Computer Emergency Response Teams Job Trends

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Computer Emergency Response Teams skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 669 630 825
Rank change year-on-year -39 +195 +121
Permanent jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 24 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.005% 0.021%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.54% 0.043% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 15
10th Percentile - £63,125 £63,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £68,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -5.17% +49.48%
75th Percentile £128,750 £74,063 £83,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £75,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £69,250
% change year-on-year -17.24% +4.69% +42.78%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,425 4,623 9,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.70% 11.39% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,065 3,383 7,243
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £44,872
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -6.09%

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Emergency Response Teams relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Computer Emergency Response Teams job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Emergency Response Teams.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Emergency Response Teams

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Emergency Response Teams in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams within the UK over the 6 months to 27 March 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
England -28 24 £90,000 +30.91%
London +8 12 £122,500 +88.46%
UK excluding London -33 12 £60,000 -17.24%
Work from Home - 10 £122,500 -
East of England -13 9 £60,000 -17.24%
North West - 3 £60,000 -
North of England - 3 £60,000 -

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Incident Responder
2 6 (25.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Information Risk Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Risk Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Incident Response
2 12 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 12 (50.00%) Information Security
2 12 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 12 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (50.00%) Validation
3 10 (41.67%) Purple Team
3 10 (41.67%) Red Team
4 8 (33.33%) DAMA
4 8 (33.33%) DAMA DMBOK
4 8 (33.33%) Data Management
5 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Information Management
7 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
8 4 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
9 3 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
9 3 (12.50%) SIEM
9 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) CISA
1 12 (50.00%) CISM
1 12 (50.00%) CISSP
1 12 (50.00%) ISACA
1 12 (50.00%) SANS
2 7 (29.17%) CRISC
3 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) GRC
1 12 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (50.00%) NIST
1 12 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) RSA Archer