Incident Response Jobs in Manchester

Incident Response
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 177 205
Rank change year-on-year +50 +28 +12
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 34 46 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.51% 0.89% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.03% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 31 42 36
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £60,250 £47,500 £43,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +12.97%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £72,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 £78,750
North West median annual salary £75,000 £52,084 £60,000
% change year-on-year +44.00% -13.19% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,147 4,475 4,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.21% 86.37% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,308 3,415 2,525
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,857 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,150 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Bolton - 14 £75,000 - 2
Cheadle - 1 £75,000 -
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 1
Incident Response
North West

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) AWS KMS
3 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) Firewall
1 16 (47.06%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (5.88%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) HTTP
2 2 (5.88%) SMTP
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) GitLab
General
1 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 19 (55.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.94%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Architect
2 14 (41.18%) Security Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Security Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.88%) SIEM Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Threat Hunter
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.88%) scikit-learn
1 2 (5.88%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.94%) EDI
2 1 (2.94%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (64.71%) Security Posture
2 18 (52.94%) Management Information System
3 14 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (41.18%) Social Media
3 14 (41.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Windows
1 14 (41.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (67.65%) Information Security
3 21 (61.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (61.76%) SIEM
4 20 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (55.88%) Cloud Security
5 19 (55.88%) Risk Management
5 19 (55.88%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (50.00%) Computer Science
7 16 (47.06%) Data Protection
7 16 (47.06%) DevSecOps
7 16 (47.06%) Ethical Hacking
7 16 (47.06%) Identity Management
7 16 (47.06%) Risk Analysis
8 15 (44.12%) Collaborative Working
8 15 (44.12%) Proactive Management
8 15 (44.12%) Security Architecture
9 14 (41.18%) Information Assurance
9 14 (41.18%) TOGAF
10 7 (20.59%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Degree
2 19 (55.88%) CISSP
3 18 (52.94%) CISM
4 17 (50.00%) CEH
5 16 (47.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (44.12%) CISA
7 14 (41.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (41.18%) DBS Check
7 14 (41.18%) Master's Degree
8 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
9 2 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
10 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (2.94%) MCSA
10 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (55.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (50.00%) NIST
3 15 (44.12%) GDPR
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.88%) SLA
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) AlienVault
3 2 (5.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.94%) Google