Incident Response Contracts in England

Incident Response
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 225 355
Rank change year-on-year +25 +130 +160
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 331 390 333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.36% 1.05% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.21% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 282 256
10th Percentile £395 £402 £383
25th Percentile £475 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £556 £586
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.08% +6.55%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £736
90th Percentile £763 £761 £799
UK median daily rate £575 £567 £575
% change year-on-year +1.41% -1.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £48.50 £35.06 -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.59 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +68.97% - -
75th Percentile £81.01 - -
90th Percentile £81.56 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.59 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +68.97% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in England.

Daily rate trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in England.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Response in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
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 Incident Response within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +110 183 £600 +9.09% 290
South East +36 56 £539 +11.72% 214
Midlands 0 20 £525 -16.00% 133
North of England -11 20 £525 - 183
East of England +23 18 £525 -12.50% 103
West Midlands -7 18 £525 -16.67% 78
South West -38 16 £600 +4.35% 80
Yorkshire -8 10 £556 -4.42% 65
North West 0 7 £525 - 99
North East - 3 £625 - 19
East Midlands +9 2 - - 46
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (1.81%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.21%) CMS
2 4 (1.21%) Confluence
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.60%) TPMS
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.81%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (29.00%) Azure
2 47 (14.20%) AWS
3 31 (9.37%) Azure Sentinel
4 21 (6.34%) GCP
5 11 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.02%) SaaS
7 9 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.11%) Akamai
9 7 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.11%) Datadog
9 7 (2.11%) Serverless
10 6 (1.81%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.21%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 66 (19.94%) Firewall
2 45 (13.60%) Network Security
3 20 (6.04%) DNS
4 18 (5.44%) HTTP
5 16 (4.83%) SMTP
5 16 (4.83%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (3.32%) SSL
6 11 (3.32%) VPN
7 10 (3.02%) FTP
8 7 (2.11%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.11%) WAN
9 6 (1.81%) DHCP
9 6 (1.81%) Wireless
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.91%) IPsec
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.60%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.72%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.81%) SAP BW
2 6 (1.81%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.60%) Power BI
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.30%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.51%) GitLab
1 5 (1.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.30%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.30%) Postman
General
1 127 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (16.62%) Finance
4 32 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.34%) Legal
6 13 (3.93%) Banking
7 9 (2.72%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.81%) Law
9 6 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.51%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.21%) Electronics
11 4 (1.21%) Marketing
12 3 (0.91%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.60%) Local Government
13 2 (0.60%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 76 (22.96%) Analyst
2 35 (10.57%) Consultant
3 34 (10.27%) Architect
4 33 (9.97%) Security Engineer
5 32 (9.67%) Security Analyst
6 30 (9.06%) SOC Analyst
7 26 (7.85%) Security Architect
8 24 (7.25%) Lead
9 17 (5.14%) Senior
10 16 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (4.23%) Security Consultant
12 11 (3.32%) Operations Analyst
13 10 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 9 (2.72%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (2.72%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (2.72%) Operations Engineer
14 9 (2.72%) Security Manager
14 9 (2.72%) Security Operations Analyst
14 9 (2.72%) Site Engineer
14 9 (2.72%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.32%) LDAP
2 9 (2.72%) JSON
3 7 (2.11%) REST
4 6 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
4 6 (1.81%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (1.21%) .NET
5 4 (1.21%) OAuth
5 4 (1.21%) Web Services
6 3 (0.91%) Kafka
6 3 (0.91%) OpenID
6 3 (0.91%) RESTful
6 3 (0.91%) SAML
7 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.60%) Node.js
7 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.60%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.60%) YAML
8 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (17.82%) Security Posture
2 53 (16.01%) Cyber Threat
3 45 (13.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 29 (8.76%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.23%) Cyberattack
6 12 (3.63%) CSOC
7 11 (3.32%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.32%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (3.02%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.42%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.11%) Insider Threat
11 6 (1.81%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.51%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.51%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.57%) Linux
1 35 (10.57%) Windows
2 9 (2.72%) Unix
3 7 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.51%) zOS
5 4 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (46.53%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (39.27%) SIEM
3 119 (35.95%) Security Operations
4 86 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (24.47%) Vulnerability Management
6 60 (18.13%) Cloud Security
7 57 (17.22%) Threat Intelligence
8 53 (16.01%) Threat Detection
9 49 (14.80%) Risk Management
10 44 (13.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 43 (12.99%) Incident Management
12 38 (11.48%) Information Security
13 37 (11.18%) Security Monitoring
14 35 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (9.06%) Security Architecture
16 28 (8.46%) Agile
16 28 (8.46%) SOAR
17 27 (8.16%) Roadmaps
18 26 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
18 26 (7.85%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 54 (16.31%) Python
2 43 (12.99%) PowerShell
3 23 (6.95%) Kusto Query Language
4 17 (5.14%) Bash
5 10 (3.02%) SQL
6 6 (1.81%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.51%) Bicep
8 4 (1.21%) Go
8 4 (1.21%) Java
9 3 (0.91%) C#
10 2 (0.60%) C
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (25.08%) CISSP
2 78 (23.56%) Security Cleared
3 62 (18.73%) SC Cleared
4 48 (14.50%) CISM
5 37 (11.18%) Degree
6 30 (9.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 26 (7.85%) CEH
8 25 (7.55%) DV Cleared
9 19 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (4.53%) CISA
11 14 (4.23%) GIAC
12 12 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (3.32%) GCIH
14 10 (3.02%) AWS Certification
14 10 (3.02%) CCNA
15 9 (2.72%) Azure Certification
15 9 (2.72%) CRISC
15 9 (2.72%) GCIA
16 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (22.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (20.85%) NIST
3 50 (15.11%) GDPR
4 21 (6.34%) HIPAA
5 17 (5.14%) PCI DSS
6 14 (4.23%) GRC
7 9 (2.72%) NIST 800
7 9 (2.72%) SOC 2
8 8 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (2.11%) Data Quality
10 6 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.81%) NCSC
11 5 (1.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (1.51%) QA
12 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.91%) SLA
14 2 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 13 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (3.32%) Docker
4 5 (1.51%) RACF
5 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (6.65%) Terraform
2 19 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.63%) Grafana
4 11 (3.32%) Ansible
5 9 (2.72%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.72%) QRadar
6 6 (1.81%) CSIRT
6 6 (1.81%) SCCM
7 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.91%) CASB
9 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.60%) Nessus
9 2 (0.60%) Podman
9 2 (0.60%) Puppet
9 2 (0.60%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) OPNET
10 1 (0.30%) SCOM
10 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.69%) Splunk
3 23 (6.95%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.14%) Google
5 16 (4.83%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.32%) Cisco
6 11 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (3.32%) SAP
7 10 (3.02%) Qualys
8 9 (2.72%) LogRhythm
9 8 (2.42%) IBM
9 8 (2.42%) VMware
10 6 (1.81%) Darktrace
10 6 (1.81%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.81%) Tenable
11 4 (1.21%) ArcSight
11 4 (1.21%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.21%) FireEye
11 4 (1.21%) Imperva
11 4 (1.21%) Rapid7