Incident Response Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Incident Response
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 33 45
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 +58
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 5 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 1.26% 2.07% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 2.20% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 8
10th Percentile - £38,000 £60,500
25th Percentile - £53,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -9.68%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -6.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 303 637 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 76.52% 94.37% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 130 142 283
10th Percentile £25,950 £26,250 £26,468
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £58,438 £64,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,625 £75,000 £66,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Selby - 5 - -
Incident Response
Yorkshire

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Operational Security Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 5 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (40.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (40.00%) ISMS
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) GIAC
1 3 (60.00%) SANS
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NIST