Incident Response Jobs in Manchester

Incident Response
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 165 199 225
Rank change year-on-year +34 +26 -44
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 47 40 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.92% 0.80% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.83% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 43 36 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year - +12.97% -3.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £89,000 £78,750 £79,500
North West median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year -13.19% +8.60% +2.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,432 4,825 5,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.78% 96.69% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,396 2,560 3,652
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,443
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,100 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Manchester 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
Stockport - 7 £60,000 - 1
Bury - 3 £50,000 - 1
Rochdale - 1 £60,000 - 1
Incident Response
North West

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) Azure
3 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.64%) IaaS
4 5 (10.64%) PaaS
4 5 (10.64%) SaaS
5 4 (8.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (8.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 4 (8.51%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (51.06%) Firewall
2 9 (19.15%) Network Security
3 5 (10.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (10.64%) VPN
4 4 (8.51%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) MySQL
2 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.13%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) GitLab
General
1 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
3 4 (8.51%) Law
3 4 (8.51%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Games
5 1 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Security Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Security Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) IT Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Information Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Security Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Security Specialist
6 4 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.38%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (25.53%) Security Posture
3 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
4 7 (14.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (12.77%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (8.51%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (6.38%) Smart Energy
8 1 (2.13%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.66%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Linux
3 6 (12.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.51%) Unix
5 3 (6.38%) Kali Linux
5 3 (6.38%) Ubuntu
5 3 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (70.21%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (36.17%) SIEM
3 15 (31.91%) Information Security
4 13 (27.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 13 (27.66%) Risk Management
4 13 (27.66%) Threat Intelligence
5 11 (23.40%) Security Operations
6 10 (21.28%) Incident Management
7 9 (19.15%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (17.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (14.89%) Penetration Testing
9 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
9 7 (14.89%) Threat Detection
9 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (12.77%) SOAR
11 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
11 5 (10.64%) Data Privacy
11 5 (10.64%) Data Security
11 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) Bash
1 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Java
2 1 (2.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) CISSP
2 14 (29.79%) Degree
3 8 (17.02%) CEH
3 8 (17.02%) CISM
4 7 (14.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (10.64%) AWS Certification
5 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
6 4 (8.51%) CCNA
6 4 (8.51%) CCNA CyberOps
6 4 (8.51%) CRISC
7 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
8 2 (4.26%) CREST Certified
8 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.13%) CCA
9 1 (2.13%) GCFA
9 1 (2.13%) GCIH
9 1 (2.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (59.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (42.55%) NIST
3 11 (23.40%) GDPR
4 7 (14.89%) PCI DSS
5 5 (10.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (4.26%) NCSC
8 1 (2.13%) QA
8 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
1 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.51%) VMware NSX
3 3 (6.38%) Terminal Services
4 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.38%) SELinux
2 2 (4.26%) CASB
3 1 (2.13%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) VMware
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco
4 4 (8.51%) Citrix
4 4 (8.51%) Dell
4 4 (8.51%) Meraki
5 2 (4.26%) Veeam
6 1 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.13%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.13%) Google
6 1 (2.13%) Oracle
6 1 (2.13%) Qualys
6 1 (2.13%) Spotify
6 1 (2.13%) Symantec