Incident Response Contracts

Incident Response
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 330 496
Rank change year-on-year +116 +166 -30
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 471 407 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.73% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.81% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 306 298
10th Percentile £419 £408 £400
25th Percentile £458 £496 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £589 £553
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +6.42% +5.38%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £663
90th Percentile £766 £813 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £567 £575 £574
% change year-on-year -1.39% +0.13% +4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £35.06 - £16.10
25th Percentile - - £16.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £17.64
75th Percentile - - £31.46
90th Percentile - - £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - £17.23

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the UK

Incident Response
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Response.

Daily rate trend for Incident Response in the UK

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the UK

Incident Response
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Response.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Response in the UK

Incident Response
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 423 £550 -8.33% 247
UK excluding London +130 305 £567 -1.39% 154
Work from Home +67 125 £500 -25.93% 133
South West +98 119 £614 +2.33% 13
London +12 106 £525 -12.86% 104
South East +79 86 £500 -18.03% 39
North of England +12 54 £525 -10.41% 48
Midlands +35 44 £635 -2.31% 28
West Midlands +30 40 £636 -2.12% 17
Yorkshire +25 28 £604 +9.73% 18
East of England +4 27 £650 +49.43% 8
North West +4 26 £500 -15.72% 27
Scotland +34 12 £525 +16.67% 17
East Midlands +10 4 £534 -13.11% 11

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (4.03%) CMS
2 11 (2.34%) NetWeaver
3 5 (1.06%) Confluence
4 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
5 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.21%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (2.34%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 92 (19.53%) Azure
2 47 (9.98%) AWS
3 37 (7.86%) Azure Sentinel
4 15 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.76%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.34%) GCP
7 10 (2.12%) OpenShift
8 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.27%) GitHub
11 5 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.06%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.06%) AWS CloudTrail
11 5 (1.06%) CloudFront
11 5 (1.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (0.85%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.74%) Firewall
2 37 (7.86%) Network Security
3 24 (5.10%) Intrusion Detection
4 16 (3.40%) DNS
5 15 (3.18%) NX-OS
5 15 (3.18%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.97%) SD-WAN
7 12 (2.55%) VPN
8 8 (1.70%) HTTP
9 6 (1.27%) DHCP
9 6 (1.27%) FTP
10 5 (1.06%) LAN
10 5 (1.06%) SMTP
10 5 (1.06%) tcpdump
10 5 (1.06%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.85%) SSL
11 4 (0.85%) WAN
12 3 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.34%) SAP BW
2 11 (2.34%) SAP HANA
3 10 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.91%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.27%) Apache Hive
5 6 (1.27%) Hadoop
5 6 (1.27%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.06%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.85%) Tableau
8 3 (0.64%) Data Hub
8 3 (0.64%) DB2
8 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.42%) Bigtable
9 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.42%) IBM BigInsights
9 2 (0.42%) Parquet
9 2 (0.42%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 17 (3.61%) JIRA
2 5 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.85%) Git
3 4 (0.85%) IDA Disassembler
4 3 (0.64%) GitLab
5 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.42%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.42%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 132 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (10.62%) Finance
4 42 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.67%) Banking
6 21 (4.46%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.03%) Legal
8 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.91%) Law
8 9 (1.91%) Retail
9 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.64%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.64%) Games
11 3 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.42%) Electronics
12 2 (0.42%) Marketing
12 2 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 146 (31.00%) Analyst
2 84 (17.83%) SOC Analyst
3 46 (9.77%) Consultant
4 40 (8.49%) Security Engineer
5 38 (8.07%) Senior
6 35 (7.43%) Architect
7 33 (7.01%) Lead
8 30 (6.37%) Security Analyst
9 24 (5.10%) SOC Engineer
10 22 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Security Manager
12 15 (3.18%) Cyber Defence Analyst
12 15 (3.18%) Security Architect
12 15 (3.18%) Site Engineer
12 15 (3.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 14 (2.97%) SIEM Consultant
14 13 (2.76%) Network Architect
15 12 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 12 (2.55%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.25%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (3.40%) Kafka
3 11 (2.34%) SAP Basis
3 11 (2.34%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (1.27%) OAuth
4 6 (1.27%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.27%) SAML
5 5 (1.06%) JSON
5 5 (1.06%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.06%) XML
6 4 (0.85%) Ajax
6 4 (0.85%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.85%) CSS
6 4 (0.85%) HTML
6 4 (0.85%) LDAP
6 4 (0.85%) OLE
6 4 (0.85%) Web Services
7 3 (0.64%) SOAP
8 2 (0.42%) .NET
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 119 (25.27%) Management Information System
2 102 (21.66%) Cyber Threat
3 90 (19.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 83 (17.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 79 (16.77%) Cyber Defence
6 47 (9.98%) Security Posture
7 39 (8.28%) CSOC
8 35 (7.43%) Cloud Native
9 29 (6.16%) Cyberattack
10 18 (3.82%) Onboarding
11 15 (3.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 14 (2.97%) Data Centre
13 13 (2.76%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.70%) CMDB
15 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
16 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (1.06%) YARA
17 4 (0.85%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.07%) Linux
2 68 (14.44%) Windows
3 16 (3.40%) Unix
4 7 (1.49%) zOS
5 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (58.39%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (42.89%) SIEM
3 188 (39.92%) Security Operations
4 132 (28.03%) Information Security
5 115 (24.42%) Threat Intelligence
6 113 (23.99%) Incident Management
6 113 (23.99%) Use Case
7 96 (20.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 88 (18.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 84 (17.83%) Vulnerability Management
10 76 (16.14%) Root Cause Analysis
11 75 (15.92%) Mentoring
12 74 (15.71%) SOAR
13 71 (15.07%) Protective Monitoring
14 69 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
15 59 (12.53%) Case Management
16 49 (10.40%) Data Security
17 48 (10.19%) CRM
18 47 (9.98%) Analytics
19 46 (9.77%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.79%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.31%) Kusto Query Language
3 24 (5.10%) Python
4 9 (1.91%) Bash
4 9 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.91%) SQL
5 6 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (0.85%) Go
6 4 (0.85%) Perl
7 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.42%) Bicep
8 2 (0.42%) C#
8 2 (0.42%) Java
8 2 (0.42%) U-SQL
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) R
9 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 192 (40.76%) Security Cleared
2 110 (23.35%) DV Cleared
3 69 (14.65%) SC Cleared
4 56 (11.89%) Degree
5 51 (10.83%) CISSP
6 27 (5.73%) SANS
7 20 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (4.03%) CISM
9 16 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (3.18%) CEH
11 12 (2.55%) Azure Certification
12 10 (2.12%) CCNP
12 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.91%) CCNA
13 9 (1.91%) GIAC
14 8 (1.70%) GCIH
14 8 (1.70%) SAP Certification
15 7 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (1.49%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (21.02%) NIST
2 53 (11.25%) NIST 800
3 47 (9.98%) GDPR
3 47 (9.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (5.73%) NCSC
5 13 (2.76%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.12%) GRC
7 7 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.27%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.85%) SLA
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.64%) GPG13
11 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.21%) QA
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.97%) VMware NSX
3 14 (2.97%) vSphere
4 12 (2.55%) Docker
5 6 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.85%) Snort
7 2 (0.42%) XenApp
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (6.79%) Kibana
2 22 (4.67%) CSIRT
3 18 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.82%) logstash
4 14 (2.97%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.97%) Terraform
5 12 (2.55%) Istio
6 11 (2.34%) Grafana
6 11 (2.34%) Nessus
7 10 (2.12%) Argo
8 7 (1.49%) Ansible
9 5 (1.06%) QRadar
10 4 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.85%) Puppet
10 4 (0.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.64%) CASB
11 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.42%) Kiali
12 2 (0.42%) Rancher
12 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 189 (40.13%) Microsoft
2 64 (13.59%) Splunk
3 35 (7.43%) LogRhythm
4 33 (7.01%) Cisco
5 27 (5.73%) Qualys
6 25 (5.31%) Darktrace
7 22 (4.67%) Varonis
7 22 (4.67%) VMware
8 19 (4.03%) FireEye
9 16 (3.40%) Forcepoint
10 14 (2.97%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (2.97%) SAP
11 12 (2.55%) Tanium
12 11 (2.34%) Google
13 9 (1.91%) CheckPoint
14 8 (1.70%) Oracle
14 8 (1.70%) Rapid7
15 7 (1.49%) F5
15 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.49%) Virgin Media