Incident Response Jobs in the North West

Incident Response
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 164 241
Rank change year-on-year -82 +77 +6
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 41 132 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.51% 1.34% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.62% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 36 112 43
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,313 £50,000 £42,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,084 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -13.19% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £70,125
90th Percentile £81,875 £65,000 £74,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,662 8,161 7,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 82.83% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,195 3,909
10th Percentile £26,722 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
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 £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the North West

Incident Response
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 Response within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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 +50 34 £75,000 +25.00% 49
Cheshire +14 3 £55,000 -12.00% 15
Merseyside +34 2 £58,500 +67.14% 1
Lancashire -127 1 £42,384 -18.62% 24
Cumbria - 1 - -
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) AWS KMS
3 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (41.46%) Intrusion Detection
2 16 (39.02%) Firewall
3 3 (7.32%) DNS
4 2 (4.88%) HTTP
4 2 (4.88%) SMTP
4 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.44%) DHCP
5 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
General
1 23 (56.10%) Analytical Skills
1 23 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Banking
2 2 (4.88%) Finance
2 2 (4.88%) Legal
3 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
3 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.44%) Law
3 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Architect
2 14 (34.15%) Security Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Security Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Lead
6 3 (7.32%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) IT Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) SIEM Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Threat Hunter
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.44%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) PyTorch
1 2 (4.88%) scikit-learn
1 2 (4.88%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (63.41%) Security Posture
2 20 (48.78%) Management Information System
3 14 (34.15%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (34.15%) Social Media
3 14 (34.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.32%) Cyberattack
6 2 (4.88%) Algorithms
6 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.44%) PKI
7 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (39.02%) Windows
2 14 (34.15%) Windows Vista
3 1 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (82.93%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (63.41%) Information Security
3 23 (56.10%) Risk Management
3 23 (56.10%) SIEM
4 21 (51.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (51.22%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (48.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 19 (46.34%) Cloud Security
7 18 (43.90%) Computer Science
8 17 (41.46%) Data Protection
8 17 (41.46%) Risk Analysis
9 16 (39.02%) DevSecOps
9 16 (39.02%) Ethical Hacking
9 16 (39.02%) Identity Management
10 15 (36.59%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (36.59%) Proactive Management
10 15 (36.59%) Security Architecture
11 14 (34.15%) Information Assurance
11 14 (34.15%) TOGAF
12 9 (21.95%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) Degree
2 21 (51.22%) CISSP
3 20 (48.78%) CISM
4 19 (46.34%) CEH
5 17 (41.46%) CISA
6 16 (39.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (36.59%) DBS Check
8 14 (34.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (34.15%) Master's Degree
9 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
10 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
11 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (4.88%) CRISC
11 2 (4.88%) GCIH
11 2 (4.88%) GIAC
11 2 (4.88%) GISF
11 2 (4.88%) ISACA
11 2 (4.88%) SANS
11 2 (4.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (51.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (43.90%) NIST
3 15 (36.59%) GDPR
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.88%) SLA
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) AlienVault
2 3 (7.32%) Splunk
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco
3 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) VMware