Incident Responder Jobs in the North West

Incident Responder
England > North West

The median Incident Responder salary in the North West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 286 291
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Responder 3 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.039% 0.010% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.010% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £64,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £66,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -40.35% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £74,063
90th Percentile - - £74,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -39.29% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 7,153 9,681 6,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.70% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,787 7,427 4,039
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,500 £80,650
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Incident Responder
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Incident Responder in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Responder in the North West

Incident Responder
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Responder in the North West.

Salary trend for Incident Responder in the North West

Incident Responder
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Responder within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester +70 2 £50,000 +17.65%
Lancashire - 1 - -
Incident Responder
England

Incident Responder Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Incident Responder job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Incident Responder in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) AlienVault
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Incident Responder Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) AlienVault
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft