Incident Response Jobs in the South West

Incident Response
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 238 273
Rank change year-on-year +31 +35 -15
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 85 25 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 0.38% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.41% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 44 11 33
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,094 £46,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,625 £56,400 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,050 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,720 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,314 6,144 8,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.15% 94.60% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 3,499 5,021
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,186 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,700 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol +50 61 £50,000 +3.09% 1
Gloucestershire - 15 £70,000 - 5
Dorset - 3 £42,500 - 2
Somerset -10 2 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Wiltshire -21 2 - - 2
Devon - 2 £67,500 -
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.35%) Azure
2 15 (17.65%) AWS
3 8 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.71%) Mimecast
4 4 (4.71%) SaaS
5 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.53%) IaaS
5 3 (3.53%) PaaS
6 2 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.35%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.35%) dbt
7 1 (1.18%) GCP
7 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.71%) Firewall
2 7 (8.24%) Internet
2 7 (8.24%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.71%) WAN
4 3 (3.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.53%) VPN
5 2 (2.35%) DNS
5 2 (2.35%) LAN
6 1 (1.18%) Network Security
6 1 (1.18%) Wireless
6 1 (1.18%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) Metabase
1 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.35%) Redis
2 1 (1.18%) MySQL
2 1 (1.18%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.18%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.18%) Snyk
General
1 53 (62.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.41%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
3 8 (9.41%) Retail
4 5 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
5 3 (3.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (32.94%) Consultant
1 28 (32.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 28 (32.94%) Security Consultant
2 19 (22.35%) Senior
3 16 (18.82%) Tester
4 15 (17.65%) Penetration Tester
5 13 (15.29%) Analyst
6 9 (10.59%) Security Penetration Tester
6 9 (10.59%) Security Tester
7 8 (9.41%) Architect
7 8 (9.41%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Security Architect
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Service Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Service Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) CSS
1 2 (2.35%) D3.js
1 2 (2.35%) HTML
1 2 (2.35%) Node.js
1 2 (2.35%) React
1 2 (2.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Cyberattack
2 7 (8.24%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.06%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.35%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.18%) Life Science
7 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.18%) Windows
2 11 (12.94%) Linux
3 8 (9.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.35%) Unix
4 2 (2.35%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (71.76%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (38.82%) Security Operations
3 32 (37.65%) Mentoring
4 31 (36.47%) Incident Management
5 25 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 22 (25.88%) Penetration Testing
7 20 (23.53%) Business Development
7 20 (23.53%) Protective Monitoring
8 19 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 14 (16.47%) Risk Analysis
11 11 (12.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 11 (12.94%) Information Security
11 11 (12.94%) Service Delivery
11 11 (12.94%) Threat Intelligence
12 10 (11.76%) Customer Service
12 10 (11.76%) Service Management
12 10 (11.76%) SOAR
12 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (9.41%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.76%) Python
2 7 (8.24%) Bash
3 6 (7.06%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.35%) Java
5 2 (2.35%) Lisp
6 1 (1.18%) C#
6 1 (1.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Degree
2 11 (12.94%) CHECK Team Member
2 11 (12.94%) OSCP
3 9 (10.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.59%) GIAC
4 7 (8.24%) CREST Certified
5 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.88%) CISSP
7 4 (4.71%) CEH
7 4 (4.71%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.35%) CCSP
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.35%) CISM
8 2 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.18%) CCNP
9 1 (1.18%) CCSAS
9 1 (1.18%) CISA
9 1 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.53%) JSP 440
2 9 (10.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (4.71%) GDPR
4 4 (4.71%) NIST
5 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.35%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.35%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.18%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.35%) Docker
2 2 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.35%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (2.35%) SCCM
4 1 (1.18%) Anchore
4 1 (1.18%) Nessus
4 1 (1.18%) Nmap
4 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.06%) PagerDuty
4 3 (3.53%) VMware
5 2 (2.35%) Mitel
5 2 (2.35%) MobileIron
5 2 (2.35%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.35%) Symantec
6 1 (1.18%) Google
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle