CSIRT Contracts in London

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 384 489 607
Rank change year-on-year +105 +118 -152
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 9 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.050% 0.037% 0.010%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.41% 0.22% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile £413 £461 £455
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -31.03%
75th Percentile £725 £538 £563
90th Percentile - £850 £585
England median daily rate £650 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -25.42%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,174 4,514 6,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.16% 16.61% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,566 3,290 5,139
10th Percentile £316 £400 £425
25th Percentile £425 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 42 48
10th Percentile £18.45 £21.83 £15.45
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.85 £22.76
Median hourly rate £25.71 £66.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -61.05% +176.04% -25.28%
75th Percentile £59.06 £82.88 £45.31
90th Percentile £69.10 £90.00 £79.88
England median hourly rate £28.50 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.43% +167.44% -7.37%

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 25 April 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 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
Central London +53 7 £650 +38.30%
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 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) FTP
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) tcpdump
2 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
1 5 (55.56%) SOC Architect
1 5 (55.56%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Incident Response
1 8 (88.89%) Security Operations
2 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) SOAR
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) SIEM
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
5 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Application Security
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) GCIA
1 3 (33.33%) GCIH
1 3 (33.33%) GIAC
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CHFI
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) EnCE
3 1 (11.11%) GCED
3 1 (11.11%) GCFA
3 1 (11.11%) GPEN
3 1 (11.11%) GSNA
3 1 (11.11%) GWAPT
3 1 (11.11%) OSCE
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Nessus
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Palo Alto
2 2 (22.22%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec