Incident Response Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Incident Response
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Incident Response skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 52 44
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 +59
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 3 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.98% 0.93% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.19% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 12
10th Percentile - - £38,750
25th Percentile £47,730 - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,154 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £48,577 £90,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £105,000 £69,838
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 268 421 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 87.87% 78.54% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 122 245 298
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,100
25th Percentile £35,313 £41,250 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Northern Ireland

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
County Antrim +19 3 £48,154 -3.69% 4
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) GitOps
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint