Incident Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Incident Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Incident Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 571 633
Rank change year-on-year +168 +62 +163
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Manager 12 12 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.078% 0.035% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.037% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 39
10th Percentile £41,875 - £41,250
25th Percentile £68,125 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £100,000 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year +44.00% -0.79% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Incident Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Incident Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Incident Manager.

Incident Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Incident Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Incident Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Incident Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 9 (75.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (58.33%) ITIL
4 6 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (50.00%) Service Management
4 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (41.67%) ITSM
6 4 (33.33%) Information Security
6 4 (33.33%) CISSP
6 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (33.33%) OSCP
6 4 (33.33%) OSCE
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 2 (16.67%) Line Management
8 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (8.33%) SIAM
9 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (8.33%) Major Incident Management
9 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
9 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
9 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
9 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
9 1 (8.33%) Retail
9 1 (8.33%) B2B

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Back Office
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) Service Management
4 5 (41.67%) ITSM
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
6 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (16.67%) Line Management
8 1 (8.33%) B2B
8 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
8 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (8.33%) Major Incident Management
8 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
8 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
8 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 1 (8.33%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) OSCE
2 4 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow