CSIRT Contract Job Trends in England

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CSIRT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 503 562
Rank change year-on-year -7 +59 +178
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 27 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.088% 0.042% 0.051%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.55% 0.30% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 16
10th Percentile £419 £225 £479
25th Percentile £435 £375 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £558 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% -14.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £660 £731
90th Percentile £613 £663 £800
UK median daily rate £488 £558 £650
% change year-on-year -12.56% -14.23% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £38.15 - -
25th Percentile £41.00 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.75 - -
90th Percentile £63.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,942 4,384 5,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.09% 14.15% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,343 2,803 3,980
10th Percentile £310 £313 £305
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £612 £643 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 60 162
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.05 £17.72
25th Percentile £21.06 £23.80 £23.72
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.08 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year +8.32% -25.10% +75.63%
75th Percentile £66.75 £60.63 £71.42
90th Percentile £81.20 £74.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.32 £27.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +19.69% -44.21% +88.25%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSIRT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CSIRT job vacancy trend in England

CSIRT
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSIRT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSIRT

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT in England over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in England

CSIRT
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSIRT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSIRT

CSIRT
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSIRT in England over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CSIRT in England

CSIRT
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the England region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
London +21 9 £575 +130.00% 3
West Midlands -19 8 £483 -26.82%
Midlands -27 8 £483 -26.82% 1
North of England -38 5 £575 -
Yorkshire - 5 £575 -
South East +2 1 £425 -35.11% 5
CSIRT
UK

CSIRT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 23 (85.19%) AWS
2 18 (66.67%) GCP
3 15 (55.56%) Akamai
4 8 (29.63%) Azure
5 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Firewall
1 14 (51.85%) Wireshark
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
2 3 (11.11%) HTTP
2 3 (11.11%) SMTP
2 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 14 (51.85%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.81%) Local Government
5 3 (11.11%) Finance
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Analyst
1 4 (14.81%) Lead
1 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
2 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Senior
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) SOC Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Security Posture
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Application Security
1 18 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 18 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 14 (51.85%) Test Automation
3 10 (37.04%) Incident Response
3 10 (37.04%) OWASP
3 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 9 (33.33%) SIEM
5 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
5 7 (25.93%) Reverse Engineering
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Deployment
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
8 4 (14.81%) Information Security
8 4 (14.81%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Register
8 4 (14.81%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Bash
1 3 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CISSP
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) CCNA
2 4 (14.81%) CISA
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.81%) CISM
2 4 (14.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (11.11%) CCSP
3 3 (11.11%) CEH
3 3 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (11.11%) GCIH
3 3 (11.11%) OSCP
3 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) MCSE
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (14.81%) GDPR
2 4 (14.81%) NIST
3 2 (7.41%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) QRadar
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Splunk
2 18 (66.67%) F5
3 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
5 3 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (11.11%) Darktrace
5 3 (11.11%) Google