Incident Response Jobs in Cardiff

Incident Response
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 58 61
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 +22
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 4 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.19% 0.89% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.13% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £53,250 £48,125 £44,097
25th Percentile £54,375 £52,813 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £62,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +35.87% -26.40%
75th Percentile £91,563 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,125 £78,750 £64,250
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 532 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 90.16% 78.93% 97.16%
Number of salaries quoted 118 476 392
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,063 £37,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,685 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -3.46% -
75th Percentile £67,029 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £78,750 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £45,498
% change year-on-year +9.47% +4.40% -9.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Cardiff

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Cardiff

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Cardiff over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Cardiff

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Resilience Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) SOAR
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) VMware