Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Incident Response
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Inverness requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverness 4.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £485 - -
Highlands median daily rate £483 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness 84.00% 78.95% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 3 0
10th Percentile £425 £306 -
25th Percentile £437 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.47% - -
75th Percentile £494 £413 -
90th Percentile £549 £428 -
Highlands median daily rate £470 £375 -
% change year-on-year +25.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile £12.86 - -
25th Percentile £13.24 - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% +101.20% -
75th Percentile £14.12 - -
90th Percentile £15.31 - -
Highlands median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 £12.50
% change year-on-year -46.52% +101.20% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Inverness

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) SIAM
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA