Incident Response Jobs in Leeds

Incident Response
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 173 177
Rank change year-on-year +84 +4 -40
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 46 7 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.96% 0.24% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 0.25% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 43 6 6
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £89,063 £57,688
90th Percentile £77,250 £101,250 £74,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.13% +38.24% -22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,976 2,814 3,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 84.34% 97.84% 97.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,412 1,632 2,502
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,996
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,000 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £69,885
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.35%) IIS
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (69.57%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.04%) AWS
3 6 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (6.52%) SaaS
5 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Storage
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 25 (54.35%) Firewall
2 20 (43.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (10.87%) Internet
3 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.70%) Network Security
5 2 (4.35%) DMZ
5 2 (4.35%) DNS
5 2 (4.35%) HTTP
5 2 (4.35%) SMTP
5 2 (4.35%) tcpdump
5 2 (4.35%) VPN
5 2 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) MySQL
2 1 (2.17%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
General
1 16 (34.78%) Law
2 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
5 2 (4.35%) Games
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (43.48%) Lead
2 18 (39.13%) Team Leader
3 11 (23.91%) Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Consultant
4 9 (19.57%) Security Consultant
5 8 (17.39%) Information Security Consultant
6 5 (10.87%) Security Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Technical Support
8 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Senior
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Support Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) Technical Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) Technical Support Specialist
9 1 (2.17%) Cloud Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) ARM Templates
1 2 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.70%) Cyberattack
2 4 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Linux
3 4 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.52%) Mac OS X
5 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (71.74%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (63.04%) SIEM
3 19 (41.30%) Cryptography
4 18 (39.13%) Migration
4 18 (39.13%) Risk Analysis
5 17 (36.96%) ISMS
5 17 (36.96%) Kalman Filter
5 17 (36.96%) Social Engineering
6 14 (30.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 14 (30.43%) Security Operations
6 14 (30.43%) Threat Intelligence
7 11 (23.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 10 (21.74%) Information Security
9 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (17.39%) Business Continuity
10 8 (17.39%) Data Protection
10 8 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (17.39%) Security Testing
11 7 (15.22%) Security Auditing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) Python
2 2 (4.35%) Bicep
2 2 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
1 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.35%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (4.35%) CASP
4 2 (4.35%) CCNA
4 2 (4.35%) CEH
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.35%) CISSP
4 2 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (4.35%) CREST Certified
4 2 (4.35%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) MCSE
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) OSCP
4 2 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (19.57%) NIST
3 8 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (17.39%) GDPR
3 8 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (10.87%) COBIT
4 5 (10.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.17%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) CSIRT
1 2 (4.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (4.35%) Terraform
2 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Datto
2 3 (6.52%) Splunk
2 3 (6.52%) Veeam
2 3 (6.52%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle