Computer Incident Response Team Contract Job Trends

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 614 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.016% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,427 4,663 5,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 15.79% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,428 3,204 3,704
10th Percentile £325 £313 £256
25th Percentile £413 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -8.77%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 51 129
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £31.86 £20.65 £17.72
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.94% -11.83% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £72.50 £70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +107.55% -11.67% -31.43%

Computer Incident Response Team
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Computer Incident Response Team job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Incident Response Team
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Computer Incident Response Team
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

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 UK 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
South West - 1 £575 - 1
England - 1 £575 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £575 - 1

Computer Incident Response Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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