Incident Management Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Incident Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Incident Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 29 44
Rank change year-on-year -47 +15 -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 16 5 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.41% 1.69% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.85% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 19
10th Percentile £34,450 - £30,650
25th Percentile £34,750 £28,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £47,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.68% +35.71% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £57,500 £36,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £58,250 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -8.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 804 271 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 70.84% 91.86% 82.36%
Number of salaries quoted 275 109 321
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Incident Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Incident Management
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Incident Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Management in Northern Ireland

Incident Management
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
County Antrim -33 9 £63,500 +33.68% 4
County Armagh - 7 - - 2
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Law
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Service Manager
2 7 (43.75%) IT Manager
2 7 (43.75%) IT Services Manager
2 7 (43.75%) Service Desk Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Major Incident Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Incident Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Services Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Major Incident Management
2 11 (68.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (56.25%) ITIL
4 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (18.75%) ITSM
6 3 (18.75%) People Management
6 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
7 2 (12.50%) AI
7 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (12.50%) Change Management
7 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 2 (12.50%) Matrix Management
7 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
7 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Service Management
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.25%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Remedy