Incident Manager Jobs in England

Incident Manager
UK > England

The median Incident Manager salary in England is £52,084 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary 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 771 837 1057
Rank change year-on-year +66 +220 -208
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Manager 92 57 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.069% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.076% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 71 46 90
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,410 £37,000
25th Percentile - £41,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £59,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% +0.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Manager in England.

Salary trend for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Manager in England

Incident Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Manager within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +45 44 £52,084 +30.21% 1
London +103 27 £82,500 +10.00% 8
North West +1 27 £52,084 +37.31% 1
South West -30 15 £62,500 +25.00% 1
Yorkshire +73 13 £55,000 +37.50%
Midlands -30 10 £57,500 +79.69% 2
West Midlands -5 8 £57,500 +79.69% 1
North East -10 8 £40,849 -9.22%
South East -46 4 £57,500 +9.52% 1
East Midlands - 2 £64,500 - 1
Incident Manager
UK

Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Incident Manager in the job title.

1 68 (73.91%) Incident Management
2 41 (44.57%) ITIL
3 40 (43.48%) Social Skills
4 37 (40.22%) Incident Response
4 37 (40.22%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (32.61%) Root Cause Analysis
6 28 (30.43%) Degree
7 25 (27.17%) Information Security
8 24 (26.09%) Management Information System
9 23 (25.00%) CISM
9 23 (25.00%) Military
9 23 (25.00%) CISSP
9 23 (25.00%) Problem Management
9 23 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (21.74%) Major Incident Management
10 20 (21.74%) Service Management
11 17 (18.48%) ITSM
12 14 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (11.96%) SLA
13 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
14 10 (10.87%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (10.87%) Finance
14 10 (10.87%) Digital Forensics
14 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (9.78%) Service Delivery
16 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
16 8 (8.70%) Matrix Management
16 8 (8.70%) Process Improvement
16 8 (8.70%) Customer Experience
17 7 (7.61%) Presentation Skills

Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.26%) Azure
2 3 (3.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) LAN
1 4 (4.35%) SAN
1 4 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 4 (4.35%) Skype
1 4 (4.35%) WAN
1 4 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
General
1 40 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Military
3 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.87%) Finance
4 7 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Banking
6 5 (5.43%) Legal
7 4 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.26%) Law
9 2 (2.17%) Advertising
9 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (3.26%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (73.91%) Incident Management
2 41 (44.57%) ITIL
3 37 (40.22%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (40.22%) Incident Response
4 30 (32.61%) Root Cause Analysis
5 25 (27.17%) Information Security
6 23 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 23 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (21.74%) Major Incident Management
7 20 (21.74%) Service Management
8 17 (18.48%) ITSM
9 14 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (10.87%) Digital Forensics
11 9 (9.78%) Service Delivery
12 8 (8.70%) Customer Experience
12 8 (8.70%) Matrix Management
12 8 (8.70%) Process Improvement
13 7 (7.61%) Time Management
14 5 (5.43%) Business Strategy
15 4 (4.35%) Proactive Management
Qualifications
1 28 (30.43%) Degree
2 23 (25.00%) CISM
2 23 (25.00%) CISSP
3 10 (10.87%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (7.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.96%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.61%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.17%) Citrix
4 1 (1.09%) Atlassian