Incident Response Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Incident Response
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Incident Response skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 8 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 3.51% 6.80% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 7.95% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile - £457 -
25th Percentile £340 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £482 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.12% -19.67% -
75th Percentile £426 £488 -
90th Percentile £438 £509 -
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £488 £406
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -29.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 200 88 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 87.72% 85.44% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 65 31
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £515 £575 £638
90th Percentile £625 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £31.21 £58.49 £61.79
% change year-on-year -46.64% -5.34% +22.36%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (25.00%) CSOC
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (12.50%) SCADA
4 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 3 (37.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (75.00%) GIAC
3 5 (62.50%) CEH
3 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) CISM
5 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) SANS
6 1 (12.50%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) QRadar
2 1 (12.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Splunk
2 4 (50.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (12.50%) FireEye
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Tanium
3 1 (12.50%) Tenable