Incident Response Jobs in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 328 309 385
Rank change year-on-year -19 +76 +16
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 282 603 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.85% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.01% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 224 453 294
10th Percentile £41,280 £38,776 £35,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.15%
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £69,938
90th Percentile £84,250 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,325 59,458 57,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.93% 83.91% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,834 41,124 29,354
10th Percentile £26,929 £27,128 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the UK excluding London

Incident Response
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the UK excluding London 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
South East +74 93 £55,000 -12.00% 210
North of England -66 66 £66,250 +27.20% 138
Midlands -13 45 £50,000 -16.67% 58
North West -87 41 £75,000 +44.00% 79
West Midlands -10 27 £60,000 - 40
South West +62 22 £49,615 -0.77% 48
East of England +48 22 £42,085 -19.84% 52
Scotland +90 21 £45,000 -29.41% 51
Yorkshire +27 21 £57,500 -4.17% 53
East Midlands +25 18 £45,000 -30.77% 18
Wales +36 10 £55,000 -12.00% 12
North East +38 4 £80,000 +14.29% 6
Isle of Man +9 2 £38,750 -16.67% 2
Northern Ireland +43 1 - - 10
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.77%) nginx
3 2 (0.71%) TPMS
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.47%) Azure
2 37 (13.12%) AWS
3 33 (11.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 32 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
5 14 (4.96%) GCP
6 11 (3.90%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.84%) SaaS
8 6 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.77%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.42%) PaaS
11 3 (1.06%) IaaS
12 2 (0.71%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.71%) Datadog
13 1 (0.35%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 76 (26.95%) Firewall
2 36 (12.77%) Network Security
3 27 (9.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 22 (7.80%) TCP/IP
5 21 (7.45%) VPN
6 19 (6.74%) DNS
7 13 (4.61%) DHCP
8 6 (2.13%) HTTP
8 6 (2.13%) SMTP
8 6 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.77%) DKIM
9 5 (1.77%) DMARC
10 4 (1.42%) NGFW
11 3 (1.06%) Internet
11 3 (1.06%) WAN
12 2 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.71%) LAN
13 1 (0.35%) PSTN
13 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.77%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.35%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.48%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) GitLab
3 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
General
1 116 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.09%) Finance
4 16 (5.67%) Law
5 15 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.55%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.19%) Retail
8 8 (2.84%) Legal
9 7 (2.48%) Aviation
9 7 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.77%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.77%) Local Government
10 5 (1.77%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.42%) Banking
11 4 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Marketing
13 2 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (29.79%) Analyst
2 45 (15.96%) Senior
3 42 (14.89%) SOC Analyst
4 41 (14.54%) Security Analyst
5 32 (11.35%) Lead
6 31 (10.99%) Senior Analyst
7 29 (10.28%) Security Engineer
8 20 (7.09%) Architect
8 20 (7.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 19 (6.74%) Security Manager
10 18 (6.38%) Security Architect
11 17 (6.03%) Vulnerability Manager
12 15 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 13 (4.61%) Consultant
14 9 (3.19%) Security Consultant
15 8 (2.84%) Senior Security Analyst
15 8 (2.84%) SOC Manager
15 8 (2.84%) Team Leader
16 7 (2.48%) Information Analyst
16 7 (2.48%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.71%) Leaflet
2 2 (0.71%) Loki
2 2 (0.71%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.71%) scikit-learn
2 2 (0.71%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.35%) CSS
3 1 (0.35%) EDI
3 1 (0.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.35%) LDAP
3 1 (0.35%) React
3 1 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (21.63%) Security Posture
2 55 (19.50%) Management Information System
3 52 (18.44%) Cyber Threat
4 39 (13.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 22 (7.80%) Data Centre
6 16 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (4.96%) Social Media
7 14 (4.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 13 (4.61%) Cyberattack
9 10 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.13%) Robotics
12 5 (1.77%) CMDB
12 5 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.77%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
14 3 (1.06%) CSOC
14 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (1.06%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.79%) Windows
2 16 (5.67%) Linux
3 14 (4.96%) Windows Vista
4 8 (2.84%) VMS
5 6 (2.13%) Android
5 6 (2.13%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.13%) Unix
6 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (64.54%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (43.26%) SIEM
3 88 (31.21%) Information Security
4 83 (29.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 77 (27.30%) Security Operations
6 74 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (21.99%) Risk Management
9 60 (21.28%) Incident Management
10 56 (19.86%) Threat Intelligence
11 51 (18.09%) Cloud Security
12 41 (14.54%) Threat Detection
13 39 (13.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 39 (13.83%) Data Protection
14 38 (13.48%) Computer Science
15 35 (12.41%) ITIL
16 28 (9.93%) Security Architecture
17 27 (9.57%) Identity Management
17 27 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 26 (9.22%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.35%) Kusto Query Language
2 22 (7.80%) PowerShell
3 21 (7.45%) Python
4 11 (3.90%) Bash
5 3 (1.06%) SQL
6 2 (0.71%) Perl
6 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.35%) Go
7 1 (0.35%) Java
7 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (26.95%) CISSP
2 75 (26.60%) Degree
3 63 (22.34%) CISM
4 50 (17.73%) Security Cleared
5 44 (15.60%) CEH
6 32 (11.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (10.28%) SC Cleared
8 26 (9.22%) CISA
9 21 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (7.45%) DV Cleared
10 20 (7.09%) GIAC
11 18 (6.38%) DBS Check
12 16 (5.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (5.67%) Master's Degree
13 14 (4.96%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (4.61%) GCIH
15 9 (3.19%) SANS
16 7 (2.48%) CompTIA CySA+
16 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (32.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (21.63%) NIST
3 44 (15.60%) GDPR
4 34 (12.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (4.26%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (2.84%) SLA
8 7 (2.48%) GRC
8 7 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (2.13%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.77%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.77%) NCSC
11 2 (0.71%) COBIT
12 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.35%) QA
12 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (7.45%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.38%) Docker
3 11 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.71%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) NFS
6 1 (0.35%) Snort
6 1 (0.35%) vCloud
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.96%) QRadar
2 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.19%) Terraform
4 8 (2.84%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.13%) ArcSight ESM
5 6 (2.13%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.13%) Grafana
5 6 (2.13%) Nessus
6 5 (1.77%) Ansible
7 2 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.71%) EnCase
7 2 (0.71%) FTK
7 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.71%) Puppet
7 2 (0.71%) RSA Security Analytics
7 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (37.94%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.12%) Splunk
3 25 (8.87%) Tenable
4 22 (7.80%) Qualys
5 13 (4.61%) VMware
6 12 (4.26%) ArcSight
7 10 (3.55%) Google
8 8 (2.84%) Cisco
8 8 (2.84%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.48%) McAfee
9 7 (2.48%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.13%) AlienVault
10 6 (2.13%) LogLogic
11 5 (1.77%) Apple
12 4 (1.42%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.71%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.71%) FireEye
13 2 (0.71%) LogRhythm
13 2 (0.71%) NetWitness
13 2 (0.71%) Sophos