Incident Management Jobs in the South East

Incident Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 187 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 -29 +67
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 168 234 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.66% 1.35% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.65% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 93 188 132
10th Percentile £27,200 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.46% +15.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £71,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,400 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,084 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.60% -5.30% +10.00%

All Process and 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 9,127 14,199 11,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.05% 81.98% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,817 9,723 7,312
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Incident Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Management in the South East

Incident Management
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Management in the South East.

Salary trend for Incident Management in the South East

Incident Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in the South East over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

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 12 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
Thames Valley +48 89 £47,500 +41.79% 25
Berkshire +38 73 £38,500 +18.46% 13
Hampshire +32 31 £57,500 +15.00% 7
Surrey +19 18 £75,000 +114.29% 10
Buckinghamshire +24 13 £57,500 +15.00% 8
Kent +16 12 £37,000 +12.12% 5
Middlesex -12 7 - - 1
West Sussex +33 6 £62,500 - 5
Oxfordshire +38 3 £75,000 +123.88% 5
Sussex - 3 £32,500 - 2
East Sussex +21 2 £35,000 -30.00%
Incident Management
England

Incident Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.98%) Apache
3 5 (2.98%) IIS
4 4 (2.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (33.93%) Azure
2 34 (20.24%) GCP
3 32 (19.05%) AWS
4 30 (17.86%) Vertex AI
5 24 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (10.12%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (7.14%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (3.57%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.98%) PaaS
11 4 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.38%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.38%) SaaS
12 3 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (1.79%) GitHub
12 3 (1.79%) Nutanix
13 2 (1.19%) Cloud Run
13 2 (1.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 2 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (15.48%) DNS
2 16 (9.52%) Firewall
3 12 (7.14%) DHCP
4 11 (6.55%) TCP/IP
4 11 (6.55%) VPN
5 10 (5.95%) VLAN
6 9 (5.36%) Broadband
7 8 (4.76%) Network Security
8 6 (3.57%) NAS
8 6 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (3.57%) SAN
8 6 (3.57%) SMTP
8 6 (3.57%) VSAN
9 4 (2.38%) VoIP
10 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (23.21%) Data Mining
2 7 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.38%) Power BI
6 2 (1.19%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.60%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Git
1 4 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Redmine
2 1 (0.60%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (68.45%) Social Skills
2 60 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (33.33%) Law
4 43 (25.60%) Retail
5 26 (15.48%) Finance
6 19 (11.31%) Legal
7 13 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.36%) Games
8 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.98%) Back Office
10 5 (2.98%) Local Government
10 5 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.79%) Advertising
11 3 (1.79%) Electronics
11 3 (1.79%) Marketing
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Banking
12 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (42.86%) Senior
2 43 (25.60%) Lead
3 25 (14.88%) Senior Manager
4 22 (13.10%) Analyst
5 15 (8.93%) Support Engineer
6 12 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 12 (7.14%) Senior Service Manager
7 10 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) Engineering Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) Service Manager
8 9 (5.36%) ServiceNow Manager
9 7 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (4.17%) Security Analyst
9 7 (4.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Service Desk Manager
9 7 (4.17%) Technical Support
10 6 (3.57%) Virtualisation Specialist
10 6 (3.57%) VMware Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.74%) Hugging Face
1 13 (7.74%) LangChain
1 13 (7.74%) PyTorch
1 13 (7.74%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.38%) Node.js
3 3 (1.79%) YAML
4 2 (1.19%) XML
5 1 (0.60%) .NET
5 1 (0.60%) JSON
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 39 (23.21%) Algorithms
2 22 (13.10%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.14%) Clustering
4 9 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.36%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.57%) PKI
7 5 (2.98%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.98%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.38%) CCTV
8 4 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.38%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.38%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.79%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (28.57%) Windows
2 24 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.33%) Linux
4 7 (4.17%) Windows 7
5 5 (2.98%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.38%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (38.10%) Roadmaps
2 63 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (31.55%) Machine Learning
4 52 (30.95%) Artificial Intelligence
4 52 (30.95%) Data Science
4 52 (30.95%) MLOps
4 52 (30.95%) Strategic Thinking
5 51 (30.36%) Analytics
6 50 (29.76%) DevOps
7 44 (26.19%) Agile
7 44 (26.19%) Performance Monitoring
8 43 (25.60%) Generative AI
8 43 (25.60%) LLM
9 41 (24.40%) Use Case
10 40 (23.81%) Customer-Centricity
11 39 (23.21%) Commercialisation
11 39 (23.21%) Data Engineering
11 39 (23.21%) DataOps
11 39 (23.21%) Statistical Analysis
11 39 (23.21%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.88%) SQL
2 20 (11.90%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.55%) Python
4 3 (1.79%) Bicep
5 2 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (23.81%) Degree
2 31 (18.45%) Security Cleared
3 27 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.74%) Master's Degree
6 12 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.38%) CISSP
9 3 (1.79%) CISA
10 2 (1.19%) CISM
10 2 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.60%) APMP
11 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.76%) SLA
3 4 (2.38%) GDPR
4 2 (1.19%) GRC
4 2 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.60%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) RMADS
5 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.74%) Docker
5 12 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (7.14%) vSphere
6 6 (3.57%) BitLocker
6 6 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (3.57%) Terminal Services
7 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (10.12%) Kubernetes
2 16 (9.52%) Ansible
3 13 (7.74%) Grafana
3 13 (7.74%) Prometheus
4 12 (7.14%) Puppet
4 12 (7.14%) vCenter Server
4 12 (7.14%) vMotion
5 7 (4.17%) Terraform
6 6 (3.57%) Nagios
6 6 (3.57%) PowerCLI
6 6 (3.57%) vRealize
7 5 (2.98%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.60%) Nessus
8 1 (0.60%) SCCM
8 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 95 (56.55%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.60%) OpenAI
3 38 (22.62%) Google
4 24 (14.29%) VMware
5 13 (7.74%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.14%) Citrix
6 12 (7.14%) Databricks
6 12 (7.14%) HP
7 7 (4.17%) Veeam
8 6 (3.57%) Symantec
9 5 (2.98%) Cisco
9 5 (2.98%) Oracle
10 4 (2.38%) SAP
11 3 (1.79%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.79%) Juniper
12 2 (1.19%) AlienVault
12 2 (1.19%) Splunk
13 1 (0.60%) Freshdesk
13 1 (0.60%) Snow
13 1 (0.60%) Tenable