Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Chester

Incident Response
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Incident Response skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 2.35% - 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% - 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £479 - -
25th Percentile £484 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £570
75th Percentile £534 - £580
90th Percentile £536 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £441 £500 £593
% change year-on-year -11.75% -15.72% -6.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 57 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 81.18% 81.43% 77.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 18 32
10th Percentile £204 £452 £378
25th Percentile £422 £532 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +12.56% +26.47%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £588
90th Percentile £761 £741 £674
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 14
10th Percentile £12.56 £16.00 £17.33
25th Percentile £12.63 £25.50 £30.54
Median hourly rate £14.00 £35.00 £31.77
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +10.17% +45.87%
75th Percentile £20.20 £41.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £23.17 £47.50 £38.51
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.75 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -49.29% +14.60% +46.19%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Chester

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement