CSIRT Job Trends in Central London

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring CSIRT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 188
Rank change year-on-year - - +124
Permanent jobs citing CSIRT 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.22% - 0.089%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.55% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £59,625
25th Percentile £77,500 - £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.73%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £70,938
90th Percentile - - £71,875
London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.66% -9.56%

All Systems Management Skills
Central London

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 258 607 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.01% 19.13% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 216 445 658
10th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £41,775
25th Percentile £53,438 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -3.23%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSIRT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

CSIRT job vacancy trend in Central London

CSIRT
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CSIRT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CSIRT

CSIRT
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the Central London region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
City of London - 4 £80,000 - 2
CSIRT
London

CSIRT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams