Incident Response Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Incident Response
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 84 93
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 +45
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 3 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.56% 0.64% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.75% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £45,652 - £57,000
25th Percentile £57,595 - £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £53,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% -19.70% +32.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £73,625
90th Percentile - - £74,600
South West median annual salary £57,115 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.39% +8.00% +16.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 449 805 835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 83.15% 85.55% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 313 383 480
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £29,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Gloucestershire

Incident Response
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Gloucester - 1 £40,127 - 1
Incident Response
South West

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Trainer
2 1 (33.33%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) MODAF
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Protective Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) RMADS