Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Incident Response
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.70% 0.64% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.96% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £616 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £649 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £675 £525
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% +2.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 121 104 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.62% 66.67% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 73 118
10th Percentile £170 £200 £263
25th Percentile £261 £350 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% +0.96%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £616
90th Percentile £665 £648 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £563 £533
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.63% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £22.50 - £18.75
25th Percentile £39.63 - £22.69
Median hourly rate £71.00 £80.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +196.30% +69.70%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £32.63
90th Percentile £90.40 - £36.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £70.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -67.86% +30.23% +31.66%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Southampton

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Incident Response.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM