Incident Response Jobs in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 210 235
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 -26
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 58 50 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.85% 0.85% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.90% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 39 24 30
10th Percentile - £37,463 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,428 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £68,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +61.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,000 £83,125
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,726 5,569 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.12% 94.84% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,880 3,033 3,852
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Buckinghamshire -5 25 £43,750 -39.66% 2
Berkshire +8 20 £60,000 +4.35% 8
Oxfordshire +16 13 £75,000 -16.67% 2
Incident Response
South East

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (50.00%) Azure
2 23 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (22.41%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (8.62%) AWS
4 5 (8.62%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.45%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (55.17%) Firewall
2 23 (39.66%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (18.97%) Internet
4 8 (13.79%) Network Security
5 6 (10.34%) VPN
6 4 (6.90%) DNS
7 2 (3.45%) WAN
8 1 (1.72%) LAN
8 1 (1.72%) SAN
8 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.72%) tcpdump
8 1 (1.72%) VLAN
8 1 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.72%) MySQL
1 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (43.10%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 7 (12.07%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Law
6 2 (3.45%) Legal
6 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (46.55%) Analyst
2 21 (36.21%) SOC Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Architect
3 13 (22.41%) Security Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Information Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Information Security Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Lead
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) Security Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Portfolio Manager
8 1 (1.72%) Head of Operations
8 1 (1.72%) IT Director
8 1 (1.72%) IT Security Analyst
8 1 (1.72%) MySQL DBA
8 1 (1.72%) Security Manager
8 1 (1.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 1 (1.72%) Senior Security Specialist
8 1 (1.72%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (46.55%) Cyber Threat
1 27 (46.55%) Management Information System
2 21 (36.21%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (22.41%) Client/Server
4 12 (20.69%) Security Posture
5 6 (10.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (10.34%) Data Centre
6 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (5.17%) Insider Threat
8 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
8 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.72%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (32.76%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Kali Linux
3 4 (6.90%) Linux
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (79.31%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (62.07%) Security Operations
3 32 (55.17%) SIEM
4 23 (39.66%) Computer Science
5 19 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (25.86%) Information Security
6 15 (25.86%) Security Architecture
7 12 (20.69%) Data Protection
8 11 (18.97%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (15.52%) Incident Management
10 8 (13.79%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (13.79%) Security Management
10 8 (13.79%) Technical Architecture
10 8 (13.79%) Use Case
10 8 (13.79%) Zero Trust
11 7 (12.07%) SOAR
11 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
11 7 (12.07%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 6 (10.34%) Asset Management
12 6 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
1 5 (8.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (62.07%) Degree
2 30 (51.72%) CISSP
3 18 (31.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (29.31%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (22.41%) Security Cleared
6 8 (13.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (13.79%) CCSK
6 8 (13.79%) CCSP
6 8 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
8 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
8 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
9 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (3.45%) GCFA
11 2 (3.45%) GCFE
11 2 (3.45%) OSCP
12 1 (1.72%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (31.03%) NIST
2 17 (29.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (22.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 12 (20.69%) PCI DSS
5 11 (18.97%) GDPR
6 9 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.45%) SLA
8 1 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.72%) IASME
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Suricata
2 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.72%) Nessus
2 1 (1.72%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 30 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) Splunk
3 6 (10.34%) Cisco
4 5 (8.62%) Juniper
4 5 (8.62%) Palo Alto
5 4 (6.90%) VMware
6 3 (5.17%) BT
6 3 (5.17%) LogRhythm
6 3 (5.17%) McAfee
7 1 (1.72%) Apple
7 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.72%) Citrix
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle
7 1 (1.72%) SAP
7 1 (1.72%) Veeam