Incident Engineer Contracts in London

Incident Engineer
England > London

The median Incident Engineer daily rate in London is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 481 603
Rank change year-on-year +86 +122 -101
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.028% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
75th Percentile £425 £550 -
90th Percentile £470 - -
England median daily rate £325 £500 -
% change year-on-year -35.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Incident Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Engineer in London

Incident Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Incident Engineer in London

Incident Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Engineer in London

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Incident Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) CSIRT
2 3 (60.00%) SANS
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) FTP
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) GIAC
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) GCIA
2 3 (60.00%) GCIH
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Legal

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) FTP
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) tcpdump
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) GCIA
1 3 (60.00%) GCIH
1 3 (60.00%) GIAC
1 3 (60.00%) SANS
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) EC-Council LPT
3 1 (20.00%) ECSA
3 1 (20.00%) EnCE
3 1 (20.00%) GAWN
3 1 (20.00%) GCED
3 1 (20.00%) GCFE
3 1 (20.00%) GPEN
3 1 (20.00%) GPPA
3 1 (20.00%) GWAPT
3 1 (20.00%) GXPN
3 1 (20.00%) OSCE
3 1 (20.00%) OSCP
3 1 (20.00%) OSWP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft