Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CSIRT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSIRT over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 690 850
Rank change year-on-year +120 +160 -184
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 9 10 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.18% 0.10% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 8
10th Percentile £411 £461 £438
25th Percentile £419 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -25.42%
75th Percentile £725 £538 £591
90th Percentile - £850 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £563
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CSIRT is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,117 9,647 14,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 16.09% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,658 6,968 10,256
10th Percentile £256 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £565 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.58% -0.03% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 213 188
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.31 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £23.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.14
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +159.71% -34.88%
75th Percentile £53.75 £72.50 £47.61
90th Percentile £70.75 £82.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £44.88 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.21% +124.38% -9.09%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSIRT.

Daily rate trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
England +113 9 £650 +30.00% 4
London +109 8 £650 +30.00% 1
Work from Home +121 4 £650 +33.33% 3
UK excluding London - 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - -

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) FTP
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) tcpdump
2 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Architect
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Response
1 7 (77.78%) Security Operations
2 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) SOAR
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) SIEM
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
5 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Application Security
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Offensive Security
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) GCIA
1 3 (33.33%) GCIH
1 3 (33.33%) GIAC
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) CCFP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) ECIH
3 1 (11.11%) ECSA
3 1 (11.11%) EnCE
3 1 (11.11%) GAWN
3 1 (11.11%) GCED
3 1 (11.11%) GPEN
3 1 (11.11%) GREM
3 1 (11.11%) GWAPT
3 1 (11.11%) OSCE
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) OSWP
3 1 (11.11%) SANS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Nessus
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
2 2 (22.22%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec