Incident Response Lead Contracts in the North of England

Incident Response Lead
England > North of England

The median Incident Response Lead daily rate in the North of England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Incident Response Lead 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,679 3,845 4,916
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.61% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 2,337 3,338
10th Percentile £250 £283 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 278 196
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.38 £15.52
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.52 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £24.52
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +22.37% +22.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.75 £45.96
90th Percentile £75.97 £70.00 £56.95
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -44.11% +7.40% +63.16%

Incident Response Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response Lead in the North of England

Incident Response Lead
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 £575 - 1
Incident Response Lead
England

Incident Response Lead Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 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 North of England 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 the North of England 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