Incident Response Contracts in the South East

Incident Response
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 108 187
Rank change year-on-year +9 +79 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Incident Response 66 72 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.87% 1.49% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.81% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 46 22
10th Percentile £406 £425 £463
25th Percentile £456 £459 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +0.46% +6.83%
75th Percentile £600 £686 £611
90th Percentile £738 £813 £638
England median daily rate £538 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +6.52% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,163 3,975 4,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.65% 82.50% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,977 2,417 3,383
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £671 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 315 238
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.43
25th Percentile £15.41 £26.25 £21.23
Median hourly rate £23.50 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.02% +14.70% +96.08%
75th Percentile £52.90 £70.09 £64.31
90th Percentile £71.14 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South East over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Incident Response.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Incident Response

Incident Response
DemandTrendContract 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 Incident Response within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +17 43 £500 +6.27% 35
Berkshire +25 38 £500 +1.42% 25
Hampshire +1 13 £633 -6.30% 12
Surrey +13 6 £525 -27.59% 12
Kent +3 4 £425 -43.33% 2
Buckinghamshire -2 4 £511 +13.61% 6
Oxfordshire -9 1 £875 +84.21% 4
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.55%) OpenStack
2 2 (3.03%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.76%) Azure
2 9 (13.64%) AWS
3 5 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.55%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.03%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.52%) Akamai
6 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.52%) GCP
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.52%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.52%) OCI
6 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.52%) Serverless
6 1 (1.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.64%) Firewall
2 6 (9.09%) Network Security
3 5 (7.58%) WAN
4 4 (6.06%) LAN
4 4 (6.06%) VPN
4 4 (6.06%) Wireless
5 3 (4.55%) BGP
5 3 (4.55%) MPLS
5 3 (4.55%) OSPF
5 3 (4.55%) SNMP
5 3 (4.55%) TACACS
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.52%) DNS
6 1 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.52%) NGFW
6 1 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Git
General
1 30 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Legal
4 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.03%) Finance
6 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (12.12%) SIEM Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Architect
4 7 (10.61%) Consultant
4 7 (10.61%) Security Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Designer
5 3 (4.55%) Developer
5 3 (4.55%) IP Designer
5 3 (4.55%) Lead
5 3 (4.55%) SOC Consultant
6 2 (3.03%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.03%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 2 (3.03%) Information Specialist
6 2 (3.03%) IT Security Specialist
6 2 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Security Consultant
6 2 (3.03%) Senior
6 2 (3.03%) SIEM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) JSON
1 5 (7.58%) REST
2 3 (4.55%) Google JAX
2 3 (4.55%) JAX
2 3 (4.55%) PyTorch
2 3 (4.55%) scikit-learn
2 3 (4.55%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.52%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.52%) FHIR
3 1 (1.52%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.79%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (19.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 5 (7.58%) CSOC
5 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
6 4 (6.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (6.06%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (3.03%) Algorithms
8 2 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 7 (10.61%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) SIEM
2 36 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 24 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
5 23 (34.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (25.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (22.73%) Threat Detection
8 10 (15.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 9 (13.64%) Incident Management
9 9 (13.64%) Risk Management
9 9 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
10 8 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.12%) Mentoring
10 8 (12.12%) Security Management
11 7 (10.61%) DevOps
11 7 (10.61%) Forensic Analysis
11 7 (10.61%) Process Improvement
12 6 (9.09%) Data Privacy
12 6 (9.09%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.33%) Python
2 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.55%) C++
3 3 (4.55%) Java
3 3 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (4.55%) R
4 2 (3.03%) Bicep
4 2 (3.03%) C
4 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (28.79%) CISSP
2 16 (24.24%) Security Cleared
3 12 (18.18%) GIAC
4 11 (16.67%) CEH
4 11 (16.67%) GCIH
5 9 (13.64%) GCIA
6 8 (12.12%) GCFA
7 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
8 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
9 5 (7.58%) CFCE
9 5 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (7.58%) CISM
9 5 (7.58%) Degree
10 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (4.55%) AWS Certification
11 3 (4.55%) CCIE
11 3 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (4.55%) JNCIE
12 2 (3.03%) CCNA
12 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (28.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (28.79%) NIST
2 12 (18.18%) GDPR
3 8 (12.12%) NIST 800
4 5 (7.58%) Data Quality
5 4 (6.06%) HIPAA
6 3 (4.55%) EU AI Act
7 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.03%) GRC
7 2 (3.03%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.52%) SLA
8 1 (1.52%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (4.55%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.03%) Docker
3 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) QRadar
2 6 (9.09%) Terraform
3 5 (7.58%) Ansible
3 5 (7.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.03%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 23 (34.85%) Splunk
2 19 (28.79%) Microsoft
3 9 (13.64%) ArcSight
4 7 (10.61%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (7.58%) Cisco
6 4 (6.06%) LogRhythm
7 3 (4.55%) F5
7 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.55%) IBM
7 3 (4.55%) Juniper
7 3 (4.55%) VMware
8 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.52%) BMC
9 1 (1.52%) Dell KACE
9 1 (1.52%) Intel
9 1 (1.52%) Meraki
9 1 (1.52%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.52%) Qualys
9 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.52%) Ubiquiti