Incident Response Jobs in London

Incident Response
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 315 450
Rank change year-on-year +78 +135 -60
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 327 327 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.33% 1.03% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.09% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 253 245 351
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,636
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,720 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,963 30,105 71,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.63% 95.16% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15,985 22,072 34,609
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +59 79 £80,000 +6.67% 5
North London - 5 £45,000 - 1
West London -2 3 £72,500 +31.82% 7
South London -10 2 £44,000 -32.31% 1
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.31%) Apache
3 1 (0.31%) CMS
3 1 (0.31%) Moodle
3 1 (0.31%) nginx
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 99 (30.28%) Azure
2 73 (22.32%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (16.82%) AWS
4 25 (7.65%) GCP
5 16 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.67%) SaaS
7 10 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.06%) PaaS
8 6 (1.83%) IaaS
8 6 (1.83%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.22%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.22%) Serverless
11 3 (0.92%) GitHub
11 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.61%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 73 (22.32%) Firewall
2 20 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (3.36%) LAN
3 11 (3.36%) Network Security
4 10 (3.06%) VPN
4 10 (3.06%) WAN
4 10 (3.06%) Wireshark
5 9 (2.75%) VoIP
6 8 (2.45%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.53%) SSL
8 3 (0.92%) Broadband
9 2 (0.61%) DNS
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.31%) DHCP
10 1 (0.31%) HTTP
10 1 (0.31%) Intranet
10 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.67%) BigQuery
2 12 (3.67%) Data Hub
2 12 (3.67%) DB2
2 12 (3.67%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.67%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.06%) Power BI
4 6 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.53%) MySQL
6 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.31%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Snyk
General
1 123 (37.61%) Finance
2 118 (36.09%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.54%) Banking
5 33 (10.09%) Law
6 32 (9.79%) Legal
7 16 (4.89%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.75%) Games
9 9 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.14%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.22%) International Banking
13 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.92%) Retail
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 114 (34.86%) Analyst
2 87 (26.61%) Security Analyst
3 68 (20.80%) Senior
4 49 (14.98%) Security Engineer
5 44 (13.46%) Senior Analyst
6 43 (13.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 38 (11.62%) Senior Security Analyst
8 35 (10.70%) IT Analyst
8 35 (10.70%) IT Security Analyst
8 35 (10.70%) Security Manager
9 26 (7.95%) Lead
10 24 (7.34%) Senior Security Engineer
11 23 (7.03%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 21 (6.42%) Information Manager
12 21 (6.42%) Information Security Manager
13 19 (5.81%) SOC Analyst
14 18 (5.50%) Operations Analyst
14 18 (5.50%) Security Operations Analyst
15 17 (5.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 15 (4.59%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.75%) .NET
2 6 (1.83%) Web Services
3 4 (1.22%) Kafka
4 3 (0.92%) web3js
5 2 (0.61%) Node.js
5 2 (0.61%) Sass
5 2 (0.61%) XML
5 2 (0.61%) XSLT
6 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.31%) HTML
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.31%) OpenID
6 1 (0.31%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.60%) Cyber Threat
2 49 (14.98%) Cyberattack
3 46 (14.07%) Management Information System
4 45 (13.76%) Security Posture
5 24 (7.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 22 (6.73%) Cyber Defence
6 22 (6.73%) Security Operations Centre
7 16 (4.89%) Public Cloud
8 12 (3.67%) Data Fabric
8 12 (3.67%) Operational Technology
9 11 (3.36%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.45%) SCADA
12 6 (1.83%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.53%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.53%) PKI
14 4 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 3 (0.92%) Blockchain
15 3 (0.92%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 77 (23.55%) Windows
2 43 (13.15%) Linux
3 25 (7.65%) Unix
4 16 (4.89%) zOS
5 9 (2.75%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.22%) CentOS
6 4 (1.22%) Solaris
6 4 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.22%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.61%) AIX
7 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (62.08%) Cybersecurity
2 131 (40.06%) Information Security
3 114 (34.86%) SIEM
4 102 (31.19%) Security Operations
5 62 (18.96%) Threat Intelligence
6 58 (17.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 54 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (16.21%) Incident Management
8 53 (16.21%) Security Management
9 50 (15.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (14.68%) Risk Management
11 45 (13.76%) Security Monitoring
12 44 (13.46%) Cloud Security
13 43 (13.15%) Data Loss Prevention
14 41 (12.54%) Identity Access Management
15 40 (12.23%) Security Architecture
16 38 (11.62%) Vulnerability Management
17 36 (11.01%) Computer Science
18 34 (10.40%) MITRE ATT&CK
19 31 (9.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.26%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.12%) SQL
3 15 (4.59%) Python
4 10 (3.06%) Java
5 9 (2.75%) C#
6 7 (2.14%) Bash
7 6 (1.83%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.92%) C++
9 2 (0.61%) Go
10 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.31%) Perl
10 1 (0.31%) PHP
10 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 125 (38.23%) CISSP
2 69 (21.10%) CISM
3 53 (16.21%) Degree
4 35 (10.70%) CISA
5 26 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (7.65%) CEH
7 23 (7.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 20 (6.12%) CCSP
8 20 (6.12%) CompTIA CySA+
9 17 (5.20%) Master's Degree
10 13 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (3.98%) Security Cleared
11 12 (3.67%) GIAC
12 11 (3.36%) Azure Certification
12 11 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (3.06%) SC Cleared
14 9 (2.75%) CRISC
15 8 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (2.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (24.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (18.96%) NIST
3 25 (7.65%) PCI DSS
4 24 (7.34%) GDPR
5 20 (6.12%) NCSC
6 18 (5.50%) GRC
7 14 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (2.75%) COBIT
10 6 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.83%) NIST 800
11 5 (1.53%) SLA
12 4 (1.22%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.22%) QA
13 3 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.92%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.61%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (10.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.53%) Docker
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (7.03%) QRadar
2 9 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.45%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.14%) SCCM
5 6 (1.83%) CSIRT
5 6 (1.83%) Terraform
6 4 (1.22%) CASB
7 2 (0.61%) Argo
7 2 (0.61%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) Ansible
8 1 (0.31%) Grafana
8 1 (0.31%) Istio
8 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.31%) Kiali
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.31%) Puppet
8 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 126 (38.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.03%) Qualys
2 23 (7.03%) Splunk
3 20 (6.12%) IBM
4 17 (5.20%) Oracle
5 15 (4.59%) CrowdStrike
6 14 (4.28%) Google
6 14 (4.28%) VMware
7 13 (3.98%) Databricks
8 12 (3.67%) F5
9 9 (2.75%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.75%) Darktrace
10 8 (2.45%) Cisco
10 8 (2.45%) Sun
10 8 (2.45%) Xero
11 5 (1.53%) CA
12 4 (1.22%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.22%) Citrix
12 4 (1.22%) Intel
13 3 (0.92%) Fortinet