Incident Response Jobs in the North West

Incident Response
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 160 250 271
Rank change year-on-year +90 +21 -48
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 133 52 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.37% 0.65% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 0.68% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 113 43 58
10th Percentile £39,050 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +8.60% +2.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,062 7,624 8,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.74% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 3,949 5,362
10th Percentile £27,775 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,050 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 the North West

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the North West.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the North West 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
Lancashire +48 74 £52,084 - 18
Manchester +37 47 £60,000 - 30
Merseyside +10 9 £35,000 -30.00% 1
Cheshire -13 3 £62,500 -5.30% 20
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.28%) Azure
2 14 (10.53%) AWS
3 9 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.76%) IaaS
4 5 (3.76%) PaaS
4 5 (3.76%) SaaS
5 4 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (3.01%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 4 (3.01%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.32%) Firewall
2 9 (6.77%) Network Security
3 8 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (4.51%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.76%) VPN
6 4 (3.01%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.26%) MySQL
2 2 (1.50%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 34 (25.56%) Manufacturing
2 28 (21.05%) Military
3 19 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.77%) Finance
6 7 (5.26%) Legal
7 5 (3.76%) Law
8 3 (2.26%) Retail
9 1 (0.75%) Games
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (17.29%) Incident Manager
1 23 (17.29%) Vulnerability Manager
2 20 (15.04%) Analyst
3 16 (12.03%) Security Specialist
3 16 (12.03%) Senior
4 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 12 (9.02%) Security Operations Specialist
5 10 (7.52%) Security Analyst
5 10 (7.52%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.02%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) SOC Engineer
9 4 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.01%) Security Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.01%) Senior Operations Analyst
9 4 (3.01%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.82%) Operational Technology
2 36 (27.07%) Management Information System
3 33 (24.81%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 21 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (12.03%) Cyberattack
6 14 (10.53%) Security Posture
7 7 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (4.51%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (4.51%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.26%) Smart Energy
11 1 (0.75%) Life Science
11 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.79%) Windows
2 19 (14.29%) Linux
3 13 (9.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.76%) Unix
5 3 (2.26%) Kali Linux
5 3 (2.26%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (83.46%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (39.85%) Risk Management
3 45 (33.83%) Information Security
4 41 (30.83%) Change Management
5 35 (26.32%) Incident Management
5 35 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
6 27 (20.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 27 (20.30%) Threat Intelligence
7 24 (18.05%) SIEM
8 23 (17.29%) Root Cause Analysis
9 22 (16.54%) Security Operations
10 13 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (8.27%) ITIL
12 10 (7.52%) Analytics
12 10 (7.52%) SOAR
12 10 (7.52%) Threat Detection
13 9 (6.77%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (6.02%) Capacity Planning
14 8 (6.02%) Problem Management
14 8 (6.02%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.27%) Python
2 8 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (0.75%) Java
4 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (53.38%) Degree
2 40 (30.08%) CISSP
3 31 (23.31%) CISM
4 15 (11.28%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.52%) GIAC
6 9 (6.77%) CREST Certified
7 8 (6.02%) CEH
8 7 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.01%) CCNA
10 4 (3.01%) CCNA CyberOps
10 4 (3.01%) CRISC
11 3 (2.26%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.50%) GCFA
12 2 (1.50%) GCIH
13 1 (0.75%) CCA
13 1 (0.75%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (23.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (15.04%) NIST
3 12 (9.02%) GDPR
4 8 (6.02%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.50%) NCSC
7 2 (1.50%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.01%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.26%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.26%) SELinux
2 2 (1.50%) CASB
3 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.75%) Grafana
3 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Nessus
3 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.75%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.78%) VMware
3 8 (6.02%) Cisco
4 4 (3.01%) Citrix
4 4 (3.01%) Dell
4 4 (3.01%) Meraki
5 3 (2.26%) Veeam
6 2 (1.50%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.50%) Oracle
6 2 (1.50%) Spotify
6 2 (1.50%) Symantec
7 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.75%) Google
7 1 (0.75%) Qualys