Incident Response Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Incident Response
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 103 89
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 +46
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 5 25 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.47% 1.25% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 1.45% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5 24 12
10th Percentile £47,750 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -39.66% +93.33%
75th Percentile £86,250 £60,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £81,625 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,022 1,721 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 95.78% 86.09% 92.16%
Number of salaries quoted 334 1,016 688
10th Percentile £24,750 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £61,625 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,009 £75,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Buckinghamshire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in Buckinghamshire.

Salary trend for Incident Response in Buckinghamshire

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Buckinghamshire

Incident Response
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Marlow - 3 £55,000 - 2
Milton Keynes +32 1 £82,500 +106.25% 42
Newport Pagnell - 1 £47,500 -
Incident Response
South East

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SOC Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Hunter
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) AlienVault
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) Tenable