Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Incident Response
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.37% 0.58% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £950 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -
South Wales median daily rate £800 £950 -
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 208 160 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 77.90% 93.02% 76.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 136 138
10th Percentile £245 £192 £188
25th Percentile £305 £287 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -19.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £530 £560
90th Percentile £775 £625 £640
South Wales median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 3
10th Percentile - £12.21 £13.00
25th Percentile - £14.47 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +25.00% +22.26%
75th Percentile £20.75 £26.56 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £40.63 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.00 £22.68
% change year-on-year +1.19% -7.41% +25.03%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence