Incident Response Jobs in Scotland

Incident Response
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 236 180 163
Rank change year-on-year -56 -17 -21
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 46 42 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.89% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.95% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 53
10th Percentile £46,200 £27,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +9.38% -43.53%
75th Percentile £72,000 £64,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,500 £62,833
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +57 29 £67,500 +8.87% 3
Glasgow -104 16 £70,000 +47.37% 6
Highlands - 1 £60,000 -
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) SaaS
2 3 (6.52%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) IaaS
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (30.43%) Firewall
2 6 (13.04%) LAN
2 6 (13.04%) WAN
3 4 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) MySQL
1 2 (4.35%) RDBMS
1 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 25 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Military
3 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.52%) Finance
6 2 (4.35%) Law
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Analyst
2 14 (30.43%) Support Analyst
2 14 (30.43%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Operations Manager
4 5 (10.87%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Lead
5 4 (8.70%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) DBA
7 2 (4.35%) Information Officer
7 2 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.35%) MySQL DBA
7 2 (4.35%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (4.35%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.09%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.04%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.35%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (47.83%) Windows
2 20 (43.48%) Linux
3 16 (34.78%) Unix
4 14 (30.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (52.17%) Security Operations
3 21 (45.65%) Information Security
4 20 (43.48%) Incident Management
5 18 (39.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 18 (39.13%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (34.78%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (34.78%) Service Delivery
7 14 (30.43%) Customer Service
7 14 (30.43%) DevOps
7 14 (30.43%) ITIL
7 14 (30.43%) Malware Analysis
7 14 (30.43%) Open Source
7 14 (30.43%) Resource Management
7 14 (30.43%) Situational Awareness
8 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (17.39%) SIEM
10 7 (15.22%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
11 6 (13.04%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (43.48%) CISM
1 20 (43.48%) Degree
2 18 (39.13%) CISSP
3 14 (30.43%) GCIA
3 14 (30.43%) GCIH
3 14 (30.43%) GREM
4 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.52%) CISA
6 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (13.04%) NIST
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) CASB
2 1 (2.17%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Dell
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) VMware
4 1 (2.17%) CA
4 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.17%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.17%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Sun
4 1 (2.17%) Trustwave