Incident Response Jobs in the East of England

Incident Response
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 218 214
Rank change year-on-year +60 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 23 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.69% 0.20% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.26% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 15
10th Percentile £27,750 £39,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,570 £46,875 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,792 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +11.11% -22.07%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £65,125
90th Percentile £66,625 £59,324 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,148 5,065 4,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 94.14% 78.66% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,431 3,789 2,070
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,150 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the East of England

Incident Response
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hertfordshire +31 12 £42,085 -15.83% 18
Bedfordshire - 6 £47,500 - 8
Cambridgeshire +45 5 £47,500 +30.14% 8
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) Firewall
2 9 (39.13%) Network Security
2 9 (39.13%) TCP/IP
3 6 (26.09%) DHCP
3 6 (26.09%) DNS
3 6 (26.09%) NGFW
4 5 (21.74%) VPN
5 4 (17.39%) Internet
5 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (13.04%) FTP
6 3 (13.04%) HTTP
6 3 (13.04%) LAN
6 3 (13.04%) SMTP
6 3 (13.04%) WAN
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
2 4 (17.39%) Local Government
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Security Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Senior
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Security Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) IT Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) IT Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Junior
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Client/Server
3 3 (13.04%) MISP
4 1 (4.35%) CSOC
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) PMI
4 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (65.22%) SIEM
3 14 (60.87%) Security Operations
4 11 (47.83%) Malware Analysis
5 9 (39.13%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (30.43%) Incident Management
7 6 (26.09%) Computer Forensics
7 6 (26.09%) Identity Management
7 6 (26.09%) Regulatory Compliance
8 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (17.39%) ITIL
9 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
9 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
9 4 (17.39%) Threat Detection
10 3 (13.04%) Coaching
10 3 (13.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 3 (13.04%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) CISSP
2 4 (17.39%) CEH
2 4 (17.39%) CISM
2 4 (17.39%) CREST Certified
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) GIAC
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.35%) GCIA
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (17.39%) NCSC
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
1 4 (17.39%) Nessus
1 4 (17.39%) QRadar
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (4.35%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Splunk
3 4 (17.39%) Qualys
3 4 (17.39%) Tenable
4 1 (4.35%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.35%) Sophos