CSIRT Contracts in England

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring CSIRT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSIRT over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 620 761
Rank change year-on-year +97 +141 -110
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 27 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.072% 0.034% 0.037%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.59% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 22
10th Percentile £404 £462 £456
25th Percentile £425 £480 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £671 £713 £600
90th Percentile £715 £809 £625
UK median daily rate £640 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +28.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Systems Management Skills
England

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,609 7,176 11,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.29% 15.26% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 5,190 8,132
10th Percentile £290 £350 £358
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 166 155
10th Percentile £15.49 £17.61 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%
75th Percentile £52.31 £75.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.38 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in England

CSIRT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSIRT in England.

Daily rate trend for CSIRT in England

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in England

CSIRT
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +79 13 £450 -10.00%
West Midlands - 10 £660 - 3
Midlands - 10 £660 - 3
South West - 9 £670 -
South East - 7 £672 -
CSIRT
UK

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) NX-OS
1 15 (55.56%) SD-WAN
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (14.81%) Network Security
3 3 (11.11%) DHCP
3 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 3 (11.11%) FTP
3 3 (11.11%) HTTP
3 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.70%) BIG-IP
4 1 (3.70%) HTTPS
4 1 (3.70%) Internet
4 1 (3.70%) tcpdump
4 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
1 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Architect
2 14 (51.85%) Network Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Incident Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) SOC Architect
4 3 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Junior
5 2 (7.41%) Monitoring Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Monitoring Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) SIEM Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) Cloud Native
2 13 (48.15%) Data Centre
3 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Incident Response
2 15 (55.56%) Computer Security
2 15 (55.56%) Network Packet Capture
2 15 (55.56%) Network Virtualisation
2 15 (55.56%) Password Management
3 10 (37.04%) Security Operations
4 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
5 7 (25.93%) Information Security
6 5 (18.52%) SIEM
7 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 4 (14.81%) Information Assurance
7 4 (14.81%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (14.81%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (14.81%) Threat Analysis
7 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
8 3 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
8 3 (11.11%) SOAR
9 2 (7.41%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.11%) Perl
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) SC Cleared
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 7 (25.93%) GCIA
2 7 (25.93%) GCIH
2 7 (25.93%) GIAC
3 3 (11.11%) SANS
4 2 (7.41%) CISSP
4 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.70%) CCNA
5 1 (3.70%) CCNP
5 1 (3.70%) CCSP
5 1 (3.70%) CEH
5 1 (3.70%) CHFI
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CISM
5 1 (3.70%) ECSA
5 1 (3.70%) GAWN
5 1 (3.70%) GCFA
5 1 (3.70%) GSNA
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) VMware NSX
1 15 (55.56%) vSphere
2 13 (48.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Nessus
1 4 (14.81%) QRadar
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) VMware
3 4 (14.81%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle
4 3 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.41%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.70%) F5
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.70%) Symantec