Incident Manager Job Trends in Wales

Incident Manager
UK > Wales

The median Incident Manager salary in Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Manager 14 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £56,719 - -
90th Percentile £61,875 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +30.43% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,536 481 1,666
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 89.41% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 301 1,273
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Incident Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

Incident Manager
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Incident Manager job vacancies in Wales

Incident Manager
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South Wales - 14 £55,000 - 5
Incident Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 across the Wales region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) Threat Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
3 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
3 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (14.29%) BCP
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 2 (14.29%) Datadog
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (14.29%) GoldenSource
4 2 (14.29%) Google
4 2 (14.29%) Google Sheets
4 2 (14.29%) Grafana
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (14.29%) Looker
4 2 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Microservices
4 2 (14.29%) Operational Stability

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Datadog
1 2 (14.29%) GCP
1 2 (14.29%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Looker
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) Threat Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
3 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) BCP
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Operational Stability
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GRC
1 2 (14.29%) SEPA
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Grafana
1 2 (14.29%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) GoldenSource
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) PagerDuty