Incident Response Jobs in Leeds

Incident Response
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 160 175
Rank change year-on-year +82 +15 -29
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 56 9 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 2.31% 0.32% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 0.33% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 51 8 6
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +38.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £89,063 £57,688
90th Percentile £85,000 £99,750 £74,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.24% +70.59% -22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,017 2,724 3,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 83.18% 97.99% 97.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,588 2,547
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,925 £32,898
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,688 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,781 £69,885
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Leeds over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Leeds

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.57%) IIS
3 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (66.07%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (10.71%) AWS
3 6 (10.71%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Event Grid
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Storage
4 5 (8.93%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.36%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) Firewall
2 22 (39.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (8.93%) Internet
3 5 (8.93%) Network Security
3 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.57%) DMZ
4 2 (3.57%) DNS
4 2 (3.57%) HTTP
4 2 (3.57%) SMTP
4 2 (3.57%) tcpdump
4 2 (3.57%) VPN
4 2 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) MySQL
2 1 (1.79%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Git
General
1 18 (32.14%) Law
2 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (3.57%) Games
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (44.64%) Lead
2 20 (35.71%) Team Leader
3 12 (21.43%) Analyst
4 10 (17.86%) Consultant
4 10 (17.86%) Security Consultant
5 8 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Security Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) SOC Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 3 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Incident Response Lead
8 3 (5.36%) Technical Support
9 2 (3.57%) IT Security Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Support Specialist
9 2 (3.57%) Technical Specialist
9 2 (3.57%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) ARM Templates
1 5 (8.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.93%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (7.14%) Cyberattack
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (21.43%) Linux
3 4 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.36%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (66.07%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (57.14%) SIEM
3 22 (39.29%) Cryptography
4 20 (35.71%) Migration
4 20 (35.71%) Risk Analysis
5 19 (33.93%) ISMS
5 19 (33.93%) Kalman Filter
5 19 (33.93%) Social Engineering
6 18 (32.14%) Security Operations
7 14 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 14 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (19.64%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 10 (17.86%) Information Security
10 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.07%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (14.29%) Business Continuity
11 8 (14.29%) Data Protection
11 8 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (14.29%) Security Testing
12 7 (12.50%) Security Auditing
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) Bicep
1 5 (8.93%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (8.93%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.36%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
1 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.14%) CISM
2 4 (7.14%) CISSP
3 3 (5.36%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (3.57%) CASP
4 2 (3.57%) CCNA
4 2 (3.57%) CEH
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (3.57%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (3.57%) MCSE
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.57%) OSCP
4 2 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (19.64%) NIST
3 8 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (14.29%) GDPR
3 8 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (8.93%) COBIT
4 5 (8.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) Active Directory
1 5 (8.93%) Virtual Desktop
1 5 (8.93%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (5.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.93%) Terraform
2 2 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Datto
2 3 (5.36%) Splunk
2 3 (5.36%) Veeam
2 3 (5.36%) VMware
3 2 (3.57%) Cisco
3 2 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle