Incident Response Jobs in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 359 429
Rank change year-on-year +61 +70 -16
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 643 446 573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.83% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.86% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 470 303 372
10th Percentile £38,880 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,559 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,375 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,567 51,581 75,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.70% 95.50% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 42,967 28,073 42,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,429 £81,250 £80,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.19% +0.95% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England +131 228 £52,084 -13.19% 26
North West +65 135 £52,084 -7.41% 13
South East -25 126 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands -5 114 £65,000 +30.00% 23
South West +41 84 £50,000 - 24
Yorkshire +105 83 £60,000 -4.00% 9
West Midlands +1 83 £65,000 +18.18% 17
Scotland -45 45 £55,000 +10.00% 4
East Midlands -46 30 £65,000 +36.84% 6
Wales +17 17 £52,500 -4.55% 5
East of England -13 14 £50,000 +5.26% 6
North East -11 10 £57,500 -19.30% 4
Isle of Man -13 8 £46,500 +3.33%
Northern Ireland +12 6 £50,000 +8.70%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.24%) IIS
3 6 (0.93%) Apache
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 167 (25.97%) Azure
2 96 (14.93%) AWS
3 73 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (5.60%) Azure Sentinel
5 34 (5.29%) SaaS
6 22 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 21 (3.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 20 (3.11%) AWS CloudTrail
9 18 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (2.64%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.64%) Serverless
11 16 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 15 (2.33%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.87%) IaaS
14 12 (1.87%) PaaS
15 10 (1.56%) Azure Storage
16 9 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 173 (26.91%) Firewall
2 75 (11.66%) Intrusion Detection
3 47 (7.31%) Network Security
4 28 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 25 (3.89%) Internet
6 23 (3.58%) VPN
7 17 (2.64%) DNS
7 17 (2.64%) LAN
7 17 (2.64%) WAN
8 10 (1.56%) SAN
9 7 (1.09%) DHCP
9 7 (1.09%) HTTP
9 7 (1.09%) SMTP
10 5 (0.78%) SSL
10 5 (0.78%) VLAN
10 5 (0.78%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.62%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.47%) DMZ
12 3 (0.47%) OSPF
12 3 (0.47%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (2.49%) MySQL
3 14 (2.18%) RDBMS
3 14 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.47%) Power BI
4 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.31%) Metabase
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.31%) Redis
6 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.40%) Git
2 4 (0.62%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.62%) Metasploit
2 4 (0.62%) sqlmap
3 1 (0.16%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 153 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 107 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (11.98%) Finance
4 36 (5.60%) Military
5 33 (5.13%) Law
6 32 (4.98%) Legal
7 26 (4.04%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.33%) Retail
9 14 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.02%) Games
10 13 (2.02%) Public Sector
11 12 (1.87%) Marketing
11 12 (1.87%) Spanish Language
12 9 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.24%) Automotive
14 7 (1.09%) French Language
15 5 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.47%) Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (26.44%) Analyst
2 93 (14.46%) Lead
3 86 (13.37%) Security Analyst
4 83 (12.91%) Senior
5 54 (8.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 49 (7.62%) Security Engineer
7 47 (7.31%) Consultant
8 45 (7.00%) Security Consultant
8 45 (7.00%) Senior Analyst
9 44 (6.84%) SOC Analyst
10 34 (5.29%) Architect
11 33 (5.13%) Incident Response Lead
12 32 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 32 (4.98%) Security Architect
13 26 (4.04%) Security Manager
13 26 (4.04%) Team Leader
14 23 (3.58%) Incident Manager
14 23 (3.58%) Service Manager
14 23 (3.58%) Vulnerability Manager
15 20 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.40%) ARM Templates
1 9 (1.40%) YAML
2 8 (1.24%) Laravel
3 6 (0.93%) .NET
3 6 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 6 (0.93%) XML
4 5 (0.78%) Web Services
5 4 (0.62%) EDI
6 3 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.47%) Node.js
6 3 (0.47%) REST
6 3 (0.47%) SOAP
7 2 (0.31%) CSS
7 2 (0.31%) D3.js
7 2 (0.31%) HTML
7 2 (0.31%) React
7 2 (0.31%) Vue
8 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.16%) PHP-FPM
Miscellaneous
1 120 (18.66%) Cyber Threat
2 114 (17.73%) Management Information System
3 80 (12.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 55 (8.55%) Cyberattack
5 51 (7.93%) Security Posture
6 32 (4.98%) Operational Technology
7 21 (3.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 19 (2.95%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.80%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 13 (2.02%) Client/Server
10 13 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.87%) PropTech
12 11 (1.71%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.56%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.24%) Social Media
15 7 (1.09%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 112 (17.42%) Windows
2 77 (11.98%) Linux
3 31 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.20%) Unix
5 11 (1.71%) Mac OS X
6 8 (1.24%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (65.01%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (31.88%) Security Operations
3 172 (26.75%) Information Security
4 168 (26.13%) SIEM
5 136 (21.15%) Incident Management
6 123 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
7 113 (17.57%) Vulnerability Management
8 110 (17.11%) Risk Management
9 102 (15.86%) Threat Intelligence
10 100 (15.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 71 (11.04%) Penetration Testing
12 65 (10.11%) Computer Science
13 64 (9.95%) Service Delivery
14 58 (9.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 56 (8.71%) Cloud Security
15 56 (8.71%) ITIL
16 55 (8.55%) Mentoring
17 53 (8.24%) SOAR
18 50 (7.78%) Change Management
18 50 (7.78%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.09%) Python
2 45 (7.00%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.33%) Bash
4 12 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (1.40%) Bicep
5 9 (1.40%) PHP
6 8 (1.24%) Rust
6 8 (1.24%) SQL
7 6 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.47%) Java
9 2 (0.31%) Lisp
10 1 (0.16%) C++
10 1 (0.16%) Go
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 161 (25.04%) Degree
2 149 (23.17%) CISSP
3 95 (14.77%) CISM
4 71 (11.04%) Security Cleared
5 41 (6.38%) SC Cleared
6 40 (6.22%) CompTIA Security+
7 36 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (5.44%) GIAC
9 32 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (4.82%) CEH
11 28 (4.35%) AWS Certification
12 26 (4.04%) CREST Certified
13 25 (3.89%) CISA
14 24 (3.73%) OSCP
15 16 (2.49%) CCNA
16 15 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 14 (2.18%) CCSP
17 14 (2.18%) Master's Degree
18 13 (2.02%) GCIH
18 13 (2.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (24.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (16.33%) NIST
3 58 (9.02%) GDPR
4 56 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 47 (7.31%) PCI DSS
6 29 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 20 (3.11%) JSP 440
8 14 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (2.18%) GRC
9 10 (1.56%) NCSC
10 8 (1.24%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.24%) SLA
11 7 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.78%) COBIT
12 5 (0.78%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 5 (0.78%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.78%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.62%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 41 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.18%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.62%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.62%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.47%) Docker
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (3.73%) Terraform
2 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.56%) CSIRT
4 6 (0.93%) Ansible
5 5 (0.78%) EnCase
5 5 (0.78%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.78%) Suricata
6 4 (0.62%) Cacti
7 3 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.47%) Nessus
7 3 (0.47%) SCCM
7 3 (0.47%) SELinux
8 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.31%) Grafana
8 2 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
9 1 (0.16%) Anchore
Vendors
1 144 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.38%) VMware
3 23 (3.58%) Cisco
4 18 (2.80%) Dell
5 16 (2.49%) Oracle
6 15 (2.33%) Splunk
7 11 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.56%) Juniper
9 9 (1.40%) Datto
9 9 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.24%) BT
10 8 (1.24%) Veeam
11 7 (1.09%) Citrix
12 6 (0.93%) AlienVault
12 6 (0.93%) Darktrace
12 6 (0.93%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.78%) New Relic
14 4 (0.62%) LogRhythm
14 4 (0.62%) Meraki