Incident Management Contracts in Scotland

Incident Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Incident Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Incident Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 111 120
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 25 53 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 1.98% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 2.16% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 35
10th Percentile £166 £155 £127
25th Percentile £286 £250 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £430 £375
Median % change year-on-year +19.77% +14.67% -
75th Percentile £566 £473 £450
90th Percentile £608 £598 £593
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.10 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £15.97 - £54.50
75th Percentile £16.85 - £56.69
90th Percentile - - £57.93
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £19.81 £16.25
% change year-on-year -18.07% +21.91% +1.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Incident Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Incident Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Management in Scotland

Incident Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Incident Management in Scotland

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Incident Management in Scotland

Incident Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Management in Scotland

Incident Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +26 15 £520 +210.45%
Glasgow +3 8 £388 -13.89% 10
Lanarkshire +2 1 £130 - 2
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) SCCP
2 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) DB2
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (68.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Law
4 2 (8.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) Senior
3 5 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Advisor
5 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.00%) IT Support
6 1 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Service Management Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.00%) iPad
2 1 (4.00%) iPhone
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (12.00%) Android
2 3 (12.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Information Security
2 11 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (36.00%) Business Impact Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) Impact Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (36.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 9 (36.00%) Security Monitoring
4 9 (36.00%) SIEM
4 9 (36.00%) Technical Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) Use Case
4 9 (36.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (36.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (20.00%) ITIL
5 5 (20.00%) ITSM
6 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
6 4 (16.00%) Business Process Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Internal Audit
6 4 (16.00%) ISMS
6 4 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) CISSP
1 4 (16.00%) CLAS
1 4 (16.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 4 (16.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (36.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (16.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Mitel
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Apple
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix
3 1 (4.00%) Equitrac
3 1 (4.00%) Sybase