Incident Response Job Trends in Preston

Incident Response
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 24 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.00% 1.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 1.46% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,166 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,932 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% - -
75th Percentile £39,697 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,384 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% +60.00% -46.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35 137 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 70.00% 98.56% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 28 101 110
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £41,250 £28,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,027 £50,500 £46,525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +8.54% +10.52%
75th Percentile £57,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,600 £72,500 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% +17.18%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Preston

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft