Incident Response Job Trends in East Sussex

Incident Response
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 1 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.24% 1.59% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.92% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
75th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +11.57% +0.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 302 365 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 73.48% 82.95% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 227 226 349
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,000 £33,100
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,760
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.96% -2.25%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Response relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Incident Response job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Incident Response
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Bexhill-On-Sea - 1 £44,000 -
Incident Response
South East

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft