Incident Response Jobs in the Midlands

Incident Response
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 217 288
Rank change year-on-year +21 +71 -64
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 126 114 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.08% 1.19% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.24% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 111 74 52
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,725 £37,286
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,875 £84,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,632 9,223 10,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.39% 96.61% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,123 4,620 6,979
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,100 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the Midlands

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the Midlands

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the Midlands

Incident Response
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands +48 96 £60,000 +9.09% 21
East Midlands -27 30 £65,000 +36.84% 5
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (4.76%) Apache
1 6 (4.76%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (32.54%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (30.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (30.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) AWS
2 16 (12.70%) Azure
3 8 (6.35%) Amazon ECS
3 8 (6.35%) Cloudflare
4 5 (3.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (3.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 5 (3.97%) Amazon S3
4 5 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
4 5 (3.97%) AWS CloudTrail
4 5 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (3.97%) Serverless
4 5 (3.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.70%) Firewall
2 6 (4.76%) Network Security
2 6 (4.76%) SAN
2 6 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.17%) DHCP
3 4 (3.17%) DNS
3 4 (3.17%) LAN
3 4 (3.17%) VLAN
3 4 (3.17%) WAN
4 2 (1.59%) NAS
4 2 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.79%) MySQL
2 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.59%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.59%) sqlmap
General
1 48 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 38 (30.16%) Public Sector
3 15 (11.90%) Finance
4 13 (10.32%) Spanish Language
5 10 (7.94%) Legal
6 8 (6.35%) French Language
6 8 (6.35%) Games
6 8 (6.35%) Law
7 5 (3.97%) Automotive
8 3 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.59%) Local Government
9 2 (1.59%) Police
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (13.49%) Security Manager
2 14 (11.11%) Lead
3 13 (10.32%) Delivery Manager
3 13 (10.32%) Service Delivery Manager
3 13 (10.32%) Service Manager
4 12 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (8.73%) Analyst
6 9 (7.14%) Technical Leader
7 8 (6.35%) Information Manager
7 8 (6.35%) Information Security Manager
7 8 (6.35%) Security Engineer
8 7 (5.56%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.56%) IT Security Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Senior
10 5 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) IT Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 4 (3.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Security Analyst
11 4 (3.17%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.35%) Laravel
2 6 (4.76%) .NET
2 6 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 6 (4.76%) XML
3 4 (3.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.79%) REST
4 1 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (30.16%) Driving Licence
2 19 (15.08%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (10.32%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.97%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.97%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (3.97%) SCADA
6 3 (2.38%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.38%) PropTech
6 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.79%) CMDB
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Windows
2 3 (2.38%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
3 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (62.70%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (29.37%) Data Collection
4 26 (20.63%) Information Security
5 21 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 19 (15.08%) Service Delivery
7 18 (14.29%) ITIL
8 17 (13.49%) DevOps
8 17 (13.49%) Security Operations
9 15 (11.90%) Incident Management
9 15 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (10.32%) Roadmaps
11 12 (9.52%) Cloud Security
11 12 (9.52%) Project Management
11 12 (9.52%) SIEM
12 11 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.73%) IT Strategy
12 11 (8.73%) Strategic Roadmap
12 11 (8.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 10 (7.94%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.35%) PHP
2 8 (6.35%) Rust
3 7 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.67%) CISSP
3 18 (14.29%) CISM
4 17 (13.49%) Degree
5 7 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.97%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.97%) CEH
6 5 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (3.97%) OSCP
7 4 (3.17%) CISA
8 3 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.59%) CCNA
9 2 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.59%) GCFA
9 2 (1.59%) GCFE
9 2 (1.59%) GCIH
9 2 (1.59%) MCSE
9 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.59%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (49.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (34.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 39 (30.95%) ISO 9001
3 39 (30.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 17 (13.49%) NIST
5 8 (6.35%) Accessibility
6 5 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.97%) NCSC
6 5 (3.97%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.59%) GDPR
7 2 (1.59%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (29.37%) EnCase
2 6 (4.76%) Ansible
2 6 (4.76%) Terraform
3 2 (1.59%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 44 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.97%) BT
3 4 (3.17%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.17%) Dell
3 4 (3.17%) EqualLogic
4 3 (2.38%) AlienVault
4 3 (2.38%) Datto
4 3 (2.38%) VMware
5 2 (1.59%) Sun
6 1 (0.79%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.79%) Proofpoint
6 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.79%) Zscaler