Incident Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Incident Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Incident Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £235, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 108 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.077% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £233 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.24% - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £235 £525 -
% change year-on-year -55.24% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,377 1,474 2,616
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 93.17% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,549 892 1,538
10th Percentile £280 £250 £205
25th Percentile £400 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.01% -1.93%
75th Percentile £594 £621 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 49 191
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.50 £15.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £42.48 £48.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.51% +12.94% +36.00%
75th Percentile £85.47 £64.73 £62.23
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.84 £71.75
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -12.94% +13.33% -16.67%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Incident Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Incident Analyst job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Incident Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Incident Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 March 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
Berkshire -16 2 £235 -55.24% 2
Incident Analyst
South East

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 8 March 2026, Incident Analyst 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 Thames Valley region featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap
1 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk