Incident Response Job Trends in Hatfield

Incident Response
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hatfield requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hatfield 1.33% - 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% - 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,123
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £57,825
75th Percentile £85,000 - £59,526
90th Percentile £109,000 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £67,500 £42,085 £45,000
% change year-on-year +60.39% -6.48% -37.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 60 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hatfield 62.39% 88.24% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 92 37 17
10th Percentile £42,500 - £36,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £29,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.39% -46.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £60,000 £73,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £48,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +19.79% -11.11% -1.82%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Hatfield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Hatfield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Hatfield over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Hatfield

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Security Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Head of IT
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Service Management
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) AIOps
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow