Incident Response Job Trends in Glasgow

Incident Response
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 84 199
Rank change year-on-year +28 +115 -95
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 9 1 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.90% 0.17% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.17% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 14
10th Percentile - - £47,650
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,000 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -14.98% +8.95%
75th Percentile £78,750 £46,000 £81,563
90th Percentile £83,550 - £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £84,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +87.78% -21.74% +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 715 574 3,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 71.86% 94.88% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 441 209 895
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £40,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,750 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £46,000 £50,890 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.61% -3.07% -8.70%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Glasgow over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Glasgow

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (22.22%) Azure AKS
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (22.22%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) IaaS
4 1 (11.11%) PaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Account Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
2 1 (11.11%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Site Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Account Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) AI Agents
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Educational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Security Operations
3 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (33.33%) RBAC
4 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (33.33%) SIEM
4 3 (33.33%) SOAR
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (33.33%) Zero Trust
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) CASB
2 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (11.11%) Rapid7