Incident Response
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | 51 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | -3 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Incident Response | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire | 0.42% | 2.62% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.49% | 2.90% | 0.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £68,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -17.24% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £62,250 | - | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,600 | £61,425 | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £63,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | - | - |
All Process & 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 | 810 | 482 | 388 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 84.46% | 90.26% | 85.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 337 | 304 | 331 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £28,822 | £24,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,580 | £32,500 | £28,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £40,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -14.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £55,000 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £66,967 | £62,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £50,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | -4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Response relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Salary Trend in Staffordshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Incident Response.
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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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | +11 | 1 | £63,000 | -3.08% | 1 |
| Incident Response West Midlands |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: