Incident Response Jobs in Staffordshire

Incident Response
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 1 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.16% 1.28% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 1.58% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.22% - -
75th Percentile - £76,250 £42,500
90th Percentile - £77,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £54,344 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.43% +9.09% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 429 888 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 68.97% 80.87% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 202 623 362
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,500 £23,523
25th Percentile £30,145 £28,119 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,127 £40,060 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -10.98% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,314 £63,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Staffordshire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Staffordshire

Incident Response
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Stafford - 1 £53,688 -
Incident Response
West Midlands

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft