Incident Responder Job Trends in London

Incident Responder
England > London

As of 21 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Incident Responder salary in London.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 - 442
Rank change year-on-year - - +265
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Responder 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.007% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.65%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,272 14,970 16,777
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 93.52% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,125 8,866 13,567
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Incident Responder
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Incident Responder' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Incident Responder job vacancy trend in London

Incident Responder
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Incident Responder job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Incident Responder job vacancies in London

Incident Responder
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Responder within the London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Central London - 1 - - 1
Incident Responder
England

Incident Responder Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Incident Responder job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Incident Responder in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team

Incident Responder Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft