Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Incident Response
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.41% 1.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 2.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 - -
75th Percentile £649 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £609
% change year-on-year +2.70% -24.07% +3.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 224 173 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 91.43% 72.38% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 85 79
10th Percentile £129 £149 £219
25th Percentile £151 £188 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £513 £563
90th Percentile £638 £630 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 14
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.28 £13.77
25th Percentile £15.18 £15.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.67 £20.19 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% +7.68% +6.78%
75th Percentile £49.50 £23.53 £26.71
90th Percentile £51.02 £26.02 £43.70
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +50.39%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Incident Response
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Liverpool - 1 £633 - 6
Incident Response
North West

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM