Incident Response Job Trends in London

Incident Response
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 147 250
Rank change year-on-year +47 +103 +122
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 393 363 203
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.87% 2.29% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.24% 2.43% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 277 219 161
10th Percentile £49,488 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,625 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +5.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,118 14,957 16,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.48% 94.35% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,728 8,393 13,166
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
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 Response within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +2 56 £80,000 +23.08% 75
West London +2 23 £67,500 -3.57% 6
East London -9 13 £96,250 +65.95% 7
South London +10 6 £46,000 -23.33% 20
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.76%) Confluence
4 3 (0.76%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 128 (32.57%) Azure
2 68 (17.30%) AWS
3 50 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (9.67%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.16%) GCP
6 34 (8.65%) SaaS
7 23 (5.85%) GitHub
8 21 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 19 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (3.56%) Nutanix
12 14 (3.56%) Power Platform
13 12 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (3.05%) Datadog
14 11 (2.80%) Serverless
15 10 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.29%) Azure AKS
17 8 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (2.04%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 88 (22.39%) Firewall
2 43 (10.94%) Network Security
3 39 (9.92%) VPN
4 23 (5.85%) WAN
5 19 (4.83%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (4.58%) TCP/IP
7 16 (4.07%) Wireshark
8 15 (3.82%) SD-WAN
8 15 (3.82%) Wireless
9 12 (3.05%) CHAP
10 8 (2.04%) BGP
10 8 (2.04%) OSPF
11 6 (1.53%) LAN
11 6 (1.53%) VLAN
12 5 (1.27%) BIG-IP
12 5 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.27%) DNS
12 5 (1.27%) EIGRP
12 5 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 5 (1.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.56%) Power BI
2 13 (3.31%) Tableau
3 7 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.27%) Big Data
4 5 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.51%) Looker
6 2 (0.51%) Metadata
6 2 (0.51%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.51%) MySQL
6 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 17 (4.33%) GitLab
2 12 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.27%) Git
3 5 (1.27%) JIRA
4 4 (1.02%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.51%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.51%) MLflow
5 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
General
1 163 (41.48%) Social Skills
2 134 (34.10%) Finance
3 83 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.20%) Banking
5 39 (9.92%) Legal
6 31 (7.89%) Financial Institution
7 30 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (6.11%) Aviation
9 22 (5.60%) Fire and Rescue
9 22 (5.60%) Law
9 22 (5.60%) Police
10 18 (4.58%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.58%) Retail
11 16 (4.07%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.82%) Public Sector
13 13 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (3.05%) Marketing
15 11 (2.80%) Back Office
15 11 (2.80%) Electronics
16 10 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (15.01%) Analyst
2 48 (12.21%) Security Analyst
3 43 (10.94%) Operations Manager
3 43 (10.94%) Security Engineer
4 42 (10.69%) Lead
5 34 (8.65%) Senior
6 31 (7.89%) IT Manager
7 28 (7.12%) Security Manager
8 27 (6.87%) Service Manager
9 22 (5.60%) Service Operations Manager
10 19 (4.83%) Auditor
10 19 (4.83%) Internal Auditor
11 18 (4.58%) Head of Security
12 17 (4.33%) Consultant
12 17 (4.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 16 (4.07%) IT Support
14 13 (3.31%) IT Operations Manager
14 13 (3.31%) Support Engineer
15 12 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (1.78%) OAuth
1 7 (1.78%) SAML
2 4 (1.02%) .NET
2 4 (1.02%) ADO
2 4 (1.02%) REST
2 4 (1.02%) YAML
3 3 (0.76%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.76%) SOAP
4 2 (0.51%) AWS CDK
4 2 (0.51%) CSS
4 2 (0.51%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.51%) HTML
4 2 (0.51%) Kafka
4 2 (0.51%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.51%) WebRTC
4 2 (0.51%) XML
5 1 (0.25%) Node.js
5 1 (0.25%) Pandas
5 1 (0.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.94%) Management Information System
2 39 (9.92%) Security Posture
3 35 (8.91%) Cyber Threat
4 25 (6.36%) Cloud Native
5 24 (6.11%) Robotics
6 21 (5.34%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (4.33%) Virtual Team
8 16 (4.07%) Cyber Defence
8 16 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (3.82%) Cyberattack
10 12 (3.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 11 (2.80%) CMDB
12 8 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.78%) Blockchain
13 7 (1.78%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.78%) Insider Threat
14 6 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.53%) Hedge funds
15 5 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 77 (19.59%) Linux
2 76 (19.34%) Windows
3 24 (6.11%) Unix
4 19 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.80%) Mac OS
5 11 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.54%) VMS
7 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.27%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.51%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Android
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (46.06%) Cybersecurity
2 123 (31.30%) SIEM
3 121 (30.79%) Information Security
4 113 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (25.70%) Security Operations
6 95 (24.17%) Incident Management
7 93 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (20.87%) DevOps
9 77 (19.59%) Risk Management
10 76 (19.34%) Root Cause Analysis
11 75 (19.08%) Vulnerability Management
12 71 (18.07%) ITIL
13 65 (16.54%) Business Continuity
14 60 (15.27%) Cloud Security
15 55 (13.99%) Observability
16 54 (13.74%) Disaster Recovery
17 53 (13.49%) Threat Intelligence
18 52 (13.23%) Agile
19 51 (12.98%) CI/CD
19 51 (12.98%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 77 (19.59%) Python
2 48 (12.21%) PowerShell
3 36 (9.16%) SQL
4 25 (6.36%) Bash
5 11 (2.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.78%) Bicep
6 7 (1.78%) R
7 6 (1.53%) C#
7 6 (1.53%) Go
7 6 (1.53%) Java
8 4 (1.02%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.76%) Perl
10 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) Scala
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (33.33%) CISSP
2 72 (18.32%) Degree
3 61 (15.52%) CISM
4 45 (11.45%) CISA
5 24 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.34%) CompTIA Security+
7 20 (5.09%) Security Cleared
8 18 (4.58%) GCIH
8 18 (4.58%) GIAC
9 16 (4.07%) FFIEC
9 16 (4.07%) SANS
10 14 (3.56%) Azure Certification
10 14 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (3.31%) GCIA
11 13 (3.31%) PMI Certification
11 13 (3.31%) PMP
12 12 (3.05%) CGEIT
12 12 (3.05%) GCFA
13 11 (2.80%) OSCP
13 11 (2.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (31.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (27.48%) NIST
3 90 (22.90%) GDPR
4 57 (14.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 52 (13.23%) QA
6 37 (9.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (6.11%) PCI DSS
8 19 (4.83%) SLA
9 17 (4.33%) SOC 2
10 14 (3.56%) COBIT
11 12 (3.05%) GRC
12 9 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (2.04%) ISAE 3402
14 7 (1.78%) NCSC
15 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (1.02%) EU AI Act
17 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
17 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 3 (0.76%) ITGC
17 3 (0.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (6.87%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.34%) Docker
3 19 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.27%) NFS
6 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.51%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.51%) pfSense
7 2 (0.51%) Squid
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (11.70%) Terraform
2 43 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.38%) Ansible
4 18 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (3.56%) Grafana
6 12 (3.05%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.54%) CASB
7 10 (2.54%) SCCM
8 9 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.04%) QRadar
10 6 (1.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (1.53%) CSIRT
11 4 (1.02%) Cilium
11 4 (1.02%) logstash
12 3 (0.76%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.76%) Nessus
12 3 (0.76%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.51%) Argo
13 2 (0.51%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 2 (0.51%) Suricata
Vendors
1 107 (27.23%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.87%) VMware
3 25 (6.36%) Splunk
4 22 (5.60%) Palo Alto
5 18 (4.58%) Cisco
6 17 (4.33%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (4.07%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.05%) SAP
9 11 (2.80%) Google
10 9 (2.29%) Commvault
11 7 (1.78%) Oracle
11 7 (1.78%) Qualys
11 7 (1.78%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.53%) F5
13 5 (1.27%) Aruba
13 5 (1.27%) iManage
13 5 (1.27%) Okta
13 5 (1.27%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.02%) Databricks
14 4 (1.02%) Thales