Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Devon

Incident Response
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.60% 0.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £790 - -
25th Percentile £813 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £556 £600 £674
% change year-on-year -7.33% -10.91% +9.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 258 127 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 82.69% 84.67% 81.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 57 105
10th Percentile £213 - £146
25th Percentile £380 £145 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £525 £600
90th Percentile £750 £588 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 25
10th Percentile £12.71 - £17.76
25th Percentile £16.13 - £27.26
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% -58.08% +54.84%
75th Percentile £21.80 £27.93 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £62.00 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Devon

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Incident Response
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Devon region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter -16 5 £850 - 2
Incident Response
South West

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Operations Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Security Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 2 (40.00%) SOC Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) CSOC
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Use Case
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) NCSC