Incident Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Incident Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing Incident Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	168	99	163
Rank change year-on-year	-69	+64	-69
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management	40	111	32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	0.52%	2.90%	0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.72%	3.22%	0.87%
Number of salaries quoted	23	25	22
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£32,650	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£45,375	£39,625	£36,563
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,521	£45,000	£44,982
Median % change year-on-year	+21.16%	+0.04%	-13.50%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£54,375
90^th Percentile	£83,500	£72,200	£63,125
South East median annual salary	£54,521	£41,250	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+32.17%	-13.16%	-8.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	5,557	3,450	3,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	71.81%	90.08%	83.76%
Number of salaries quoted	3,935	1,517	1,778
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£34,000	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£46,000	£56,000
Median % change year-on-year	+19.57%	-17.86%	+1.82%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£67,500	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£82,500	£85,000
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	-

Incident Management Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Incident Management Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Incident Management.

Incident Management Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Management in the Thames Valley

Incident Management Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Berkshire	-66	24	£54,521	+32.17%	23
Buckinghamshire	+10	16	£62,500	+11.11%	19
Incident Management South East

Incident Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing Incident Management also mentioned 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 Thames Valley region citing Incident Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	55.0%	22
2	Decision-Making	50.0%	20
3	Incident Response	45.0%	18
4	Continuous Improvement	42.5%	17
5	Security Cleared	35.0%	14
5	SIEM	35.0%	14
7	Microsoft	30.0%	12
7	Windows	30.0%	12
9	Cyber Threat Intelligence	27.5%	11
9	Firewall	27.5%	11
9	Security Operations	27.5%	11
9	Threat Intelligence	27.5%	11
9	Validation	27.5%	11
14	Major Incident Management	25.0%	10
15	Cyber Resilience	22.5%	9
15	Operational Resilience	22.5%	9
17	Stakeholder Management	20.0%	8
18	Business Continuity	17.5%	7
18	Business Continuity Management	17.5%	7
18	Business Impact Analysis	17.5%	7
18	Degree	17.5%	7
18	Disaster Recovery	17.5%	7
18	DNS	17.5%	7
18	DV Cleared	17.5%	7
18	GIAC	17.5%	7
18	Impact Analysis	17.5%	7
18	ISO 22301	17.5%	7
18	Linux	17.5%	7
18	SC Cleared	17.5%	7
18	Scenario Testing	17.5%	7

Incident Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	55.0%	22
2	Decision-Making	50.0%	20
3	Incident Response	45.0%	18
4	Continuous Improvement	42.5%	17
5	SIEM	35.0%	14
6	Cyber Threat Intelligence	27.5%	11
6	Security Operations	27.5%	11
6	Threat Intelligence	27.5%	11
6	Validation	27.5%	11
10	Major Incident Management	25.0%	10
11	Cyber Resilience	22.5%	9
11	Operational Resilience	22.5%	9
13	Stakeholder Management	20.0%	8
14	Business Continuity	17.5%	7
14	Business Continuity Management	17.5%	7
14	Business Impact Analysis	17.5%	7
14	Disaster Recovery	17.5%	7
14	Impact Analysis	17.5%	7
14	Scenario Testing	17.5%	7
14	Security Monitoring	17.5%	7