Support Analyst
15 30 (3.87%) Applications Support
15 30 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (3.48%) Support Manager
16 27 (3.48%) Team Leader
17 26 (3.35%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.09%) Node.js
2 16 (2.06%) .NET
2 16 (2.06%) Middleware
2 16 (2.06%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (1.93%) RESTful
4 14 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.42%) Hugging Face
5 11 (1.42%) LangChain
5 11 (1.42%) PyTorch
5 11 (1.42%) TensorFlow
6 9 (1.16%) Spring
7 7 (0.90%) React
7 7 (0.90%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.77%) HTML
8 6 (0.77%) YAML
9 5 (0.64%) CSS
9 5 (0.64%) JSON
9 5 (0.64%) OAuth
9 5 (0.64%) SOAP
10 4 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 186 (23.97%) Management Information System
2 91 (11.73%) Product Ownership
3 79 (10.18%) Video\Live Streaming
4 47 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 25 (3.22%) Algorithms
6 22 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.58%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.06%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.80%) Clustering
12 13 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (1.55%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.42%) Hedge funds
14 11 (1.42%) PKI
15 10 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (1.16%) Cyberattack
16 9 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 163 (21.01%) Windows
2 76 (9.79%) Windows Server
3 58 (7.47%) Linux
4 21 (2.71%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (1.29%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.16%) Unix
10 5 (0.64%) Android
11 3 (0.39%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (28.48%) ITIL
2 220 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (26.68%) Change Management
4 203 (26.16%) ITSM
5 188 (24.23%) Service Delivery
6 179 (23.07%) Problem Management
7 148 (19.07%) Root Cause Analysis
8 139 (17.91%) Roadmaps
9 135 (17.40%) Cybersecurity
10 129 (16.62%) Incident Response
11 120 (15.46%) Computer Science
12 116 (14.95%) Agile
13 99 (12.76%) Software Engineering
14 98 (12.63%) DevOps
15 96 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 94 (12.11%) High Availability
16 94 (12.11%) Service Management
17 87 (11.21%) Deployment Automation
18 86 (11.08%) Artificial Intelligence
19 84 (10.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.46%) SQL
2 74 (9.54%) PowerShell
3 70 (9.02%) Python
4 18 (2.32%) Bash
4 18 (2.32%) Java
5 16 (2.06%) ABAP
6 13 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.77%) Bicep
9 6 (0.77%) C#
10 5 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.13%) Go
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.13%) R
13 1 (0.13%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 167 (21.52%) Degree
2 101 (13.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 62 (7.99%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.80%) CISSP
5 42 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 35 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (4.12%) CISM
9 31 (3.99%) Azure Certification
10 30 (3.87%) CCNA
11 20 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.58%) Master's Degree
12 18 (2.32%) DV Cleared
13 17 (2.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (2.06%) PMI Certification
14 16 (2.06%) PMP
14 16 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (1.93%) CISA
16 14 (1.80%) CCNP
16 14 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (14.56%) SLA
2 77 (9.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (7.73%) GDPR
4 45 (5.80%) NIST
5 35 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (3.61%) PCI DSS
7 24 (3.09%) QA
8 22 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (1.93%) GRC
9 15 (1.93%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.29%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.90%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.90%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.52%) COBIT
13 4 (0.52%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.39%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.26%) FINRA
System Software
1 122 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (5.28%) Docker
4 40 (5.15%) Hyper-V
5 21 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (2.32%) vSphere
7 16 (2.06%) BitLocker
8 14 (1.80%) Firmware
9 12 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.77%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.13%) HDFS
11 1 (0.13%) Snort
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (8.38%) Kubernetes
2 47 (6.06%) Terraform
3 43 (5.54%) Ansible
4 37 (4.77%) SCCM
5 26 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (2.96%) Grafana
6 23 (2.96%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.19%) Nagios
8 16 (2.06%) Puppet
9 13 (1.68%) NetBackup
10 12 (1.55%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.55%) vMotion
11 11 (1.42%) SCOM
12 10 (1.29%) Progress Chef
12 10 (1.29%) WSUS
13 8 (1.03%) RSA Archer
14 6 (0.77%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.77%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.77%) vRealize
15 5 (0.64%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 231 (29.77%) Microsoft
2 139 (17.91%) ServiceNow
3 58 (7.47%) VMware
4 40 (5.15%) SAP
5 36 (4.64%) Google
6 28 (3.61%) Cisco
7 27 (3.48%) Citrix
7 27 (3.48%) HP
7 27 (3.48%) Veeam
8 26 (3.35%) OpenAI
8 26 (3.35%) Oracle
8 26 (3.35%) SolarWinds
9 22 (2.84%) Databricks
10 15 (1.93%) Apple
11 10 (1.29%) MobileIron
12 9 (1.16%) Dell
12 9 (1.16%) Splunk
13 8 (1.03%) Remedy
14 7 (0.90%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.90%) McAfee