Incident Response Jobs in London

Incident Response
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 316 433
Rank change year-on-year +77 +117 -51
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 322 363 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.36% 1.06% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.11% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 260 273 344
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,300 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +13.64%
75th Percentile £94,063 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,505 32,733 66,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.16% 95.36% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 15,937 23,598 34,274
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,411 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,524 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,001 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +58 79 £76,250 -1.61% 6
North London - 7 £55,000 -
South London -3 4 £44,000 -32.31%
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.31%) Apache
3 1 (0.31%) CMS
3 1 (0.31%) Moodle
3 1 (0.31%) nginx
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 110 (34.16%) Azure
2 81 (25.16%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (14.91%) AWS
4 27 (8.39%) GCP
5 12 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (3.73%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.73%) SaaS
6 10 (3.11%) PaaS
7 7 (2.17%) IaaS
7 7 (2.17%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.86%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.24%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.93%) Serverless
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.62%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 71 (22.05%) Firewall
2 15 (4.66%) Network Security
3 13 (4.04%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (3.11%) VPN
6 8 (2.48%) Wireshark
7 7 (2.17%) LAN
8 4 (1.24%) WAN
9 3 (0.93%) Broadband
9 3 (0.93%) DNS
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.31%) DHCP
10 1 (0.31%) HTTP
10 1 (0.31%) Internet
10 1 (0.31%) Intranet
10 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.31%) SMTP
10 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.94%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.73%) BigQuery
2 12 (3.73%) Data Hub
2 12 (3.73%) DB2
2 12 (3.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.73%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.24%) MySQL
5 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Power BI
6 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) GitLab
3 1 (0.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.31%) Snyk
3 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 117 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 114 (35.40%) Finance
3 44 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.80%) Banking
5 36 (11.18%) Law
6 34 (10.56%) Legal
7 15 (4.66%) Financial Institution
8 12 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.80%) Games
10 9 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.24%) International Banking
14 3 (0.93%) French Language
14 3 (0.93%) Marketing
14 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.93%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (34.16%) Analyst
2 83 (25.78%) Security Analyst
3 64 (19.88%) Senior
4 50 (15.53%) Security Engineer
5 42 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 38 (11.80%) Security Manager
6 38 (11.80%) Senior Analyst
7 36 (11.18%) IT Analyst
7 36 (11.18%) IT Security Analyst
8 32 (9.94%) Senior Security Analyst
9 27 (8.39%) Lead
10 24 (7.45%) Senior Security Engineer
11 23 (7.14%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 21 (6.52%) Information Manager
12 21 (6.52%) Information Security Manager
13 20 (6.21%) SOC Analyst
14 18 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 15 (4.66%) CISSP Analyst
15 15 (4.66%) Security Specialist
16 12 (3.73%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.80%) .NET
2 6 (1.86%) Web Services
3 4 (1.24%) Kafka
4 3 (0.93%) web3js
5 2 (0.62%) Node.js
5 2 (0.62%) Sass
6 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.31%) HTML
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.31%) OpenID
6 1 (0.31%) Symfony
6 1 (0.31%) XML
6 1 (0.31%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.46%) Cyber Threat
2 51 (15.84%) Cyberattack
3 42 (13.04%) Security Posture
4 41 (12.73%) Management Information System
5 21 (6.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.97%) Public Cloud
7 14 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
7 14 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (3.73%) Cloud Security Posture
8 12 (3.73%) Data Fabric
8 12 (3.73%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.48%) SCADA
11 6 (1.86%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.86%) PKI
12 5 (1.55%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (0.93%) Blockchain
14 3 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 76 (23.60%) Windows
2 40 (12.42%) Linux
3 19 (5.90%) Unix
4 16 (4.97%) zOS
5 10 (3.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.24%) CentOS
6 4 (1.24%) Solaris
6 4 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.31%) AIX
8 1 (0.31%) Android
8 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (63.66%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (37.89%) Information Security
3 104 (32.30%) SIEM
4 102 (31.68%) Security Operations
5 52 (16.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 52 (16.15%) Security Management
5 52 (16.15%) Threat Intelligence
6 50 (15.53%) Cloud Security
7 49 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (14.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 43 (13.35%) Risk Management
10 42 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
10 42 (13.04%) Incident Management
11 40 (12.42%) Security Monitoring
12 39 (12.11%) Security Architecture
13 38 (11.80%) Vulnerability Management
14 36 (11.18%) Computer Science
15 34 (10.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 34 (10.56%) Roadmaps
16 32 (9.94%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.90%) SQL
3 17 (5.28%) Python
4 9 (2.80%) C#
4 9 (2.80%) Java
5 7 (2.17%) Bash
6 6 (1.86%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.93%) C++
8 2 (0.62%) Go
9 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.31%) Perl
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 116 (36.02%) CISSP
2 57 (17.70%) Degree
3 52 (16.15%) CISM
4 30 (9.32%) CEH
4 30 (9.32%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (8.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 22 (6.83%) CCSP
6 22 (6.83%) CISA
7 17 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.28%) Master's Degree
8 15 (4.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (4.35%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.04%) Security Cleared
11 12 (3.73%) CompTIA CySA+
12 10 (3.11%) GIAC
12 10 (3.11%) SC Cleared
13 9 (2.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (2.80%) CRISC
14 7 (2.17%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (24.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (16.46%) NIST
3 29 (9.01%) PCI DSS
4 23 (7.14%) GRC
5 22 (6.83%) GDPR
6 21 (6.52%) NCSC
7 14 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.86%) NIST 800
11 5 (1.55%) COBIT
12 4 (1.24%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.24%) QA
12 4 (1.24%) SLA
13 3 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.93%) PMO
14 2 (0.62%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.24%) Docker
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (7.14%) QRadar
2 9 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.17%) CSIRT
3 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.17%) SCCM
4 5 (1.55%) Terraform
5 4 (1.24%) CASB
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.31%) Ansible
7 1 (0.31%) Grafana
7 1 (0.31%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.31%) Istio
7 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.31%) Kiali
7 1 (0.31%) Nmap
7 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 124 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.07%) Qualys
2 26 (8.07%) Splunk
3 20 (6.21%) IBM
4 16 (4.97%) Oracle
5 15 (4.66%) CrowdStrike
6 13 (4.04%) Databricks
6 13 (4.04%) Google
7 12 (3.73%) F5
8 10 (3.11%) VMware
9 9 (2.80%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.80%) Darktrace
10 8 (2.48%) Xero
11 7 (2.17%) Sun
12 5 (1.55%) CA
12 5 (1.55%) Cisco
12 5 (1.55%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.55%) Rapid7
13 4 (1.24%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.24%) Citrix