Incident Analyst
UK

The median Incident Analyst salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 956 1106
Rank change year-on-year +69 +150 -225
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 24 43 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.042% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.045% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 46
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £35,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £48,125 £92,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £29,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +154.24% -32.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Incident Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +68 17 £75,000 +66.67% 1
London +102 9 £72,500 +61.11%
UK excluding London -16 8 £75,000 +154.24% 1
Yorkshire +91 4 £75,000 +120.59%
North of England +36 4 £75,000 +120.59%
Work from Home +71 3 £72,500 +61.11%
East Midlands - 3 £75,000 -
Midlands - 3 £75,000 -
East of England +19 1 £23,400 +8.84%

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Incident Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) Azure
3 8 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 8 (33.33%) ITIL
3 8 (33.33%) Service Management
3 8 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 7 (29.17%) Change Control
4 7 (29.17%) Workload Management
4 7 (29.17%) Proactive Management
4 7 (29.17%) Change Advisory Board
4 7 (29.17%) Change Management
4 7 (29.17%) Financial Institution
4 7 (29.17%) ITSM
4 7 (29.17%) Workflow
4 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) Incident Management
4 7 (29.17%) Banking
4 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
4 7 (29.17%) Hedge funds
5 6 (25.00%) SIEM
5 6 (25.00%) AWS
5 6 (25.00%) Datto
5 6 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (25.00%) AlienVault

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 6 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Cloudflare
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Banking
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Financial Institution
2 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.33%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 8 (33.33%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 8 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 8 (33.33%) Service Management
3 7 (29.17%) Change Advisory Board
3 7 (29.17%) Change Control
3 7 (29.17%) Change Management
3 7 (29.17%) Incident Management
3 7 (29.17%) ITSM
3 7 (29.17%) Proactive Management
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (29.17%) Workflow
3 7 (29.17%) Workload Management
4 6 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 6 (25.00%) SIEM
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.33%) Offensive Security
5 2 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 2 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) AlienVault
2 6 (25.00%) Datto
3 2 (8.33%) CrowdStrike