Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Incident Response
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 4.08% - 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% - 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.00%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £462 £435 £513
% change year-on-year +6.21% -15.12% -13.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile £96.50 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 46 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 85.71% 74.19% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 22 35
10th Percentile £214 £186 £158
25th Percentile £325 £230 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £389 £325
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +19.62% -28.77%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £481
90th Percentile £650 £504 £575
Cheshire median daily rate £484 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +8.28% -5.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 4
10th Percentile £13.47 - £10.83
25th Percentile £76.56 - £10.94
Median hourly rate £85.00 £12.82 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year +563.03% +13.96% -
75th Percentile - - £13.88
90th Percentile £90.50 - £16.80
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £32.70 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.54% -6.57% +14.60%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Warrington

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Incident Response.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warrington

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Incident Response in Warrington over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Incident Response in Warrington

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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 4 (66.67%) Military
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Management Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) CSOC
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) SOAR
3 4 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Workflow
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Case Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft