Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Incident Response
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.81% 2.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 2.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £253 -
25th Percentile £513 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £429 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.28% - -
75th Percentile £575 £546 -
90th Percentile £680 £608 -
Merseyside median daily rate £550 £429 -
% change year-on-year +28.28% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 111 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 81.59% 82.22% 74.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 66 62
10th Percentile £135 £150 £143
25th Percentile £301 £275 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £431 £263
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +64.00% -44.74%
75th Percentile £538 £613 £450
90th Percentile £656 £678 £515
Merseyside median daily rate £438 £425 £394
% change year-on-year +3.06% +7.94% -17.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 17
10th Percentile £15.13 - -
25th Percentile £20.46 £12.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.37 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +46.11% -4.09% -4.68%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.44 £34.21
90th Percentile - £19.74 £36.10
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 £17.37 £20.49
% change year-on-year +46.11% -15.24% -11.29%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Liverpool over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in Liverpool

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Incident and Problem Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Manager
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Problem Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) GCFA
2 1 (20.00%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow