In May 1160, after the Heiji War was settled and Kiyomori's influence had remarkably increased, Tokitada was picked out for promotion to kebiishi Uemon Gon no suke (provisional assistant captain of police and judicial chief of the Right Division of Outer Palace Guards).
平治の乱が終わり清盛の発言力が著しく高まった永暦元年（1160年）4月、時忠は検非違使右衛門権佐に抜擢された。