Incident Response Lead Contracts in Manchester

Incident Response Lead
North West > Manchester

The median Incident Response Lead daily rate in Manchester is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Incident Response Lead 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.097% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £575 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 948 1,159 1,633
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 96.10% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 735 1,201
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £385 £406 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 46 57
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.56 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.06 £21.44 £16.85
Median hourly rate £20.68 £38.75 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.64% +98.72% +14.44%
75th Percentile £39.69 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.63 £73.00 £67.60
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £32.95 £30.65
% change year-on-year -23.67% +7.50% +34.71%

Incident Response Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Incident Response Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response Lead in Manchester

Incident Response Lead Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Incident Response Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Incident Response Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Incident Response Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk