Incident Response Job Trends in Newport

Incident Response
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 4.55% 1.64% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 2.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £47,050 - -
25th Percentile £52,625 £83,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £87,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.14% - -
75th Percentile £76,194 £91,250 -
90th Percentile £76,833 - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £87,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.71% +66.67% +17.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 123 43 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 79.87% 70.49% 83.56%
Number of salaries quoted 72 32 52
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,275 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,518 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -2.97% -0.52%
75th Percentile £75,250 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £91,125 £67,250
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Newport

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Newport over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Newport

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Governance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Governance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Behavioural Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (28.57%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (28.57%) GRC
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) NCSC
5 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) AlienVault
1 1 (14.29%) LogRhythm
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk