Incident Response Jobs in Edinburgh

Incident Response
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 140 141
Rank change year-on-year +58 +1 -58
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 29 11 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.89% 0.51% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 0.53% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile - £49,000 £39,705
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £40,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,000 £50,947
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% +21.70% -40.06%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £63,125
90th Percentile £71,600 £67,200 £71,800
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% +9.38% -43.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,387 2,065 2,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.42% 96.18% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,192 1,335
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £92,404 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Edinburgh

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Incident Response in Edinburgh

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Edinburgh

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (72.41%) SaaS
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) LAN
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) MySQL
1 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 14 (48.28%) Military
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Support Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Network Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Operational Security Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Operations Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Security Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (3.45%) DBA
5 1 (3.45%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Information Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Lead
5 1 (3.45%) MySQL DBA
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (3.45%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 5 (17.24%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (13.79%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (13.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Linux
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 15 (51.72%) Unix
3 14 (48.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (65.52%) Security Operations
3 17 (58.62%) Incident Management
4 16 (55.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 16 (55.17%) Information Security
4 16 (55.17%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (51.72%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (51.72%) Service Delivery
6 14 (48.28%) Customer Service
6 14 (48.28%) DevOps
6 14 (48.28%) ITIL
6 14 (48.28%) Malware Analysis
6 14 (48.28%) Open Source
6 14 (48.28%) Resource Management
6 14 (48.28%) Situational Awareness
7 6 (20.69%) Network Design
7 6 (20.69%) SIEM
7 6 (20.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) Degree
2 15 (51.72%) CISM
2 15 (51.72%) CISSP
3 14 (48.28%) GCIA
3 14 (48.28%) GCIH
3 14 (48.28%) GREM
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) CASB
2 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Dell
2 1 (3.45%) CA
2 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.45%) LogRhythm
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk
2 1 (3.45%) Sun
2 1 (3.45%) Trustwave
2 1 (3.45%) VMware