CSIRT Contract Job Trends in the South East

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CSIRT skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 175 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.084% 0.15% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.60% 1.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £403 £652 -
25th Percentile £406 £670 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £672 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% - -
75th Percentile £444 £675 -
90th Percentile £448 - -
England median daily rate £488 £635 £650
% change year-on-year -23.23% -2.31% +18.18%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 502 682 695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.14% 14.45% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 504 499
10th Percentile £263 £300 £250
25th Percentile £402 £422 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £663
90th Percentile £626 £675 £738
England median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 17
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £18.95
25th Percentile £23.44 £30.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £32.77 £36.17 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% -27.28% +48.45%
75th Percentile £69.00 £40.25 £58.59
90th Percentile £85.65 £53.90 £69.08
England median hourly rate £52.50 £37.50 £49.52
% change year-on-year +40.00% -24.27% +115.30%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in the South East

CSIRT
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSIRT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSIRT

CSIRT
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey - 2 £438 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £400 -
Berkshire - 1 £400 -
CSIRT
England

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk and Compliance Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk