CSIRT Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of 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 124 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +113
Permanent jobs citing CSIRT 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.26% - 0.096%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.92% - 0.46%
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 - - -0.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £70,938
90th Percentile - - £71,875
Central London median annual salary £80,000 - £66,250
% change year-on-year - - +13.73%

All Systems Management Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 208 551 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.31% 20.07% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 170 402 594
10th Percentile £39,900 £45,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -8.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,875
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -6.25%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CSIRT job vacancy trend in the City of London

CSIRT
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSIRT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSIRT

CSIRT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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