CSIRT Contracts in London

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 387 466 583
Rank change year-on-year +79 +117 -86
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 13 16 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.074% 0.064% 0.055%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.57% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 18
10th Percentile £243 £462 £469
25th Percentile £414 £480 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £674 £713 £600
90th Percentile £725 £809 £625
England median daily rate £640 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +28.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,299 4,120 6,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.00% 16.38% 17.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,672 3,012 5,015
10th Percentile £325 £400 £417
25th Percentile £431 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 47 48
10th Percentile £20.00 £23.05 £14.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.71 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £64.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% +167.67% -24.10%
75th Percentile £50.25 £82.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £70.40 £90.00 £70.88
England median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in London

CSIRT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CSIRT in London

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in London

CSIRT
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the London 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
Central London +46 8 £550 +13.99%
CSIRT
England

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) FTP
2 3 (23.08%) HTTP
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) NX-OS
3 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.69%) tcpdump
4 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Incident Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) SOC Architect
2 3 (23.08%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Junior
3 2 (15.38%) Monitoring Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SIEM Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Incident Response
2 10 (76.92%) Security Operations
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
4 7 (53.85%) Information Security
5 5 (38.46%) SIEM
6 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 4 (30.77%) Information Assurance
6 4 (30.77%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (30.77%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (30.77%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (23.08%) Digital Forensics
7 3 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
7 3 (23.08%) SOAR
8 2 (15.38%) Computer Security
8 2 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (15.38%) Network Packet Capture
8 2 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
8 2 (15.38%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) Perl
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
1 7 (53.85%) GCIA
1 7 (53.85%) GCIH
1 7 (53.85%) GIAC
2 3 (23.08%) SANS
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CCNA
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CEH
4 1 (7.69%) CHFI
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) EnCE
4 1 (7.69%) GCFA
4 1 (7.69%) GSNA
4 1 (7.69%) GWAPT
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) VMware NSX
2 2 (15.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Nessus
1 4 (30.77%) QRadar
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto
3 2 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Symantec