Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Incident Response
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.66% 1.55% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £633 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -
County Antrim median daily rate £550 £633 -
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 171 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 81.58% 88.14% 76.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 99 50
10th Percentile £259 £263 £145
25th Percentile £363 £325 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +34.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £656 £575 £533
90th Percentile £694 £620 £613
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £470 £350
% change year-on-year -4.26% +34.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 14
10th Percentile £24.95 £12.44 £12.25
25th Percentile - £13.89 £13.59
Median hourly rate £43.96 £16.17 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +171.95% -28.35% +62.19%
75th Percentile - £17.30 £24.18
90th Percentile £49.31 £24.50 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.50 £17.30 £23.59
% change year-on-year +53.18% -26.66% +69.59%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Incident Response relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Belfast

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Incident Response.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001