Incident Management Job Trends in the South East

Incident Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Incident Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 154 199
Rank change year-on-year -29 +45 -18
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 122 145 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.83% 1.85% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 2.05% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 62 81 185
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £29,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £79,750 £77,500 £71,300
England median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% +10.00% -8.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,481 7,057 14,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.45% 90.28% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,401 3,405 10,363
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,625 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Incident Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Incident Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Incident Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Incident Management

Incident Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in the South East over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Management in the South East

Incident Management
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Surrey +24 57 £57,500 -23.33% 6
Thames Valley -37 31 £58,250 +19.49% 11
Hampshire -36 23 £41,500 -27.83% 19
Berkshire -30 19 £57,500 +53.33% 7
Buckinghamshire -12 10 £54,000 -6.09% 4
Kent -29 5 £47,500 +3.83% 4
East Sussex -9 3 £85,000 +142.86%
West Sussex -20 3 £45,000 -28.00% 1
Oxfordshire -4 2 £75,000 -
Incident Management
England

Incident Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 20 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (15.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.82%) Apache
3 1 (0.82%) CMS
3 1 (0.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) IIS
3 1 (0.82%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (33.61%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (27.05%) Azure
2 33 (27.05%) SaaS
3 21 (17.21%) Entra ID
4 18 (14.75%) Mimecast
5 13 (10.66%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.56%) PowerApps
7 7 (5.74%) AWS
8 5 (4.10%) ClickUp
9 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.46%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.46%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.64%) Datadog
12 1 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.82%) IaaS
12 1 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.67%) Firewall
2 12 (9.84%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (9.02%) Cisco Nexus
3 11 (9.02%) TCP/IP
3 11 (9.02%) VPN
3 11 (9.02%) WAN
4 10 (8.20%) Internet
5 9 (7.38%) DNS
5 9 (7.38%) HTTP
6 8 (6.56%) LAN
7 3 (2.46%) BGP
7 3 (2.46%) IPsec
7 3 (2.46%) Network Security
7 3 (2.46%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.46%) SSL
7 3 (2.46%) VLAN
8 2 (1.64%) FTP
8 2 (1.64%) SMTP
9 1 (0.82%) Junos
9 1 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) MySQL
1 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.64%) Power BI
2 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (15.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.82%) Git
2 1 (0.82%) GitLab
General
1 45 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.13%) Finance
3 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.75%) Legal
5 12 (9.84%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.64%) Retail
8 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 49 (40.16%) Analyst
2 25 (20.49%) Senior
3 23 (18.85%) Applications Support
4 21 (17.21%) Applications Support Analyst
4 21 (17.21%) Support Engineer
5 16 (13.11%) Support Analyst
6 15 (12.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (12.30%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (12.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 15 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (11.48%) Security Analyst
7 14 (11.48%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (9.84%) Senior Security Analyst
9 11 (9.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (9.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (8.20%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (8.20%) Senior Network Analyst
10 10 (8.20%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) JSON
2 3 (2.46%) CSS
2 3 (2.46%) HTML
3 2 (1.64%) .NET
3 2 (1.64%) LDAP
3 2 (1.64%) Loki
4 1 (0.82%) Ajax
4 1 (0.82%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (0.82%) CSS3
4 1 (0.82%) HTML5
4 1 (0.82%) jQuery
4 1 (0.82%) Laravel
4 1 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.30%) Onboarding
2 13 (10.66%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (7.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (7.38%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.56%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.82%) CSOC
8 1 (0.82%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.77%) Windows
2 13 (10.66%) Linux
3 3 (2.46%) AIX
4 2 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.82%) CentOS
5 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.70%) Change Management
2 36 (29.51%) ITIL
3 31 (25.41%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (19.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 23 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (18.03%) ITSM
7 22 (18.03%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (17.21%) SIEM
9 19 (15.57%) Workflow
10 18 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (14.75%) Customer Service
10 18 (14.75%) Identity Management
11 15 (12.30%) Data Security
11 15 (12.30%) Incident Response
11 15 (12.30%) Service Management
12 14 (11.48%) Analytics
13 13 (10.66%) Root Cause Analysis
13 13 (10.66%) Threat Detection
14 12 (9.84%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.75%) R
2 15 (12.30%) SQL
3 8 (6.56%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.74%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.28%) Python
6 2 (1.64%) Bash
6 2 (1.64%) C#
7 1 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.30%) Degree
2 15 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.56%) GIAC
4 7 (5.74%) CREST Certified
4 7 (5.74%) GCED
4 7 (5.74%) GCIA
4 7 (5.74%) GCIH
4 7 (5.74%) SANS
5 6 (4.92%) OSCP
6 5 (4.10%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.28%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.48%) SLA
3 4 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.46%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.64%) QA
6 1 (0.82%) GDPR
6 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 31 (25.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (22.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.56%) Kibana
2 8 (6.56%) SCCM
3 5 (4.10%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.46%) Ansible
4 3 (2.46%) Grafana
4 3 (2.46%) Netcool
5 2 (1.64%) Argo
5 2 (1.64%) Istio
5 2 (1.64%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.64%) QRadar
6 1 (0.82%) Nessus
6 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.49%) CrowdStrike
3 20 (16.39%) Palo Alto
3 20 (16.39%) Qualys
4 12 (9.84%) Aruba
4 12 (9.84%) Cisco
5 11 (9.02%) ServiceNow
6 10 (8.20%) Splunk
7 6 (4.92%) Carbon Black
8 4 (3.28%) Databricks
8 4 (3.28%) VMware
9 3 (2.46%) Oracle
9 3 (2.46%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.46%) Snow
9 3 (2.46%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.64%) ArcSight
10 2 (1.64%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.64%) Infor
11 1 (0.82%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.82%) Juniper