Incident Response Jobs in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 304 372 419
Rank change year-on-year +68 +47 -6
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 633 451 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.83% 0.80% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.84% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 471 300 382
10th Percentile £38,880 £35,000 £36,002
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,125
UK median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +144 221 £52,084 -13.19% 50
North West +72 139 £52,084 -11.35% 29
Midlands -1 123 £61,439 +22.88% 26
South East -27 117 £60,000 +9.09% 39
West Midlands +10 92 £60,000 +9.09% 16
South West +28 81 £50,000 - 12
Yorkshire +98 71 £60,000 -4.00% 18
Scotland -55 49 £60,000 +20.00% 19
East Midlands -29 30 £65,000 +36.84% 10
Wales -1 16 £56,250 +2.27% 2
East of England -8 13 £50,000 +11.11% 9
North East -3 11 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Isle of Man -13 8 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Northern Ireland +13 4 £50,000 +8.70%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.26%) IIS
3 6 (0.95%) Apache
4 5 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (24.17%) Azure
2 91 (14.38%) AWS
3 63 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (6.32%) SaaS
5 31 (4.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 21 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 19 (3.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 19 (3.00%) AWS CloudTrail
8 16 (2.53%) Amazon S3
8 16 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (2.37%) Serverless
10 14 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.21%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.74%) IaaS
11 11 (1.74%) PaaS
12 9 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.26%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 167 (26.38%) Firewall
2 72 (11.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 47 (7.42%) Network Security
4 29 (4.58%) TCP/IP
5 27 (4.27%) Internet
6 23 (3.63%) VPN
7 18 (2.84%) DNS
8 16 (2.53%) WAN
9 15 (2.37%) LAN
10 11 (1.74%) SAN
11 7 (1.11%) DHCP
11 7 (1.11%) HTTP
11 7 (1.11%) SMTP
12 5 (0.79%) SSL
12 5 (0.79%) VLAN
12 5 (0.79%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
14 3 (0.47%) DMZ
14 3 (0.47%) tcpdump
14 3 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.53%) MySQL
2 15 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.21%) RDBMS
3 14 (2.21%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.47%) Power BI
4 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.32%) Metabase
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.32%) Redis
6 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Git
2 4 (0.63%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.63%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.47%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.16%) JIRA
4 1 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 171 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 100 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (11.85%) Finance
4 42 (6.64%) Military
5 41 (6.48%) Manufacturing
6 32 (5.06%) Law
7 30 (4.74%) Public Sector
8 26 (4.11%) Legal
9 14 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.21%) Retail
10 13 (2.05%) Spanish Language
11 12 (1.90%) Games
11 12 (1.90%) Marketing
12 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.26%) French Language
13 8 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.79%) Automotive
14 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.63%) Banking
16 3 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 161 (25.43%) Analyst
2 82 (12.95%) Lead
3 77 (12.16%) Security Analyst
4 73 (11.53%) Senior
5 49 (7.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 45 (7.11%) Consultant
7 44 (6.95%) Security Engineer
8 42 (6.64%) Security Consultant
8 42 (6.64%) Senior Analyst
9 36 (5.69%) SOC Analyst
10 32 (5.06%) Architect
11 31 (4.90%) Security Architect
12 30 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 26 (4.11%) Security Manager
14 23 (3.63%) Incident Manager
14 23 (3.63%) Incident Response Lead
14 23 (3.63%) Service Manager
14 23 (3.63%) Vulnerability Manager
15 22 (3.48%) Team Leader
16 21 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.26%) Laravel
2 6 (0.95%) .NET
2 6 (0.95%) .NET Framework
2 6 (0.95%) ARM Templates
2 6 (0.95%) XML
2 6 (0.95%) YAML
3 5 (0.79%) Web Services
4 4 (0.63%) EDI
5 3 (0.47%) Node.js
6 2 (0.32%) CSS
6 2 (0.32%) D3.js
6 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.32%) HTML
6 2 (0.32%) React
6 2 (0.32%) Vue
7 1 (0.16%) PHP-FPM
7 1 (0.16%) REST
7 1 (0.16%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (17.54%) Cyber Threat
2 108 (17.06%) Management Information System
3 72 (11.37%) Security Operations Centre
4 51 (8.06%) Security Posture
5 49 (7.74%) Cyberattack
6 48 (7.58%) Operational Technology
7 33 (5.21%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 25 (3.95%) Driving Licence
9 22 (3.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 19 (3.00%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.05%) Client/Server
11 13 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.74%) PropTech
13 11 (1.74%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.42%) Onboarding
16 8 (1.26%) SCADA
16 8 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 113 (17.85%) Windows
2 77 (12.16%) Linux
3 33 (5.21%) Unix
4 30 (4.74%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.69%) Mac OS X
6 9 (1.42%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (68.40%) Cybersecurity
2 196 (30.96%) Security Operations
3 163 (25.75%) Information Security
4 156 (24.64%) SIEM
5 137 (21.64%) Incident Management
6 136 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (18.01%) Risk Management
8 109 (17.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 97 (15.32%) Threat Intelligence
10 96 (15.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 72 (11.37%) Penetration Testing
12 68 (10.74%) Computer Science
13 65 (10.27%) Service Delivery
14 64 (10.11%) Change Management
15 58 (9.16%) ITIL
16 56 (8.85%) Mentoring
17 51 (8.06%) DevOps
18 50 (7.90%) Cloud Security
19 49 (7.74%) Root Cause Analysis
19 49 (7.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.06%) Python
2 42 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.53%) Bash
4 9 (1.42%) PHP
5 8 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.26%) Rust
5 8 (1.26%) SQL
6 6 (0.95%) Bicep
6 6 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.47%) Java
8 2 (0.32%) Lisp
9 1 (0.16%) C#
9 1 (0.16%) C++
9 1 (0.16%) Go
9 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 183 (28.91%) Degree
2 139 (21.96%) CISSP
3 90 (14.22%) CISM
4 84 (13.27%) Security Cleared
5 37 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 35 (5.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 31 (4.90%) GIAC
8 27 (4.27%) CEH
8 27 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (4.11%) AWS Certification
10 25 (3.95%) OSCP
11 23 (3.63%) CREST Certified
12 20 (3.16%) GCIH
13 18 (2.84%) CISA
14 17 (2.69%) GCIA
14 17 (2.69%) GREM
15 16 (2.53%) Master's Degree
16 14 (2.21%) CCNA
17 12 (1.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (24.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (14.53%) NIST
3 62 (9.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 47 (7.42%) GDPR
5 36 (5.69%) PCI DSS
6 28 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 24 (3.79%) ISO 9001
7 24 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 20 (3.16%) JSP 440
9 13 (2.05%) NCSC
10 11 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (1.42%) GRC
12 8 (1.26%) Accessibility
13 7 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (1.11%) SLA
14 6 (0.95%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.79%) COBIT
16 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 37 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.63%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.47%) Docker
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (3.48%) EnCase
2 20 (3.16%) Terraform
3 14 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.42%) CSIRT
5 6 (0.95%) Ansible
5 6 (0.95%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.79%) Suricata
7 4 (0.63%) Cacti
8 3 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.47%) Nessus
8 3 (0.47%) SELinux
9 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.32%) Grafana
9 2 (0.32%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.32%) QRadar
9 2 (0.32%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) Anchore
10 1 (0.16%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 155 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.64%) VMware
3 23 (3.63%) Dell
4 22 (3.48%) Cisco
5 16 (2.53%) Oracle
6 15 (2.37%) Splunk
7 10 (1.58%) BT
7 10 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.42%) Datto
8 9 (1.42%) Juniper
9 8 (1.26%) Veeam
10 7 (1.11%) Citrix
10 7 (1.11%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.95%) AlienVault
11 6 (0.95%) LogRhythm
11 6 (0.95%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.79%) Darktrace
13 4 (0.63%) EqualLogic
13 4 (0.63%) New Relic