Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Incident Response
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter 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 33 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 2.26% 1.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 1.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £790 - -
25th Percentile £813 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £850 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 60 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 83.26% 76.92% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 25 69
10th Percentile £219 £305 £143
25th Percentile £406 £310 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £600
90th Percentile £697 £588 £675
Devon median daily rate £505 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +44.29% -26.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.21%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year -26.44% -58.08% +54.84%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Exeter

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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