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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 700 714
Rank change year-on-year +71 +14 +235
Permanent jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 13 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.31% 0.050% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 4
10th Percentile - £66,800 -
25th Percentile - £73,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £88,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +60.00% -9.47%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £124,200 - £77,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £88,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +60.00% +13.40%

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 4,141 5,950 7,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.93% 10.96% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,961 3,634 6,108
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,825 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +6.63% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £103,750 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,065 £59,738 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.17% +8.61% -4.35%

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 7 January 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 7 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
England +97 13 £60,000 -31.82%
UK excluding London +62 7 £60,000 -31.82%
London +55 6 £90,000 +38.46%
East of England - 4 £60,000 -
North of England - 3 £60,000 -
North West - 3 £60,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £129,000 -

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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Incident Responder
2 3 (23.08%) Information Security Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Information Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Security Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) CMDB
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Insider Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (53.85%) Digital Forensics
2 7 (53.85%) Purple Team
2 7 (53.85%) Red Team
2 7 (53.85%) Validation
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) SIEM
3 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Malware Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
4 4 (30.77%) Time Management
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
5 3 (23.08%) Inventory Management
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Register
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 3 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Novell Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CISA
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) SANS
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) CRISC
4 1 (7.69%) GCED
4 1 (7.69%) GCIA
4 1 (7.69%) GCIH
4 1 (7.69%) GIAC
4 1 (7.69%) GREM
4 1 (7.69%) GSEC
4 1 (7.69%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) CSIRT
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (7.69%) Progress Chef
2 1 (7.69%) Puppet
2 1 (7.69%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) VMware