Incident Response Jobs in Hertfordshire

Incident Response
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 110 112
Rank change year-on-year +31 +2 +38
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 12 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.44% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 0.68% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 9
10th Percentile £22,500 £47,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,085 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +11.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £42,889 £56,875 £62,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £59,824 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £44,792 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +11.11% -22.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 793 1,607 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 94.97% 77.56% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 425 1,272 719
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £28,700
25th Percentile £39,821 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £75,900 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Hertfordshire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Hertfordshire

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Hertfordshire

Incident Response
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Stevenage - 5 £42,085 - 3
Hemel Hempstead +14 3 - - 8
St Albans - 1 £55,000 -
Incident Response
East of England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 4 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (25.00%) FTP
3 3 (25.00%) HTTP
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) SMTP
3 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 4 (33.33%) Local Government
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) IT Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) IT Sales Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Junior
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (25.00%) MISP
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
3 5 (41.67%) SIEM
4 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Coaching
5 3 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (8.33%) Data Security
7 1 (8.33%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) CEH
2 4 (33.33%) CISM
2 4 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) GIAC
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NCSC
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 4 (33.33%) Nessus
1 4 (33.33%) QRadar
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Qualys
2 4 (33.33%) Splunk
2 4 (33.33%) Tenable
3 1 (8.33%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
3 1 (8.33%) Sophos