Incident Responder
UK

The median Incident Responder salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 889 967 1208
Rank change year-on-year +78 +241 -322
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Responder 5 26 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.025% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.027% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 1 26 4
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £63,750 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 £75,000 £93,125
90th Percentile - £80,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +55.56% -

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Incident Responder
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Responder in the UK

Incident Responder
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Incident Responder in the UK

Incident Responder
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Responder within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +98 5 £42,500 -39.29% 2
UK excluding London -17 5 £42,500 -39.29% 2
South West - 4 - -
North of England +40 1 £42,500 -37.04% 2
North West +5 1 £42,500 -37.04% 2

Incident Responder Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Incident Responder 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 Responder in the job title.

1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) Veeam
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
1 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Spotify
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Response

Incident Responder 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Spotify
1 1 (20.00%) Veeam
1 1 (20.00%) VMware