Incident Response Jobs with Work from Home Options

Incident Response
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 302 392
Rank change year-on-year -7 +90 -14
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 328 439 593
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.97% 1.06% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.10% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 235 301 403
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £39,080
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% +6.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,965 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.45% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 27,739 41,261
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Incident Response
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Response trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response.

Incident Response salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Incident Response over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Incident Response salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.13%) IIS
3 6 (1.83%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.32%) Azure
2 55 (16.77%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (10.98%) AWS
4 34 (10.37%) SaaS
5 18 (5.49%) GCP
6 9 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.13%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.22%) IaaS
8 4 (1.22%) PaaS
9 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (0.91%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.61%) Serverless
10 2 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 69 (21.04%) Firewall
2 36 (10.98%) Intrusion Detection
3 24 (7.32%) Network Security
4 13 (3.96%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.74%) DNS
5 9 (2.74%) Internet
6 6 (1.83%) Wireshark
7 5 (1.52%) LAN
8 3 (0.91%) Broadband
8 3 (0.91%) VPN
8 3 (0.91%) WAN
8 3 (0.91%) Wireless
9 2 (0.61%) DHCP
9 2 (0.61%) HTTP
9 2 (0.61%) SMTP
9 2 (0.61%) SSL
9 2 (0.61%) Wireless Security
10 1 (0.30%) OSPF
10 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.10%) MySQL
1 20 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.88%) RDBMS
2 16 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.66%) BigQuery
3 12 (3.66%) Data Hub
3 12 (3.66%) DB2
3 12 (3.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.66%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.22%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.61%) Git
2 2 (0.61%) sqlmap
General
1 131 (39.94%) Social Skills
2 85 (25.91%) Finance
3 55 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.50%) Legal
5 39 (11.89%) Law
6 23 (7.01%) Banking
7 17 (5.18%) Marketing
8 14 (4.27%) Military
9 13 (3.96%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.13%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.52%) Automotive
13 4 (1.22%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.61%) Retail
16 1 (0.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (30.49%) Analyst
2 60 (18.29%) Security Analyst
3 50 (15.24%) Security Engineer
4 40 (12.20%) Senior
5 39 (11.89%) Lead
6 30 (9.15%) Consultant
6 30 (9.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 27 (8.23%) SOC Analyst
8 26 (7.93%) Security Consultant
8 26 (7.93%) Security Manager
9 25 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
10 24 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 22 (6.71%) IT Analyst
11 22 (6.71%) IT Security Analyst
12 21 (6.40%) Senior Security Engineer
13 20 (6.10%) DBA
13 20 (6.10%) Oracle DBA
14 17 (5.18%) IT Manager
14 17 (5.18%) IT Security Engineer
14 17 (5.18%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.83%) .NET
1 6 (1.83%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.83%) XML
2 4 (1.22%) Kafka
3 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.30%) Node.js
3 1 (0.30%) Symfony
3 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (21.34%) Cyber Threat
2 48 (14.63%) Cyberattack
3 39 (11.89%) Management Information System
4 31 (9.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 25 (7.62%) Security Posture
6 23 (7.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 19 (5.79%) Public Cloud
8 12 (3.66%) Data Fabric
8 12 (3.66%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.44%) Client/Server
12 7 (2.13%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
15 2 (0.61%) Insider Threat
15 2 (0.61%) Life Science
15 2 (0.61%) Onboarding
15 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 95 (28.96%) Windows
2 57 (17.38%) Linux
3 41 (12.50%) Unix
4 16 (4.88%) zOS
5 15 (4.57%) Mac OS X
6 6 (1.83%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.22%) CentOS
7 4 (1.22%) Solaris
7 4 (1.22%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.61%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (72.26%) Cybersecurity
2 152 (46.34%) Security Operations
3 99 (30.18%) SIEM
4 87 (26.52%) Information Security
5 74 (22.56%) Incident Management
6 71 (21.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 71 (21.65%) Threat Intelligence
7 62 (18.90%) Risk Management
8 44 (13.41%) ITIL
9 43 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
10 41 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
11 40 (12.20%) Service Delivery
12 38 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (10.37%) Cloud Security
13 34 (10.37%) Roadmaps
14 31 (9.45%) DevOps
14 31 (9.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 29 (8.84%) Mentoring
16 27 (8.23%) Problem Management
16 27 (8.23%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.18%) SQL
3 15 (4.57%) Python
4 5 (1.52%) Bash
5 4 (1.22%) C++
6 3 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) Perl
8 1 (0.30%) PHP
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 75 (22.87%) CISSP
2 72 (21.95%) Degree
3 50 (15.24%) CISM
4 36 (10.98%) Security Cleared
5 30 (9.15%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.18%) GCIH
7 16 (4.88%) GCIA
8 14 (4.27%) CISA
8 14 (4.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (4.27%) GREM
9 12 (3.66%) CEH
9 12 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.35%) GIAC
11 8 (2.44%) CREST Certified
12 7 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.13%) CRISC
13 6 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.83%) CCSP
14 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (22.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (15.55%) NIST
3 24 (7.32%) PCI DSS
4 23 (7.01%) GRC
5 22 (6.71%) GDPR
6 20 (6.10%) JSP 440
7 15 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 12 (3.66%) NCSC
9 6 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.22%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.91%) SLA
12 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.61%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.61%) QA
13 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 28 (8.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (4.27%) QRadar
1 14 (4.27%) Terraform
2 8 (2.44%) CSIRT
3 6 (1.83%) Ansible
4 4 (1.22%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.91%) Nessus
6 2 (0.61%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.61%) Nmap
7 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.30%) FTK
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.76%) Oracle
3 29 (8.84%) Dell
4 24 (7.32%) Qualys
5 22 (6.71%) Splunk
6 20 (6.10%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (6.10%) VMware
7 15 (4.57%) IBM
8 12 (3.66%) Databricks
8 12 (3.66%) F5
9 7 (2.13%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.83%) Cisco
11 5 (1.52%) LogRhythm
12 4 (1.22%) Darktrace
12 4 (1.22%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.22%) Rapid7
13 3 (0.91%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.91%) Forcepoint
13 3 (0.91%) New Relic
13 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow