Incident Management Jobs in the Thames Valley

Incident Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Incident Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 156 136
Rank change year-on-year +50 -20 +28
Permanent jobs citing Incident Management 86 87 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.43% 1.19% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 1.44% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 43
10th Percentile £30,150 £24,850 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £29,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% -29.47% +26.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,625 £66,375
90th Percentile £70,692 £66,650 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -13.46% +15.56%

All Process and 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 requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,251 6,043 5,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.76% 82.61% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 3,915 2,951
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Incident Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Incident Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Management in the Thames Valley

Incident Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Management in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Incident Management in the Thames Valley

Incident Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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
Berkshire +43 70 £37,500 +15.38% 51
Buckinghamshire +39 13 £57,500 +15.00% 14
Oxfordshire +32 3 £75,000 +123.88% 11
Incident Management
South East

Incident Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (5.81%) Apache
1 5 (5.81%) IIS
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.88%) Azure
1 30 (34.88%) Vertex AI
2 22 (25.58%) GCP
3 13 (15.12%) AWS
3 13 (15.12%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (10.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.16%) IaaS
6 1 (1.16%) PaaS
6 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) DNS
2 5 (5.81%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.65%) VLAN
3 4 (4.65%) VoIP
4 2 (2.33%) Network Security
5 1 (1.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (45.35%) Data Mining
2 5 (5.81%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) DTS
3 1 (1.16%) Power BI
General
1 79 (91.86%) Social Skills
2 52 (60.47%) Law
3 46 (53.49%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (45.35%) Retail
5 19 (22.09%) Finance
6 13 (15.12%) Legal
7 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.81%) Back Office
8 5 (5.81%) Local Government
9 3 (3.49%) Publishing
10 2 (2.33%) Electronics
10 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.33%) Marketing
10 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (66.28%) Senior
2 41 (47.67%) Lead
3 17 (19.77%) Senior Manager
4 13 (15.12%) Analyst
5 6 (6.98%) Service Desk Manager
5 6 (6.98%) Service Manager
6 5 (5.81%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.65%) IT Services Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior IT Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Service Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Governance Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Information Governance Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Information Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Information Security Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Security Manager
9 2 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (2.33%) Head of Digital
9 2 (2.33%) Incident Engineer
9 2 (2.33%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.12%) Hugging Face
1 13 (15.12%) LangChain
1 13 (15.12%) PyTorch
1 13 (15.12%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.16%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 39 (45.35%) Algorithms
2 8 (9.30%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.81%) Client/Server
4 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.65%) CCTV
5 4 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.49%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (3.49%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.79%) Windows
2 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.16%) Linux
4 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (61.63%) Machine Learning
2 52 (60.47%) Artificial Intelligence
2 52 (60.47%) Data Science
2 52 (60.47%) MLOps
2 52 (60.47%) Roadmaps
2 52 (60.47%) Strategic Thinking
3 50 (58.14%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (51.16%) Analytics
5 43 (50.00%) Generative AI
5 43 (50.00%) LLM
6 41 (47.67%) Use Case
7 40 (46.51%) DevOps
8 39 (45.35%) Agile
8 39 (45.35%) Commercialisation
8 39 (45.35%) Customer-Centricity
8 39 (45.35%) Data Engineering
8 39 (45.35%) DataOps
8 39 (45.35%) Performance Monitoring
8 39 (45.35%) Technical Architecture
8 39 (45.35%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) SQL
2 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (20.93%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.65%) CISM
3 4 (4.65%) CISSP
4 3 (3.49%) CISA
4 3 (3.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.65%) SLA
3 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.49%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.33%) GDPR
5 1 (1.16%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.16%) RMADS
System Software
1 7 (8.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (15.12%) Grafana
1 13 (15.12%) Prometheus
2 5 (5.81%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.16%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.16%) Nessus
3 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (69.77%) Microsoft
2 43 (50.00%) OpenAI
3 30 (34.88%) Google
4 9 (10.47%) Databricks
5 6 (6.98%) VMware
6 5 (5.81%) Oracle
7 2 (2.33%) AlienVault
7 2 (2.33%) Cisco
7 2 (2.33%) SAP
7 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.33%) Splunk
8 1 (1.16%) Tenable
8 1 (1.16%) Veeam