Incident Response Jobs in Wales

Incident Response
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 104 126
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -34
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 14 26 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.69% 1.55% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.61% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 12
10th Percentile £48,125 £44,799 £45,825
25th Percentile £52,813 £45,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £78,750 £60,875 £72,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,615 1,612 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.67% 96.18% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 817 1,137
10th Percentile £26,725 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,000 £75,000
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Wales

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Wales

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Wales

Incident Response
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
South Wales -7 14 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) MySQL
2 5 (35.71%) RDBMS
2 5 (35.71%) Relational Database
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) DBA
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
2 4 (28.57%) SQL DBA
3 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Security
5 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) MySQL DBA
5 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
1 6 (42.86%) Unix
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Service Delivery
2 7 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 7 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (50.00%) Change Management
2 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Application Security
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Kanban
5 2 (14.29%) Runbook
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (7.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) CCNP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CISMP
3 1 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) CSIRT
3 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.14%) PaperCut
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Canon
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam