Incident Manager Job Trends

Incident Manager
UK

The median Incident Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 682 668
Rank change year-on-year +95 -14 +246
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Manager 48 27 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.049% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.053% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 26
10th Percentile - £45,200 £35,134
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,500 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £94,000 - £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.12% +7.89% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 53,612 51,163 49,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 93.12% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,999 26,912 38,093
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Incident Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Incident Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK

Incident Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Manager in the UK

Incident Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 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
England +65 32 £75,000 +36.36% 4
UK excluding London +57 28 £43,500 -15.12% 5
London +60 18 £82,500 +10.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 11 £43,500 -
Work from Home +78 10 £90,000 +80.00% 3
West Midlands +30 6 £65,000 +30.00%
Midlands +25 6 £65,000 +30.00%
South East +28 5 - - 1
Scotland +2 3 - - 2
North of England +14 2 £86,250 +89.56% 1
North West +27 1 £112,500 +147.25% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -
Wales - 1 - -

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Incident Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 30 (62.50%) ITIL
2 27 (56.25%) Incident Management
3 20 (41.67%) Major Incident Management
4 16 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 14 (29.17%) Problem Management
6 13 (27.08%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 11 (22.92%) Remedy
8 11 (22.92%) Service Delivery
9 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (18.75%) Service Management
11 8 (16.67%) ITSM
11 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (14.58%) Performance Metrics
13 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 6 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
13 6 (12.50%) ServiceNow
13 6 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
14 5 (10.42%) Cloud Security
14 5 (10.42%) Forensic Analysis
14 5 (10.42%) GCFA
14 5 (10.42%) GCIA
14 5 (10.42%) GCIH
14 5 (10.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 5 (10.42%) NIST
14 5 (10.42%) Security Monitoring
14 5 (10.42%) SIEM
14 5 (10.42%) Threat Detection
14 5 (10.42%) Use Case

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) SaaS
1 3 (6.25%) Slack
2 2 (4.17%) AWS
2 2 (4.17%) Azure
2 2 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Metadata
1 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (33.33%) Law
3 12 (25.00%) Finance
4 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Billing
6 1 (2.08%) Games
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.17%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (2.08%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Linux
1 4 (8.33%) Unix
1 4 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) ITIL
2 27 (56.25%) Incident Management
3 20 (41.67%) Major Incident Management
4 16 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 14 (29.17%) Problem Management
6 13 (27.08%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (22.92%) Service Delivery
8 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (18.75%) Service Management
10 8 (16.67%) ITSM
10 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (14.58%) Performance Metrics
12 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 6 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
12 6 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
13 5 (10.42%) Forensic Analysis
13 5 (10.42%) Security Monitoring
13 5 (10.42%) SIEM
13 5 (10.42%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) GCFA
2 5 (10.42%) GCIA
2 5 (10.42%) GCIH
3 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 2 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.08%) CISM
5 1 (2.08%) CISSP
5 1 (2.08%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) NIST
2 2 (4.17%) SLA
3 1 (2.08%) GDPR
3 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Remedy
2 6 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.33%) PagerDuty
3 4 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (2.08%) BMC
4 1 (2.08%) Capita
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft