Incident Response Contracts in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 128 140
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 +15
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 31 17 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.05% 0.63% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 0.73% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 12 10
10th Percentile £339 £355 £387
25th Percentile £469 £408 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £725
90th Percentile £611 £500 £800
South East median daily rate £539 £482 £575
% change year-on-year +11.72% -16.17% +16.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Response in the Thames Valley

Incident Response
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 Response within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +46 25 £524 +6.29% 23
Buckinghamshire +12 3 £500 +11.11% 21
Oxfordshire - 3 £625 - 15
Incident Response
South East

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) Azure AKS
3 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (6.45%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) BGP
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) LAN
3 1 (3.23%) Modbus
3 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Postman
General
1 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) SIEM Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Consultant
3 4 (12.90%) Security Architect
3 4 (12.90%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Incident Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Incident Responder
5 2 (6.45%) Lead
5 2 (6.45%) Security Incident Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Audit Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) ICT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Information Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) JSON
1 6 (19.35%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) FHIR
2 1 (3.23%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (29.03%) Security Posture
2 7 (22.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (19.35%) CSOC
3 6 (19.35%) Onboarding
4 3 (9.68%) Cloud Native
4 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (6.45%) SCADA
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
6 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) NHS
6 1 (3.23%) PKI
6 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (67.74%) SIEM
3 15 (48.39%) Security Operations
4 13 (41.94%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (32.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 10 (32.26%) Threat Intelligence
7 8 (25.81%) Incident Management
8 7 (22.58%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
9 6 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
10 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
10 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (12.90%) DevSecOps
11 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
11 4 (12.90%) Security Architecture
11 4 (12.90%) Threat Detection
12 3 (9.68%) Threat Analysis
12 3 (9.68%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (6.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) CISSP
2 8 (25.81%) GIAC
3 6 (19.35%) CEH
3 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) CISM
4 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (9.68%) Degree
6 3 (9.68%) GCIH
7 2 (6.45%) CISA
7 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (3.23%) CCSK
8 1 (3.23%) CREST Certified
8 1 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (3.23%) SANS
8 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (29.03%) NIST
2 6 (19.35%) Data Quality
2 6 (19.35%) GDPR
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (6.45%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) QRadar
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) CSIRT
2 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) CASB
3 1 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Splunk
3 2 (6.45%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.23%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.23%) Proofpoint
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds