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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 136 77
Rank change year-on-year +59 -59 +19
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 1 22 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.14% 1.08% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 1.18% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 2
10th Percentile - £48,875 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46,000 £59,375 £60,625
90th Percentile - £66,125 £63,250
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,610
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.52% -3.33%

All Process and 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 666 1,868 792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 90.49% 91.57% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 261 570 598
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £33,638
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response 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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight