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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 769 662 817
Rank change year-on-year -107 +155 +21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 9 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.018% 0.016%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.16% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +10.34% +43.92%
75th Percentile £110,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - £135,000 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +7.41%

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 5,666 5,613 8,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.58% 11.38% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 3,339 5,658
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,000 £43,750 £45,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,687 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +4.00% -6.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,320 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.94% +0.58% -8.33%

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 28 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Emergency Response Teams in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Top 5 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 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
England -66 9 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Work from Home -24 6 £110,000 +51.72% 1
East of England - 5 £60,000 -
UK excluding London - 5 £60,000 -
London -44 4 £110,000 +29.41% 1

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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Incident Responder
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (22.22%) Insider Threat
5 1 (11.11%) CSOC
5 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
5 1 (11.11%) Cybercrime
5 1 (11.11%) IoT
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
5 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (77.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Threat Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Validation
3 6 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
3 6 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 5 (55.56%) Digital Forensics
4 5 (55.56%) SIEM
5 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (44.44%) Red Team
5 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
6 3 (33.33%) Artefact Management
6 3 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) Information Security
6 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) Malware Reverse Engineering
6 3 (33.33%) Purple Team
6 3 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (22.22%) GIAC
2 2 (22.22%) SANS
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Incident Response Team