Incident Response Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Incident Response
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Incident Response skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 78 99
Rank change year-on-year +21 +21 +11
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 40 16 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.04% 1.06% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 1.29% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 20
10th Percentile £418 £322 £260
25th Percentile £475 £350 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -18.37% +32.43%
75th Percentile £680 £597 £631
90th Percentile £738 £661 -
England median daily rate £545 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% +4.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £29.31 - -
25th Percentile £34.21 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £87.73 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -5.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,179 1,240 1,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.59% 81.90% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 451 882
10th Percentile £200 £200 £219
25th Percentile £383 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £623
90th Percentile £688 £638 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 351 369
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.11 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +114.54% -5.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.27% +51.44%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Incident Response.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Incident Response.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 27 September 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +11 22 £500 - 18
Cambridgeshire - 8 £650 - 3
Bedfordshire +1 6 £500 - 6
Essex - 2 - - 3
Suffolk - 2 £550 - 2
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) NetWeaver
2 2 (5.00%) CMS
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 5 (12.50%) GCP
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) DNS
1 10 (25.00%) Network Security
2 9 (22.50%) FTP
2 9 (22.50%) HTTP
2 9 (22.50%) SMTP
2 9 (22.50%) SSL
3 8 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.50%) DHCP
4 1 (2.50%) LAN
4 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.50%) VPN
4 1 (2.50%) WAN
4 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.50%) Wireless
4 1 (2.50%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SAP BW
1 5 (12.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Military
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Law
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (22.50%) Security Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Consultant
5 3 (7.50%) Administrator
5 3 (7.50%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Administrator
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Basis Administrator
5 3 (7.50%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Compliance Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) LDAP
2 5 (12.50%) SAP Basis
2 5 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (22.50%) Cyberattack
4 8 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (20.00%) CSOC
4 8 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (10.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (10.00%) Security Posture
6 2 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.50%) EPoS
7 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 5 (12.50%) Unix
2 5 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Security Operations
2 21 (52.50%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (40.00%) SIEM
4 15 (37.50%) SOAR
5 14 (35.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (30.00%) Information Security
7 10 (25.00%) Analytics
7 10 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (25.00%) Threat Detection
7 10 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
8 9 (22.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (22.50%) Machine Learning
9 8 (20.00%) Behavioural Analytics
9 8 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 8 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 8 (20.00%) Information Management
9 8 (20.00%) Network Packet Capture
9 8 (20.00%) Problem Management
9 8 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.00%) PowerShell
2 13 (32.50%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
1 13 (32.50%) Security Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) CISSP
3 8 (20.00%) CISM
4 5 (12.50%) Degree
4 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) OSCP
6 3 (7.50%) CEH
7 2 (5.00%) CRISC
8 1 (2.50%) CCIE
8 1 (2.50%) CCIE Security
8 1 (2.50%) CCNP
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) NIST
2 8 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (12.50%) GDPR
4 4 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (10.00%) NCSC
5 3 (7.50%) COBIT
5 3 (7.50%) GRC
5 3 (7.50%) JSP 440
6 2 (5.00%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Nexpose
2 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (15.00%) Splunk
2 5 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 5 (12.50%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) Google
4 3 (7.50%) Tenable
5 2 (5.00%) Darktrace
5 2 (5.00%) FireEye
5 2 (5.00%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.00%) Qualys
5 2 (5.00%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) Citrix
6 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.50%) IronPort
6 1 (2.50%) Progress
6 1 (2.50%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.50%) Symantec
6 1 (2.50%) VMware