Incident Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Incident Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Incident Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £48,507 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,231 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 - -
75th Percentile £49,784 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £48,507 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 811 1,429 1,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 95.91% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 382 1,006 1,147
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +8.57%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Incident Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in Edinburgh

Incident Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Analyst in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Incident Analyst in Edinburgh

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Incident Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC