Incident Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Incident Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Incident Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 183 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.016% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £28,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £29,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +115.52% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £29,500 -
90th Percentile - £43,300 -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £28,500 -
% change year-on-year +119.30% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,063 3,291 5,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 91.34% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,195 1,507 3,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,786
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Incident Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Incident Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Incident Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Incident Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Incident Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £62,500 - 1
Incident Engineer
South East

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Incident Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST