Incident Response Job Trends in South Wales

Incident Response
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 60 67
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 15 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.92% 1.12% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 1.34% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 3
10th Percentile £44,950 £54,000 £49,450
25th Percentile £52,625 £69,375 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +66.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £81,250 £91,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,750 -
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £87,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.71% +66.67% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 588 524 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.10% 83.57% 90.30%
Number of salaries quoted 407 266 424
10th Percentile £24,950 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in South Wales

Incident Response
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in South Wales over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in South Wales

Incident Response
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
Newport -3 7 £58,500 -33.14% 4
Cardiff +12 4 £53,750 -24.56% 4
Gwent +8 4 £85,000 -2.86%
Incident Response
Wales

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) GCP
2 5 (33.33%) SaaS
3 4 (26.67%) AWS
4 2 (13.33%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) Azure AKS
5 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (6.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) DNS
1 4 (26.67%) SSL
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 4 (26.67%) Head of IT
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Governance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Risk Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Site Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Jest
1 1 (6.67%) Playwright
1 1 (6.67%) React
1 1 (6.67%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Digital Media
1 4 (26.67%) Onboarding
1 4 (26.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.67%) CMDB
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Identity Management
3 6 (40.00%) SIEM
4 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (33.33%) ITIL
4 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Tech Ops
5 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
6 3 (20.00%) Behavioural Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Information Security
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) RBAC
6 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) CEH
3 4 (26.67%) CISM
3 4 (26.67%) CISSP
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) NIST
2 10 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (40.00%) GDPR
4 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (26.67%) SOC 2
5 2 (13.33%) GRC
6 1 (6.67%) NCSC
6 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.67%) Grafana
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) AlienVault
1 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
1 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.67%) Splunk
1 1 (6.67%) Veeam
1 1 (6.67%) VMware