Computer Incident Response Team Contract Job Trends in the South West

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Computer Incident Response Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.031% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.24% - -
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 Systems Management Skills
South West

Computer Incident Response Team 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 412 319 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.83% 18.55% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 247 323
10th Percentile £347 £310 £206
25th Percentile £450 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +4.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 15
10th Percentile £46.05 £31.15 -
25th Percentile £49.13 £56.13 -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £74.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.41% +85.88% -42.03%
75th Percentile £80.00 £79.77 £72.85
90th Percentile £88.40 £81.68 £76.28
England median hourly rate £56.50 £27.25 £28.50
% change year-on-year +107.34% -4.39% -48.18%

Computer Incident Response Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Computer Incident Response Team job vacancy trend in the South West

Computer Incident Response Team
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Computer Incident Response Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Computer Incident Response Team

Computer Incident Response Team
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2026. 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
Gloucestershire - 1 £575 - 1
Computer Incident Response Team
England

Computer Incident Response Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans