Incident Manager Jobs in London

Incident Manager
England > London

The median Incident Manager salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 463 532
Rank change year-on-year +127 +69 +347
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Manager 65 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.50% 0.10% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.11% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 7
10th Percentile - £63,125 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £65,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,625 £95,000
90th Percentile - £102,500 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £52,084 £50,000
% change year-on-year +63.20% +4.17% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,937 19,612 25,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.80% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,344 13,598 20,474
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,034 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in London.

Salary trend for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in London over the 6 months to 30 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Manager in London

Incident Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 30 July 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
South London - 18 - -
West London - 15 - -
East London - 7 - -
Central London +32 4 £90,000 +44.00%
North London - 3 - -
Incident Manager
England

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 July 2025, Incident Manager 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 permanent job ads across the London region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 61 (93.85%) Incident Response
2 58 (89.23%) Social Skills
3 53 (81.54%) Service Management
3 53 (81.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (76.92%) Incident Management
6 49 (75.38%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (73.85%) ServiceNow
8 47 (72.31%) Machine Learning
8 47 (72.31%) Over-the-Top Content
8 47 (72.31%) High Availability
8 47 (72.31%) Tableau
8 47 (72.31%) Contingency Planning
8 47 (72.31%) Actionable Insight
8 47 (72.31%) Games
8 47 (72.31%) Artificial Intelligence
8 47 (72.31%) Broadband
8 47 (72.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 47 (72.31%) Metadata
8 47 (72.31%) Customer Experience
8 47 (72.31%) Cloud Operations
9 15 (23.08%) Finance
10 10 (15.38%) CISSP
10 10 (15.38%) Information Security
10 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (15.38%) OSCP
10 10 (15.38%) OSCE
10 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Analysis
11 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.23%) ITIL

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (72.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (72.31%) Metadata
1 47 (72.31%) Tableau
General
1 58 (89.23%) Social Skills
2 47 (72.31%) Games
3 15 (23.08%) Finance
4 5 (7.69%) Legal
4 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Back Office
6 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.54%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 47 (72.31%) Over-the-Top Content
2 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (7.69%) Fixed Income
3 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (93.85%) Incident Response
2 53 (81.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (81.54%) Service Management
3 52 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (76.92%) Incident Management
5 49 (75.38%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (72.31%) Actionable Insight
6 47 (72.31%) Artificial Intelligence
6 47 (72.31%) Cloud Operations
6 47 (72.31%) Contingency Planning
6 47 (72.31%) Customer Experience
6 47 (72.31%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (72.31%) High Availability
6 47 (72.31%) Machine Learning
7 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 10 (15.38%) Information Security
8 6 (9.23%) ITIL
8 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.69%) Project Management
9 5 (7.69%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) CISSP
1 10 (15.38%) OSCE
1 10 (15.38%) OSCP
2 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (7.69%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) GCIA
2 5 (7.69%) GCIH
2 5 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (7.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 5 (7.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 48 (73.85%) ServiceNow