Incident Response Lead Contract Job Trends in Reading

Incident Response Lead
Berkshire > Reading

The median Incident Response Lead daily rate in Reading is £569, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Response Lead 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £530 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 - -
75th Percentile £617 - -
90th Percentile £633 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £569 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 928 644 1,090
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 94.29% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 382 658
10th Percentile £303 £306 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% +10.73% -6.82%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £682
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 2 40
10th Percentile £62.08 £70.72 £19.91
25th Percentile £80.75 £71.80 £48.94
Median hourly rate £84.00 £73.60 £59.22
Median % change year-on-year +14.14% +24.27% -12.27%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.39 £67.50
90th Percentile £105.65 £76.47 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +34.97% +6.03% -10.32%

Incident Response Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Incident Response Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Incident Response Lead job vacancy trend in Reading

Incident Response Lead Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Incident Response Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Incident Response Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence

Incident Response Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800