Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Incident Response
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 58 69
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +23
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 7 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.96% 1.35% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.63% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 10
10th Percentile £393 £608 £446
25th Percentile £419 £681 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £750 £625
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £568 £784 £763
90th Percentile £617 £791 £800
South West median daily rate £600 £690 £588
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.45% +11.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 670 738 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.91% 83.01% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 387 598
10th Percentile £250 £266 £308
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £650
90th Percentile £747 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 136 123
10th Percentile £12.82 £45.88 £27.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £63.44 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £77.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Bristol

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Response.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Response

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
1 4 (57.14%) SIEM
1 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Security Hardening
3 1 (14.29%) Server Hardening
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Qualys