Incident Response Jobs in England

Incident Response
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 383 434
Rank change year-on-year +106 +51 +11
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 864 745 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.83% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.87% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 684 533 714
10th Percentile £42,571 £38,750 £38,400
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,813 £79,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,224 85,386 129,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.41% 95.61% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,820 50,634 73,490
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,410 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in England

Incident Response
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 Response within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 +88 322 £75,000 +4.90% 86
North of England +139 199 £52,084 -13.19% 42
North West +79 132 £52,084 -13.19% 19
Midlands +21 126 £60,000 +20.00% 31
South East -20 114 £62,500 +13.64% 37
West Midlands +29 95 £60,000 +9.09% 22
South West +28 78 £50,000 -0.99% 15
Yorkshire +119 59 £60,000 - 18
East Midlands -26 31 £65,000 +36.84% 8
East of England +5 16 £52,500 +16.67% 10
North East -1 8 £70,000 +3.70% 5
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) IIS
4 7 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
5 1 (0.12%) Confluence
5 1 (0.12%) Moodle
5 1 (0.12%) nginx
5 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 246 (28.47%) Azure
2 142 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (14.81%) AWS
4 40 (4.63%) Azure Sentinel
5 31 (3.59%) GCP
6 28 (3.24%) SaaS
7 20 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (1.97%) PaaS
10 16 (1.85%) IaaS
11 15 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (1.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 13 (1.50%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.50%) AWS CloudTrail
13 12 (1.39%) Serverless
14 10 (1.16%) Power Platform
15 9 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.93%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 222 (25.69%) Firewall
2 75 (8.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 54 (6.25%) Network Security
4 42 (4.86%) TCP/IP
5 30 (3.47%) Internet
6 29 (3.36%) VPN
7 17 (1.97%) DNS
8 15 (1.74%) LAN
9 14 (1.62%) WAN
10 13 (1.50%) Wireshark
11 11 (1.27%) SAN
12 7 (0.81%) HTTP
12 7 (0.81%) SMTP
13 6 (0.69%) DHCP
13 6 (0.69%) SSL
14 5 (0.58%) VLAN
15 4 (0.46%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.35%) DMZ
16 3 (0.35%) tcpdump
16 3 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.50%) MongoDB
3 12 (1.39%) BigQuery
3 12 (1.39%) Data Hub
3 12 (1.39%) DB2
3 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.27%) MySQL
5 9 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.81%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.35%) Power BI
10 2 (0.23%) Metabase
10 2 (0.23%) Redis
11 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.58%) Burp Suite
2 5 (0.58%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.35%) sqlmap
4 2 (0.23%) Git
4 2 (0.23%) GitLab
4 2 (0.23%) Snyk
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) JIRA
5 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 273 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 173 (20.02%) Finance
3 122 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.10%) Law
5 61 (7.06%) Legal
6 44 (5.09%) Public Sector
7 41 (4.75%) Banking
7 41 (4.75%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.36%) Military
9 21 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (2.43%) Games
10 18 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.85%) Retail
11 16 (1.85%) Spanish Language
12 15 (1.74%) Financial Institution
12 15 (1.74%) Marketing
13 12 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.27%) French Language
15 6 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 234 (27.08%) Analyst
2 148 (17.13%) Security Analyst
3 138 (15.97%) Senior
4 85 (9.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 83 (9.61%) Lead
6 80 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
7 79 (9.14%) Security Engineer
8 67 (7.75%) Security Manager
9 56 (6.48%) SOC Analyst
10 49 (5.67%) Consultant
11 47 (5.44%) Senior Security Analyst
12 44 (5.09%) Security Consultant
13 41 (4.75%) Architect
14 38 (4.40%) IT Analyst
15 37 (4.28%) IT Security Analyst
16 36 (4.17%) Security Specialist
17 35 (4.05%) Incident Manager
18 34 (3.94%) Security Architect
19 32 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 32 (3.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.74%) .NET
2 11 (1.27%) Web Services
3 8 (0.93%) Laravel
4 7 (0.81%) XML
5 6 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.58%) Node.js
7 4 (0.46%) EDI
7 4 (0.46%) Kafka
8 3 (0.35%) HTML
8 3 (0.35%) Sass
8 3 (0.35%) Vue
8 3 (0.35%) web3js
9 2 (0.23%) CSS
9 2 (0.23%) D3.js
9 2 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.23%) React
10 1 (0.12%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.12%) SOAP
10 1 (0.12%) Symfony
10 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 148 (17.13%) Cyber Threat
2 143 (16.55%) Management Information System
3 93 (10.76%) Cyberattack
3 93 (10.76%) Security Posture
4 77 (8.91%) Security Operations Centre
5 55 (6.37%) Operational Technology
6 41 (4.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 33 (3.82%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 32 (3.70%) Driving Licence
9 25 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
10 24 (2.78%) Public Cloud
11 19 (2.20%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.74%) SCADA
14 13 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
15 12 (1.39%) Data Fabric
16 11 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (1.04%) Cloud Native
18 8 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 165 (19.10%) Windows
2 96 (11.11%) Linux
3 43 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.59%) Unix
5 16 (1.85%) zOS
6 10 (1.16%) Kali Linux
7 8 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.46%) CentOS
9 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.46%) Solaris
9 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.12%) AIX
12 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.12%) Android
12 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (69.68%) Cybersecurity
2 266 (30.79%) Information Security
3 254 (29.40%) Security Operations
4 251 (29.05%) SIEM
5 183 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (17.36%) Incident Management
7 147 (17.01%) Vulnerability Management
8 144 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 138 (15.97%) Threat Intelligence
10 132 (15.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 99 (11.46%) Penetration Testing
12 96 (11.11%) Computer Science
13 92 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
14 88 (10.19%) Cloud Security
15 80 (9.26%) Security Architecture
16 71 (8.22%) Change Management
16 71 (8.22%) Security Management
17 69 (7.99%) ITIL
18 67 (7.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 66 (7.64%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 64 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.18%) Python
3 25 (2.89%) Bash
3 25 (2.89%) SQL
4 13 (1.50%) Java
5 11 (1.27%) C#
5 11 (1.27%) PHP
6 8 (0.93%) Rust
7 6 (0.69%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.46%) C++
9 3 (0.35%) Go
10 2 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.23%) Lisp
10 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.12%) Bicep
11 1 (0.12%) Perl
11 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 238 (27.55%) CISSP
2 215 (24.88%) Degree
3 119 (13.77%) CISM
4 84 (9.72%) Security Cleared
5 57 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
6 54 (6.25%) CEH
7 53 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 49 (5.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 44 (5.09%) GIAC
10 40 (4.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 39 (4.51%) CISA
12 35 (4.05%) CCSP
13 31 (3.59%) Master's Degree
13 31 (3.59%) SC Cleared
14 27 (3.13%) AWS Certification
15 24 (2.78%) CREST Certified
16 22 (2.55%) OSCP
17 20 (2.31%) Azure Certification
17 20 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
18 17 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (27.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (15.74%) NIST
3 87 (10.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (7.99%) GDPR
5 65 (7.52%) PCI DSS
6 40 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 35 (4.05%) ISO 9001
8 34 (3.94%) NCSC
9 33 (3.82%) GRC
10 32 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 20 (2.31%) JSP 440
12 16 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (1.16%) COBIT
13 10 (1.16%) SLA
14 8 (0.93%) Accessibility
14 8 (0.93%) QA
14 8 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.93%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.81%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 70 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.81%) Docker
5 4 (0.46%) Terminal Services
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 30 (3.47%) EnCase
2 25 (2.89%) QRadar
3 17 (1.97%) Terraform
4 15 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.62%) CSIRT
6 12 (1.39%) Kubernetes
7 9 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.81%) Ansible
8 7 (0.81%) SCCM
9 5 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.58%) Suricata
10 4 (0.46%) Cacti
10 4 (0.46%) CASB
10 4 (0.46%) Grafana
11 3 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.35%) Nessus
11 3 (0.35%) Nmap
11 3 (0.35%) SELinux
12 2 (0.23%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 279 (32.29%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.09%) VMware
3 40 (4.63%) Splunk
4 30 (3.47%) Qualys
5 27 (3.13%) Cisco
6 22 (2.55%) Oracle
7 21 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
8 20 (2.31%) IBM
9 15 (1.74%) Google
10 14 (1.62%) Darktrace
10 14 (1.62%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.50%) Citrix
11 13 (1.50%) Databricks
12 12 (1.39%) F5
13 9 (1.04%) CyberArk
13 9 (1.04%) Datto
13 9 (1.04%) Juniper
13 9 (1.04%) Sun
14 8 (0.93%) Dell
14 8 (0.93%) Xero