Incident Response Jobs in the City of London

Incident Response
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 168 207
Rank change year-on-year +63 +39 -12
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 68 69 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.04% 1.49% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.57% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 50 63 75
10th Percentile £47,050 £47,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £60,625 £62,500 £58,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +21.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £80,000
90th Percentile - £102,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year -3.03% +15.79% +32.56%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,061 4,399 6,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 91.89% 95.18% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 3,676 5,616
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,625 £45,236
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the City of London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the City of London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the City of London

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.29%) Azure
3 4 (5.88%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Serverless
5 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.94%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.47%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (33.82%) Firewall
2 6 (8.82%) Network Security
3 4 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.94%) VPN
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.47%) MySQL
2 1 (1.47%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.47%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (50.00%) Finance
2 30 (44.12%) Social Skills
3 15 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.47%) Games
6 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.47%) Marketing
6 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (47.06%) Analyst
2 29 (42.65%) Security Analyst
3 15 (22.06%) Senior
3 15 (22.06%) Senior Analyst
3 15 (22.06%) Senior Security Analyst
4 14 (20.59%) IT Analyst
4 14 (20.59%) IT Security Analyst
5 13 (19.12%) CISSP Analyst
5 13 (19.12%) Information Manager
5 13 (19.12%) Information Security Manager
5 13 (19.12%) Security Manager
5 13 (19.12%) Senior IT Security Analyst
6 10 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Information Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Specialist
8 4 (5.88%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
9 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) Web Services
2 1 (1.47%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) OAuth
2 1 (1.47%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.47%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) Security Posture
2 11 (16.18%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.88%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (4.41%) Insider Threat
5 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.29%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.47%) Unix
3 1 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (61.76%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (50.00%) Information Security
3 28 (41.18%) SIEM
4 27 (39.71%) Security Management
5 24 (35.29%) Incident Management
5 24 (35.29%) Risk Management
6 22 (32.35%) Computer Science
7 18 (26.47%) Security Architecture
7 18 (26.47%) Threat Detection
8 17 (25.00%) Security Operations
9 16 (23.53%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 15 (22.06%) Application Security
10 15 (22.06%) Strategic Thinking
11 14 (20.59%) Change Management
11 14 (20.59%) Information Security Management
12 13 (19.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 13 (19.12%) Privileged Access Management
12 13 (19.12%) Threat Intelligence
13 12 (17.65%) Roadmaps
14 10 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (2.94%) Java
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
3 2 (2.94%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.47%) C#
4 1 (1.47%) C++
4 1 (1.47%) Go
4 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (55.88%) CISSP
2 25 (36.76%) Degree
3 20 (29.41%) CISM
4 14 (20.59%) Master's Degree
5 7 (10.29%) GIAC
6 6 (8.82%) CISA
7 5 (7.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (7.35%) CCSP
7 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (5.88%) CRISC
9 2 (2.94%) CEH
10 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.47%) CCA
10 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.47%) GSEC
10 1 (1.47%) ISACA
10 1 (1.47%) SANS
10 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) NIST
2 12 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.82%) GRC
4 4 (5.88%) NCSC
5 3 (4.41%) COBIT
5 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.94%) GDPR
7 1 (1.47%) SLA
7 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) CSIRT
1 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Intel
3 2 (2.94%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.94%) Splunk
3 2 (2.94%) Sun
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) VMware