Incident Response Jobs in Reading

Incident Response
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 104 121
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 -17
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 11 33 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.64% 2.03% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 2.09% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £54,375 £51,400 £32,450
25th Percentile £60,313 £57,250 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £73,750 £69,625
90th Percentile £106,250 £74,500 £78,750
Berkshire median annual salary £78,750 £45,488 £39,250
% change year-on-year +73.12% +15.89% -34.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,510 1,578 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.36% 97.05% 92.34%
Number of salaries quoted 921 823 934
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £54,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.74% +4.55%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Reading

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in Reading.

Salary trend for Incident Response in Reading

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Reading over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Reading

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) Internet
3 3 (27.27%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) LAN
4 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) tcpdump
4 1 (9.09%) WAN
4 1 (9.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (9.09%) DBA
3 1 (9.09%) Delivery Director
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Information
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Operations
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Security
3 1 (9.09%) IT Director
3 1 (9.09%) MySQL DBA
3 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 3 (27.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
4 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Kali Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) SIEM
3 6 (54.55%) Data Protection
4 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
5 4 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security
6 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
6 3 (27.27%) BCP
6 3 (27.27%) Change Management
6 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
6 3 (27.27%) Data Security
6 3 (27.27%) Database Security
6 3 (27.27%) OWASP
6 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Physics
6 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) AWS Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) PCI DSS
2 5 (45.45%) NIST
3 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (9.09%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Suricata
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (9.09%) Nessus
2 1 (9.09%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Splunk
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Juniper
3 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 2 (18.18%) LogRhythm
4 2 (18.18%) McAfee
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
5 1 (9.09%) Citrix
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle