Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring CSIRT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 524 | 527 | 610 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | +83 | +178 |
| Contract jobs citing CSIRT | 32 | 28 | 21 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.096% | 0.075% | 0.044% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.59% | 0.53% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £417 | £405 | £471 |
| 25th Percentile | £443 | £544 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £640 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.83% | -1.54% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £664 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £672 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £655 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.26% | +31.00% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.45 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £56.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £63.15 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
CSIRT 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 | 5,400 | 5,243 | 6,977 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 16.28% | 13.99% | 14.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,542 | 3,434 | 4,922 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £419 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £625 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £723 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -2.82% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 98 | 57 | 174 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.85 | £20.61 | £19.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £23.80 | £37.60 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £36.17 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.11% | -34.25% | +130.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.69 | £60.00 | £75.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.08 | £74.66 | £78.58 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.39 | £37.08 | £47.01 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.32% | -21.11% | +113.66% |
CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSIRT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
CSIRT
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CSIRT.
CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.
CSIRT
Top 9 Contract Job 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 14 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +4 | 27 | £485 | -24.18% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 15 | £483 | -26.26% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +34 | 10 | £485 | -22.65% | 1 |
| London | +25 | 8 | £575 | +27.78% | |
| Midlands | -15 | 8 | £483 | -26.82% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -21 | 8 | £483 | -26.82% | |
| North of England | -23 | 5 | £575 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 5 | £575 | - | |
| South East | +2 | 2 | £413 | -38.62% | 1 |
CSIRT
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:
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