Incident Response Contracts in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 158 296
Rank change year-on-year -42 +138 +101
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 143 278 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.12% 1.34% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.58% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 197 114
10th Percentile £375 £425 £280
25th Percentile £469 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% - -
75th Percentile £628 £675 £647
90th Percentile £688 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £567 £575
% change year-on-year +1.41% -1.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +101.69% - -
75th Percentile £81.01 - -
90th Percentile £81.67 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.59 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +68.97% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +37 57 £539 +11.72% 160
Midlands -3 20 £525 -16.00% 78
North of England -6 20 £525 -3.85% 123
East of England +22 18 £525 -12.50% 56
West Midlands -6 18 £525 -16.67% 51
South West -40 17 £600 +4.35% 56
Scotland +10 11 £463 -7.50% 48
Yorkshire -9 10 £556 -4.42% 42
North West -2 7 £525 - 69
North East - 3 £625 - 12
East Midlands +13 2 - - 22
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 7
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.80%) CMS
1 4 (2.80%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.40%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.80%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.37%) Azure
2 20 (13.99%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (6.29%) GCP
5 6 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.10%) Akamai
6 3 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.40%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.40%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.40%) OCI
7 2 (1.40%) SaaS
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.59%) Firewall
2 15 (10.49%) Network Security
3 13 (9.09%) DNS
4 8 (5.59%) FTP
4 8 (5.59%) HTTP
4 8 (5.59%) SMTP
4 8 (5.59%) SSL
5 5 (3.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.80%) DHCP
6 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.80%) VPN
7 2 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.40%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.40%) WAN
7 2 (1.40%) Wireless
8 1 (0.70%) DKIM
8 1 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.70%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.70%) VLAN
8 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.80%) SAP BW
2 4 (2.80%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.40%) GitLab
1 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Postman
2 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 65 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.57%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.49%) Finance
3 15 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.29%) Legal
5 6 (4.20%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.50%) Banking
7 3 (2.10%) Electronics
7 3 (2.10%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.10%) Marketing
8 2 (1.40%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.40%) Aviation
8 2 (1.40%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Law
8 2 (1.40%) Military
8 2 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.40%) Police
8 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (26.57%) Analyst
2 20 (13.99%) Consultant
2 20 (13.99%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (9.79%) Architect
3 14 (9.79%) Security Analyst
4 12 (8.39%) Lead
5 11 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 8 (5.59%) Operations Analyst
6 8 (5.59%) Security Engineer
6 8 (5.59%) SIEM Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) Incident Analyst
7 6 (4.20%) Incident Responder
7 6 (4.20%) Security Consultant
7 6 (4.20%) Security Incident Analyst
7 6 (4.20%) Security Operations Analyst
8 5 (3.50%) Administrator
8 5 (3.50%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (3.50%) Security Administrator
8 5 (3.50%) Security Specialist
8 5 (3.50%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.29%) LDAP
2 6 (4.20%) JSON
2 6 (4.20%) REST
3 4 (2.80%) SAP Basis
3 4 (2.80%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.70%) FHIR
4 1 (0.70%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.70%) Kafka
4 1 (0.70%) OAuth
4 1 (0.70%) OpenID
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
4 1 (0.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.17%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (19.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 21 (14.69%) Security Posture
4 18 (12.59%) Management Information System
5 12 (8.39%) CSOC
6 8 (5.59%) Cyberattack
7 6 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (4.20%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (4.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.50%) Mainframe
8 5 (3.50%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (1.40%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (1.40%) Robotics
11 2 (1.40%) SCADA
11 2 (1.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.79%) Linux
1 14 (9.79%) Windows
2 5 (3.50%) Windows Server
2 5 (3.50%) zOS
3 4 (2.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (58.74%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (41.96%) Security Operations
3 58 (40.56%) SIEM
4 38 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (26.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 26 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
6 25 (17.48%) Cloud Security
6 25 (17.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 23 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (16.08%) Incident Management
7 23 (16.08%) Threat Detection
8 21 (14.69%) Risk Management
9 18 (12.59%) Security Monitoring
10 17 (11.89%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (11.19%) Information Security
12 13 (9.09%) ITIL
12 13 (9.09%) Roadmaps
13 12 (8.39%) Process Improvement
13 12 (8.39%) Security Architecture
14 11 (7.69%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.08%) Python
2 15 (10.49%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (4.20%) Bash
4 6 (4.20%) SQL
5 2 (1.40%) Bicep
6 1 (0.70%) C#
6 1 (0.70%) Java
6 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (28.67%) CISSP
2 40 (27.97%) Security Cleared
3 30 (20.98%) SC Cleared
4 22 (15.38%) CISM
5 20 (13.99%) Degree
6 15 (10.49%) DV Cleared
7 14 (9.79%) CEH
8 11 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (6.99%) GIAC
10 8 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (4.20%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.20%) CISA
12 5 (3.50%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.50%) IBM Certification
13 4 (2.80%) CCNA
13 4 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (2.80%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.80%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.88%) NIST
2 26 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (11.19%) GDPR
4 8 (5.59%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.20%) Data Quality
5 6 (4.20%) NIST 800
6 5 (3.50%) HIPAA
7 4 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.80%) GRC
7 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (2.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.40%) QA
10 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.70%) NCSC
10 1 (0.70%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (4.90%) Docker
2 5 (3.50%) RACF
3 3 (2.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (6.99%) Terraform
2 8 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.90%) Ansible
4 4 (2.80%) QRadar
4 4 (2.80%) SCCM
5 3 (2.10%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.10%) Nessus
6 2 (1.40%) CASB
6 2 (1.40%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.40%) Grafana
6 2 (1.40%) WSUS
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.70%) Nagios
7 1 (0.70%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.70%) OPNET
7 1 (0.70%) Puppet
7 1 (0.70%) SCOM
7 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (22.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.29%) Splunk
3 7 (4.90%) LogRhythm
3 7 (4.90%) SAP
4 6 (4.20%) IBM
5 5 (3.50%) Google
5 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.80%) Darktrace
6 4 (2.80%) FireEye
6 4 (2.80%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.10%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.10%) F5
7 3 (2.10%) Qualys
7 3 (2.10%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.10%) Tenable
8 2 (1.40%) Cisco
8 2 (1.40%) Imperva
8 2 (1.40%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.40%) Sun