Incident Response Jobs in the South East

Incident Response
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 257 392
Rank change year-on-year -27 +135 -79
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 117 134 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.97% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.03% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 79 94 70
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,125 £35,775
25th Percentile £44,375 £43,813 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,831 12,988 19,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.99% 94.36% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,186 7,705 11,814
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,339 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the South East.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +13 59 £50,000 -27.27% 14
Buckinghamshire -12 25 £43,750 -41.67% 1
Berkshire +8 22 £60,000 - 9
Surrey -6 19 £68,750 +14.58% 4
Hampshire -46 19 £60,000 +28.53% 11
Oxfordshire +15 12 £61,000 -32.22% 4
West Sussex +22 5 £46,250 -11.90% 2
Kent -24 4 £110,000 +120.00% 3
Middlesex - 2 - - 2
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.33%) Azure
2 26 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.82%) AWS
4 14 (11.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.71%) GCP
7 2 (1.71%) SaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.85%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (32.48%) Firewall
2 29 (24.79%) Intrusion Detection
3 17 (14.53%) Network Security
4 12 (10.26%) Internet
5 6 (5.13%) VPN
6 5 (4.27%) DNS
6 5 (4.27%) SSL
7 4 (3.42%) HTTP
7 4 (3.42%) SMTP
8 2 (1.71%) VoIP
8 2 (1.71%) WAN
9 1 (0.85%) LAN
9 1 (0.85%) SAN
9 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.85%) SSH
9 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.85%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.85%) VLAN
9 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) Power BI
2 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.85%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.85%) MySQL
2 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (23.93%) Finance
3 22 (18.80%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.40%) Marketing
5 5 (4.27%) Legal
6 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.56%) Banking
7 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Local Government
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (47.86%) Analyst
2 29 (24.79%) Security Analyst
3 26 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
4 22 (18.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 20 (17.09%) Senior
6 18 (15.38%) Lead
7 17 (14.53%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (12.82%) Architect
8 15 (12.82%) Security Architect
9 10 (8.55%) Senior Security Analyst
10 8 (6.84%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (5.13%) Information Architect
11 6 (5.13%) Information Security Architect
12 5 (4.27%) Junior
12 5 (4.27%) Junior Analyst
13 4 (3.42%) IT Sales Executive
13 4 (3.42%) Portfolio Manager
13 4 (3.42%) Sales Executive
13 4 (3.42%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) Web Services
2 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.85%) Node.js
2 1 (0.85%) PHP-FPM
Miscellaneous
1 39 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 37 (31.62%) Management Information System
3 35 (29.91%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (11.97%) Security Posture
5 13 (11.11%) Client/Server
6 11 (9.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (7.69%) Data Centre
8 8 (6.84%) Social Media
9 7 (5.98%) Cyberattack
10 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (4.27%) Insider Threat
10 5 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
12 3 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
13 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.85%) CSOC
13 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.37%) Windows
2 10 (8.55%) Linux
3 5 (4.27%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (75.21%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (52.14%) SIEM
3 59 (50.43%) Security Operations
4 32 (27.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 29 (24.79%) Information Security
6 26 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (21.37%) Computer Science
8 22 (18.80%) Security Architecture
9 19 (16.24%) SOAR
10 18 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 16 (13.68%) Incident Management
11 16 (13.68%) Mentoring
12 15 (12.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 15 (12.82%) Threat Intelligence
13 14 (11.97%) Data Protection
13 14 (11.97%) Penetration Testing
14 12 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (10.26%) Risk Management
14 12 (10.26%) Security Monitoring
15 11 (9.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.98%) Python
2 5 (4.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) Bash
3 1 (0.85%) C++
3 1 (0.85%) Java
3 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.85%) PHP
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (34.19%) Degree
2 37 (31.62%) CISSP
3 19 (16.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (16.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (7.69%) CCSP
5 9 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.98%) CCSK
6 7 (5.98%) GIAC
7 6 (5.13%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.27%) AWS Certification
8 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.27%) CREST Certified
9 4 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.56%) CISM
10 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.71%) CISA
11 2 (1.71%) GCFA
11 2 (1.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (21.37%) NIST
3 14 (11.97%) PCI DSS
4 13 (11.11%) GDPR
4 13 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 12 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (4.27%) NCSC
7 4 (3.42%) GRC
8 3 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.71%) NEBOSH
9 2 (1.71%) SLA
10 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.85%) IASME
10 1 (0.85%) QA
10 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Suricata
2 4 (3.42%) Terraform
3 3 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (2.56%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.71%) Grafana
4 2 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.85%) Nessus
5 1 (0.85%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.85%) QRadar
5 1 (0.85%) systemd
Vendors
1 49 (41.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.69%) Splunk
3 6 (5.13%) Cisco
4 5 (4.27%) BT
4 5 (4.27%) Juniper
4 5 (4.27%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.27%) VMware
5 4 (3.42%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.42%) New Relic
6 3 (2.56%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.56%) McAfee
7 2 (1.71%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.71%) SAP
8 1 (0.85%) Apple
8 1 (0.85%) Ariba
8 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.85%) Citrix
8 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.85%) Oracle
8 1 (0.85%) Varonis