Incident Response Jobs in London

Incident Response
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 326 424
Rank change year-on-year +96 +98 -65
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 312 371 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.33% 1.04% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.09% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 253 276 336
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,938 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,460 33,929 63,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.37% 95.38% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16,009 24,266 34,417
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,125 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +57 77 £80,000 +3.23% 9
North London - 7 £55,000 -
South London 0 4 £44,000 -32.31% 1
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 110 (35.26%) Azure
2 80 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (15.38%) AWS
4 26 (8.33%) GCP
5 12 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.85%) SaaS
6 10 (3.21%) PaaS
7 7 (2.24%) IaaS
7 7 (2.24%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.92%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.28%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.28%) Serverless
10 2 (0.64%) GitHub
10 2 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.64%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 70 (22.44%) Firewall
2 16 (5.13%) Network Security
3 13 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (3.21%) VPN
6 7 (2.24%) Wireshark
7 5 (1.60%) LAN
8 3 (0.96%) Broadband
8 3 (0.96%) DNS
8 3 (0.96%) Internet
9 2 (0.64%) WAN
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.32%) DHCP
10 1 (0.32%) HTTP
10 1 (0.32%) Intranet
10 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.32%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.85%) BigQuery
2 12 (3.85%) Data Hub
2 12 (3.85%) DB2
2 12 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.85%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.28%) MySQL
5 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Power BI
6 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.32%) Snyk
3 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 110 (35.26%) Finance
3 41 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.86%) Law
5 36 (11.54%) Banking
6 32 (10.26%) Legal
7 14 (4.49%) Financial Institution
8 12 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.88%) Games
12 7 (2.24%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.28%) International Banking
15 3 (0.96%) French Language
15 3 (0.96%) Marketing
15 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.96%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (33.65%) Analyst
2 80 (25.64%) Security Analyst
3 62 (19.87%) Senior
4 49 (15.71%) Security Engineer
5 38 (12.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 38 (12.18%) Security Manager
6 36 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (11.22%) IT Analyst
7 35 (11.22%) IT Security Analyst
8 31 (9.94%) Senior Security Analyst
9 26 (8.33%) Lead
10 23 (7.37%) Senior IT Security Analyst
11 22 (7.05%) Senior Security Engineer
12 21 (6.73%) Information Manager
12 21 (6.73%) Information Security Manager
13 18 (5.77%) SOC Analyst
14 17 (5.45%) CISSP Analyst
15 16 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 15 (4.81%) Security Specialist
17 12 (3.85%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.88%) .NET
2 6 (1.92%) Web Services
3 4 (1.28%) Kafka
4 3 (0.96%) web3js
5 2 (0.64%) Node.js
5 2 (0.64%) Sass
6 1 (0.32%) HTML
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.32%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) Symfony
6 1 (0.32%) XML
6 1 (0.32%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.35%) Cyberattack
2 49 (15.71%) Cyber Threat
3 44 (14.10%) Security Posture
4 36 (11.54%) Management Information System
5 20 (6.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (5.13%) Public Cloud
7 14 (4.49%) Cyber Defence
7 14 (4.49%) Operational Technology
8 12 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 12 (3.85%) Data Fabric
8 12 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.56%) SCADA
10 6 (1.92%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.92%) PKI
11 5 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.96%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 73 (23.40%) Windows
2 38 (12.18%) Linux
3 16 (5.13%) Unix
3 16 (5.13%) zOS
4 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.28%) CentOS
5 4 (1.28%) Solaris
5 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.32%) AIX
7 1 (0.32%) Android
7 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (63.78%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (36.22%) Information Security
3 100 (32.05%) Security Operations
4 98 (31.41%) SIEM
5 52 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 50 (16.03%) Disaster Recovery
7 48 (15.38%) Security Management
8 47 (15.06%) Threat Intelligence
9 46 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (13.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 40 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 38 (12.18%) Risk Management
13 37 (11.86%) Identity Access Management
13 37 (11.86%) Incident Management
14 35 (11.22%) Computer Science
14 35 (11.22%) Security Architecture
15 34 (10.90%) Security Monitoring
16 33 (10.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 33 (10.58%) Roadmaps
17 31 (9.94%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.65%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.09%) SQL
3 15 (4.81%) Python
4 9 (2.88%) C#
5 8 (2.56%) Java
6 6 (1.92%) Bash
6 6 (1.92%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.96%) C++
8 2 (0.64%) Go
9 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.32%) PHP
9 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (37.82%) CISSP
2 54 (17.31%) CISM
2 54 (17.31%) Degree
3 33 (10.58%) CEH
4 30 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (8.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 22 (7.05%) CCSP
7 21 (6.73%) CISA
8 17 (5.45%) Master's Degree
9 15 (4.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (4.49%) Azure Certification
11 13 (4.17%) Security Cleared
12 12 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (3.53%) CRISC
13 11 (3.53%) GIAC
14 10 (3.21%) SC Cleared
15 9 (2.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (24.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (15.71%) NIST
3 28 (8.97%) PCI DSS
4 23 (7.37%) GRC
5 22 (7.05%) GDPR
6 21 (6.73%) NCSC
7 13 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.92%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.28%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.28%) QA
11 4 (1.28%) SLA
12 3 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.96%) PMO
13 2 (0.64%) COBIT
13 2 (0.64%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (11.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.60%) Docker
4 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (6.73%) QRadar
2 9 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.24%) CSIRT
3 7 (2.24%) SCCM
4 6 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.28%) CASB
6 4 (1.28%) Terraform
7 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.32%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.32%) Istio
8 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.32%) Kiali
8 1 (0.32%) Nmap
8 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.32%) Puppet
8 1 (0.32%) WMI
Vendors
1 120 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.33%) Qualys
3 23 (7.37%) Splunk
4 18 (5.77%) IBM
4 18 (5.77%) Oracle
5 15 (4.81%) CrowdStrike
6 13 (4.17%) Databricks
7 12 (3.85%) F5
7 12 (3.85%) Google
8 9 (2.88%) Darktrace
8 9 (2.88%) VMware
9 8 (2.56%) CyberArk
9 8 (2.56%) Xero
10 7 (2.24%) Sun
11 5 (1.60%) CA
11 5 (1.60%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.60%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.28%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.28%) Cisco
12 4 (1.28%) Citrix