Incident Response Contracts in the East of England

Incident Response
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 94 128
Rank change year-on-year +5 +34 -23
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 25 29 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.32% 1.40% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.61% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 16
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £325 £260 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £473 £513
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -7.80% -18.00%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £705
90th Percentile £701 - £725
England median daily rate £550 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -6.14% +6.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 advertised in the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,801 2,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.16% 87.13% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 1,065 1,275
10th Percentile £207 £201 £185
25th Percentile £336 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 601 340 385
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Hertfordshire -3 22 £526 +33.23% 8
Cambridgeshire +4 2 £750 - 2
Bedfordshire 0 1 - - 1
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (48.00%) CMS
2 4 (16.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) DNS
1 3 (12.00%) FTP
1 3 (12.00%) HTTP
1 3 (12.00%) SMTP
1 3 (12.00%) SSL
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SAP BW
1 4 (16.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.00%) Legal
3 1 (4.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Analyst
2 12 (48.00%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) Senior
3 10 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Consultant
5 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 4 (16.00%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (12.00%) Junior
6 3 (12.00%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Security Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
8 1 (4.00%) Management Consultant
8 1 (4.00%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Security Manager
8 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (12.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Cyberattack
2 11 (44.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 11 (44.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (4.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Linux
2 14 (56.00%) Windows
3 4 (16.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (24.00%) Problem Management
5 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (16.00%) SAP Security
5 4 (16.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (12.00%) SIEM
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.00%) Malware Analysis
7 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (8.00%) Red Team
7 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (8.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Certification
4 2 (8.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 16 (64.00%) Darktrace
2 13 (52.00%) Splunk
3 12 (48.00%) FireEye
3 12 (48.00%) LogRhythm
4 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (16.00%) SAP
5 4 (16.00%) Varonis
6 3 (12.00%) IronPort
6 3 (12.00%) Symantec
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco
7 1 (4.00%) Sage