Incident Response Job Trends in the Highlands

Incident Response
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 2.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £71,991 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +59.98% -18.18% +15.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65 65 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 71.43% 90.28% 43.48%
Number of salaries quoted 50 34 7
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £38,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.53% -20.83% +92.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £107,700
90th Percentile £70,000 - £167,400
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +4.76%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Incident Response
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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
Inverness - 2 £40,000 - 2
Incident Response
Scotland