CSIRT Contracts in England

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CSIRT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSIRT over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 658 771
Rank change year-on-year +121 +113 -154
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 11 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.020% 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 0.13% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 7
10th Percentile £413 £461 £434
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -25.42%
75th Percentile £725 £538 £588
90th Percentile - £850 £593
UK median daily rate £650 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -25.42%

All Systems Management Skills
England

CSIRT is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,375 7,961 11,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.75% 15.70% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,169 5,804 8,292
10th Percentile £250 £350 £360
25th Percentile £409 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £566 £564
% change year-on-year -9.01% +0.40% +12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 188 166
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.45 £13.94
25th Percentile £17.74 £24.56 £15.31
Median hourly rate £28.50 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.43% +167.44% -7.37%
75th Percentile £54.06 £73.72 £43.36
90th Percentile £70.13 £82.50 £65.63
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -45.22% +158.08% -23.17%

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 25 April 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 25 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
London +105 9 £650 +30.00% 2
South West - 2 - -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) FTP
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) tcpdump
2 1 (9.09%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) SOC Architect
1 5 (45.45%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Security Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Information Security
3 5 (45.45%) SOAR
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Information Assurance
5 2 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (18.18%) Workflow
6 1 (9.09%) Application Security
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Offensive Security
6 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) GCIA
1 3 (27.27%) GCIH
1 3 (27.27%) GIAC
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CCFP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) ECIH
3 1 (9.09%) ECSA
3 1 (9.09%) EnCE
3 1 (9.09%) GAWN
3 1 (9.09%) GCED
3 1 (9.09%) GPEN
3 1 (9.09%) GREM
3 1 (9.09%) GWAPT
3 1 (9.09%) OSCE
3 1 (9.09%) OSCP
3 1 (9.09%) OSWP
3 1 (9.09%) SANS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Nessus
1 2 (18.18%) QRadar
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Palo Alto
2 2 (18.18%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (18.18%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Symantec