Incident Analyst Jobs in England

Incident Analyst
UK > England

The median Incident Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 813 883
Rank change year-on-year +155 +70 +171
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 28 20 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.023% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.024% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 30
10th Percentile £46,250 £31,000 £20,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +61.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £75,875 £58,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +61.11% -28.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,992 81,767 80,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,381 60,882 51,425
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London +127 26 £57,500 -16.36% 1
South East +94 1 £32,500 -14.47% 1
North of England +42 1 £45,000 -40.00% 1
North West - 1 £45,000 - 1
Incident Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 England region featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 16 (57.14%) Firewall
2 16 (57.14%) Hedge funds
2 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
4 14 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (50.00%) Degree
5 13 (46.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (39.29%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (39.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (39.29%) Incident Management
6 11 (39.29%) PowerShell
6 11 (39.29%) SIEM
6 11 (39.29%) OSCP
6 11 (39.29%) GCIA
6 11 (39.29%) GCIH
6 11 (39.29%) CEH
6 11 (39.29%) Python
6 11 (39.29%) CISSP
7 10 (35.71%) Windows
7 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (32.14%) ITSM
8 9 (32.14%) ITIL
8 9 (32.14%) Service Management
8 9 (32.14%) SAN
8 9 (32.14%) SANS
8 9 (32.14%) Podcast
8 9 (32.14%) Problem Management
9 8 (28.57%) Workload Management
9 8 (28.57%) Proactive Management

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

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) GCP
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) Firewall
2 9 (32.14%) SAN
3 4 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Hedge funds
2 9 (32.14%) Podcast
3 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 14 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) Incident Management
3 11 (39.29%) SIEM
4 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (32.14%) ITIL
5 9 (32.14%) ITSM
5 9 (32.14%) Problem Management
5 9 (32.14%) Service Management
6 8 (28.57%) Proactive Management
6 8 (28.57%) Service Delivery
6 8 (28.57%) Workload Management
7 7 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
7 7 (25.00%) Change Control
7 7 (25.00%) Change Management
7 7 (25.00%) Workflow
8 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 4 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (10.71%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) PowerShell
1 11 (39.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 13 (46.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (39.29%) CEH
3 11 (39.29%) CISSP
3 11 (39.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (39.29%) GCIA
3 11 (39.29%) GCIH
3 11 (39.29%) OSCP
4 9 (32.14%) SANS
5 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.57%) BMC
2 1 (3.57%) Remedy
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.57%) Sun