Incident Response Job Trends in Belfast

Incident Response
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 40
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.60% 0.35% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.40% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £29,298 - £55,300
25th Percentile £32,370 - £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,327 £90,000 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.19% +32.35% -
75th Percentile £45,870 - £69,875
90th Percentile £47,494 - £70,550
County Antrim median annual salary £40,327 £90,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -55.19% +40.63% +49.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 252 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 75.82% 87.80% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 149 83 181
10th Percentile £26,850 £40,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £88,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Belfast

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Incident Response

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Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Belfast

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001