Incident Response Jobs in England

Incident Response
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 282 392 432
Rank change year-on-year +110 +40 +20
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 841 771 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.99% 0.83% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.86% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 673 554 707
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,748 £37,535
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +88 312 £75,000 +7.14% 92
North of England +151 198 £52,084 -13.19% 97
North West +90 133 £52,084 -13.19% 68
Midlands +16 121 £60,000 +20.00% 38
South East -3 108 £62,500 +13.64% 62
West Midlands +44 92 £60,000 +9.09% 27
South West +53 78 £50,000 - 27
Yorkshire +118 56 £60,000 -6.25% 23
East Midlands -25 29 £65,000 +36.84% 11
East of England +4 15 £50,000 -2.44% 19
North East +4 9 £70,000 +3.70% 6
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.07%) IIS
4 6 (0.71%) Apache
5 1 (0.12%) Confluence
5 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 55 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 243 (28.89%) Azure
2 143 (17.00%) Microsoft 365
3 120 (14.27%) AWS
4 41 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 30 (3.57%) GCP
6 27 (3.21%) SaaS
7 20 (2.38%) Entra ID
8 17 (2.02%) PaaS
9 16 (1.90%) IaaS
10 14 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.19%) Power Platform
13 9 (1.07%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 9 (1.07%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.07%) AWS CloudTrail
13 9 (1.07%) Serverless
14 8 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (0.95%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.71%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 220 (26.16%) Firewall
2 74 (8.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 49 (5.83%) Network Security
4 43 (5.11%) TCP/IP
5 31 (3.69%) Internet
6 27 (3.21%) VPN
7 16 (1.90%) DNS
8 13 (1.55%) SAN
9 12 (1.43%) LAN
9 12 (1.43%) WAN
9 12 (1.43%) Wireshark
10 7 (0.83%) HTTP
10 7 (0.83%) SMTP
11 5 (0.59%) DHCP
11 5 (0.59%) SSL
11 5 (0.59%) VLAN
12 4 (0.48%) DMZ
12 4 (0.48%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.48%) Wireless
12 4 (0.48%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.28%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.55%) MongoDB
3 12 (1.43%) BigQuery
3 12 (1.43%) Data Hub
3 12 (1.43%) DB2
3 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.31%) MySQL
5 7 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.36%) Power BI
10 2 (0.24%) Metabase
10 2 (0.24%) Redis
11 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Burp Suite
1 6 (0.71%) Metasploit
1 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.24%) GitLab
3 2 (0.24%) Snyk
3 2 (0.24%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.12%) JIRA
4 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 271 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 165 (19.62%) Finance
3 120 (14.27%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.68%) Law
5 59 (7.02%) Legal
6 50 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 41 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 40 (4.76%) Banking
9 29 (3.45%) Military
10 21 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.50%) Games
11 20 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.90%) Spanish Language
13 15 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.78%) Retail
14 14 (1.66%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.31%) French Language
15 11 (1.31%) Marketing
16 10 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 222 (26.40%) Analyst
2 138 (16.41%) Security Analyst
3 133 (15.81%) Senior
4 83 (9.87%) Lead
5 77 (9.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 77 (9.16%) Security Engineer
6 76 (9.04%) Senior Analyst
7 64 (7.61%) Security Manager
8 56 (6.66%) SOC Analyst
9 50 (5.95%) Consultant
10 44 (5.23%) Security Consultant
10 44 (5.23%) Senior Security Analyst
11 40 (4.76%) Architect
12 38 (4.52%) IT Analyst
13 37 (4.40%) IT Security Analyst
14 36 (4.28%) Security Specialist
15 35 (4.16%) Incident Manager
16 33 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 33 (3.92%) Security Architect
17 32 (3.80%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.78%) .NET
2 9 (1.07%) Web Services
3 8 (0.95%) Laravel
4 7 (0.83%) XML
5 6 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.48%) Kafka
6 4 (0.48%) Node.js
7 3 (0.36%) EDI
7 3 (0.36%) HTML
7 3 (0.36%) Vue
7 3 (0.36%) web3js
8 2 (0.24%) CSS
8 2 (0.24%) D3.js
8 2 (0.24%) React
8 2 (0.24%) Sass
9 1 (0.12%) JSON
9 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.12%) OpenID
9 1 (0.12%) REST
9 1 (0.12%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 145 (17.24%) Cyber Threat
2 133 (15.81%) Management Information System
3 92 (10.94%) Cyberattack
4 89 (10.58%) Security Posture
5 67 (7.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 59 (7.02%) Operational Technology
7 39 (4.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 39 (4.64%) Driving Licence
8 33 (3.92%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 24 (2.85%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.73%) Public Cloud
11 19 (2.26%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.78%) SCADA
13 14 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.66%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
15 12 (1.43%) Data Fabric
16 11 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (1.19%) Cloud Native
18 7 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 166 (19.74%) Windows
2 94 (11.18%) Linux
3 45 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.57%) Unix
5 16 (1.90%) zOS
6 10 (1.19%) Kali Linux
7 8 (0.95%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.48%) CentOS
10 4 (0.48%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.48%) Solaris
10 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.12%) AIX
13 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Android
13 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (70.15%) Cybersecurity
2 255 (30.32%) Information Security
3 244 (29.01%) Security Operations
4 237 (28.18%) SIEM
5 184 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (16.65%) Incident Management
7 138 (16.41%) Vulnerability Management
8 137 (16.29%) Risk Management
9 130 (15.46%) Threat Intelligence
10 124 (14.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 94 (11.18%) Penetration Testing
12 91 (10.82%) Computer Science
13 87 (10.34%) Cloud Security
13 87 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
14 71 (8.44%) Security Architecture
15 70 (8.32%) Change Management
16 67 (7.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 62 (7.37%) Security Management
18 61 (7.25%) SOAR
19 60 (7.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 61 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 57 (6.78%) Python
3 27 (3.21%) Bash
4 25 (2.97%) SQL
5 13 (1.55%) C#
6 11 (1.31%) Java
6 11 (1.31%) PHP
7 8 (0.95%) Rust
8 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.48%) C++
11 3 (0.36%) Go
12 2 (0.24%) Lisp
12 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 232 (27.59%) CISSP
2 214 (25.45%) Degree
3 114 (13.56%) CISM
4 91 (10.82%) Security Cleared
5 58 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 52 (6.18%) CEH
6 52 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (5.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 42 (4.99%) GIAC
9 41 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 36 (4.28%) CCSP
10 36 (4.28%) CISA
11 33 (3.92%) Master's Degree
11 33 (3.92%) SC Cleared
12 26 (3.09%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.50%) AWS Certification
13 21 (2.50%) OSCP
14 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (2.14%) Azure Certification
16 17 (2.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 127 (15.10%) NIST
3 93 (11.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 68 (8.09%) GDPR
5 59 (7.02%) PCI DSS
6 41 (4.88%) ISO 9001
7 39 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 39 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 35 (4.16%) NCSC
9 34 (4.04%) GRC
10 20 (2.38%) JSP 440
11 15 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (1.19%) SLA
13 9 (1.07%) Accessibility
14 8 (0.95%) QA
15 7 (0.83%) COBIT
15 7 (0.83%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.83%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.71%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 28 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.55%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.95%) Docker
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (4.40%) EnCase
2 23 (2.73%) QRadar
3 15 (1.78%) CSIRT
4 14 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.66%) Terraform
5 11 (1.31%) Kubernetes
6 9 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.83%) Ansible
7 7 (0.83%) SCCM
8 6 (0.71%) CASB
9 5 (0.59%) Nmap
10 4 (0.48%) Cacti
11 3 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.36%) Nessus
11 3 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.36%) SELinux
11 3 (0.36%) Suricata
12 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.24%) Grafana
12 2 (0.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 281 (33.41%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.23%) VMware
3 35 (4.16%) Splunk
4 30 (3.57%) Qualys
5 24 (2.85%) Cisco
5 24 (2.85%) Oracle
6 22 (2.62%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (2.14%) IBM
8 14 (1.66%) Darktrace
8 14 (1.66%) Google
9 13 (1.55%) Databricks
10 12 (1.43%) Citrix
10 12 (1.43%) F5
10 12 (1.43%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.07%) Datto
11 9 (1.07%) Sun
12 8 (0.95%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.95%) Dell
12 8 (0.95%) Xero
13 7 (0.83%) Juniper