Incident Response Jobs in the South West

Incident Response
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 215 243
Rank change year-on-year +62 +28 +7
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 22 78 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.62% 0.84% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.01% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 12
10th Percentile - £41,250 £30,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,313 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,615 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -0.99% +5.21%
75th Percentile £68,438 £70,625 £56,400
90th Percentile £72,875 £72,500 £65,985
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,324 7,721 6,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.29% 83.42% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 5,559 3,544
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the South West

Incident Response
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Wiltshire +53 12 £45,000 - 8
Bristol +3 4 £72,500 +41.46% 17
Devon +22 2 £59,615 -11.68% 4
Somerset +7 2 £67,500 +38.61% 4
Gloucestershire +53 1 - - 12
Dorset +39 1 - - 1
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (22.73%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (22.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 5 (22.73%) AWS CloudTrail
3 4 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Network Security
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (9.09%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (22.73%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
3 2 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Administrator
1 4 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Service Desk Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Service Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) AWS Architect
3 2 (9.09%) AWS Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Operations Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.55%) Information Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 5 (22.73%) CMDB
3 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
5 2 (9.09%) CSOC
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (9.09%) Insider Threat
6 1 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (4.55%) IoT
6 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (40.91%) Information Security
3 9 (40.91%) Security Operations
3 9 (40.91%) Service Management
4 8 (36.36%) ITIL
4 8 (36.36%) ITSM
4 8 (36.36%) SIEM
5 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
6 6 (27.27%) Business Continuity
6 6 (27.27%) DevOps
7 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
7 5 (22.73%) Configuration Management
7 5 (22.73%) SIAM
7 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
8 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) CISSP
2 7 (31.82%) CISM
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) CEH
4 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
5 4 (18.18%) GIAC
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (13.64%) SANS
7 2 (9.09%) HNC
7 2 (9.09%) HND
7 2 (9.09%) ISSAP
8 1 (4.55%) CCNA
8 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
8 1 (4.55%) GCIA
8 1 (4.55%) GCIH
8 1 (4.55%) GISP
8 1 (4.55%) GSEC
8 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 4 (18.18%) GDPR
2 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (9.09%) COBIT
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.55%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.55%) Intel
4 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) Sophos
4 1 (4.55%) VMware