Incident Response Jobs in South Wales

Incident Response
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 87 81
Rank change year-on-year +27 -6 +29
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 9 14 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.15% 0.96% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.22% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £50,993 £48,125 £44,799
25th Percentile £52,188 £52,813 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £91,250 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,625 £78,750 £60,875
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Process and 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 648 1,146 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 82.76% 78.33% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 420 746 567
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,496
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.41% -9.01%
75th Percentile £65,813 £61,250 £62,988
90th Percentile £72,938 £72,500 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - -5.26%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in South Wales

Incident Response
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in South Wales

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in South Wales over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 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
Cardiff +29 4 £71,250 +14.00% 4
Newport - 3 £53,750 - 4
Gwent +5 2 £68,947 - 2
Incident Response
Wales

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Resilience Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IAM Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
4 3 (33.33%) Identity Management
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Internal Audit
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
6 1 (11.11%) SOAR
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) GCIH
2 2 (22.22%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
1 1 (11.11%) VMware