Incident Response Jobs in the South East

Incident Response
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 265 352
Rank change year-on-year -17 +87 -25
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 111 147 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.67% 0.98% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.04% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 76 99 92
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,313 £45,000 £37,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £79,063 £72,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £89,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,140 14,106 18,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.73% 94.52% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,922 8,179 12,081
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the South East.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +20 56 £55,000 -21.43% 19
Buckinghamshire -4 28 £47,500 -36.67% 4
Surrey +6 19 £68,750 +17.02% 6
Oxfordshire +26 14 £76,250 -15.28% 1
Berkshire -2 14 £78,750 +59.94% 14
Hampshire -33 14 £60,000 +28.53% 9
West Sussex +37 9 £51,250 -8.89% 2
Kent -19 4 £110,000 +120.00%
Middlesex - 2 - -
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.14%) Azure
2 29 (26.13%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (12.61%) AWS
3 14 (12.61%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.80%) SaaS
6 2 (1.80%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.90%) GCP
7 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.90%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.90%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 38 (34.23%) Firewall
2 30 (27.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (13.51%) Network Security
4 12 (10.81%) Internet
5 5 (4.50%) DNS
5 5 (4.50%) SSL
5 5 (4.50%) VPN
6 4 (3.60%) HTTP
6 4 (3.60%) SMTP
7 2 (1.80%) SAN
7 2 (1.80%) VoIP
7 2 (1.80%) WAN
8 1 (0.90%) LAN
8 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.90%) SSH
8 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.90%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.90%) VLAN
8 1 (0.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) Power BI
2 1 (0.90%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.90%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.90%) MySQL
2 1 (0.90%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (28.83%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (25.23%) Finance
3 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 9 (8.11%) Marketing
5 6 (5.41%) Legal
6 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.70%) Banking
7 3 (2.70%) Law
8 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.90%) Games
9 1 (0.90%) Local Government
9 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (43.24%) Analyst
2 25 (22.52%) SOC Analyst
3 22 (19.82%) Security Analyst
4 19 (17.12%) Senior
5 17 (15.32%) Lead
6 16 (14.41%) Architect
6 16 (14.41%) Security Architect
6 16 (14.41%) Senior Analyst
7 14 (12.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (8.11%) Senior Security Analyst
9 8 (7.21%) Information Architect
9 8 (7.21%) Information Security Architect
9 8 (7.21%) Security Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (4.50%) Junior
12 5 (4.50%) Junior Analyst
13 4 (3.60%) Portfolio Manager
13 4 (3.60%) Security Manager
13 4 (3.60%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) Web Services
2 1 (0.90%) PHP-FPM
Miscellaneous
1 37 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 33 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 33 (29.73%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (13.51%) Security Posture
4 13 (11.71%) Client/Server
5 10 (9.01%) Data Centre
6 9 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (6.31%) Cyberattack
8 6 (5.41%) Operational Technology
8 6 (5.41%) Social Media
9 5 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (2.70%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.90%) CSOC
12 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.23%) Windows
2 10 (9.01%) Linux
3 5 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.60%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.90%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.90%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (72.97%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (52.25%) SIEM
3 52 (46.85%) Security Operations
4 33 (29.73%) Information Security
4 33 (29.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 29 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (23.42%) Computer Science
7 23 (20.72%) Security Architecture
8 20 (18.02%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 17 (15.32%) SOAR
10 15 (13.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 15 (13.51%) Incident Management
10 15 (13.51%) Mentoring
10 15 (13.51%) Threat Intelligence
11 14 (12.61%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (11.71%) Data Protection
13 12 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (9.91%) Security Monitoring
15 10 (9.01%) Data Loss Prevention
15 10 (9.01%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.41%) Python
2 4 (3.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.90%) Bash
3 1 (0.90%) C++
3 1 (0.90%) PHP
3 1 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (37.84%) Degree
2 37 (33.33%) CISSP
3 21 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (16.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
6 10 (9.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 10 (9.01%) CCSP
6 10 (9.01%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (8.11%) CCSK
8 7 (6.31%) GIAC
9 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
10 5 (4.50%) CREST Certified
11 4 (3.60%) AWS Certification
11 4 (3.60%) Azure Certification
11 4 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.70%) CISM
13 2 (1.80%) CISA
13 2 (1.80%) HNC
13 2 (1.80%) HND
13 2 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (26.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (24.32%) NIST
3 15 (13.51%) GDPR
4 14 (12.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 12 (10.81%) PCI DSS
6 5 (4.50%) GRC
6 5 (4.50%) NCSC
7 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.80%) NEBOSH
8 2 (1.80%) SLA
9 1 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.90%) IASME
9 1 (0.90%) QA
9 1 (0.90%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.90%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Suricata
2 3 (2.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (2.70%) CSIRT
2 3 (2.70%) Terraform
3 1 (0.90%) Autotask
3 1 (0.90%) Grafana
3 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) Nessus
3 1 (0.90%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.90%) QRadar
3 1 (0.90%) systemd
Vendors
1 51 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.21%) Splunk
3 6 (5.41%) VMware
4 5 (4.50%) Cisco
5 4 (3.60%) Juniper
5 4 (3.60%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.60%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.70%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.70%) New Relic
7 2 (1.80%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.80%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.80%) McAfee
7 2 (1.80%) Qualys
7 2 (1.80%) SAP
7 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.80%) Varonis
8 1 (0.90%) Ariba
8 1 (0.90%) Citrix
8 1 (0.90%) NetApp
8 1 (0.90%) Oracle