Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Computer Incident Response Team skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 668 | 791 | 770 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +123 | -21 | +434 |
| Permanent jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | 0.001% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.094% | 0.014% | 0.044% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £42,650 |
| 25th Percentile | £77,500 | - | £42,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £110,000 | £45,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +140.44% | -8.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £105,000 | - | £48,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £119,400 | - | £48,850 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | - | £45,750 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -8.50% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Computer Incident Response Team 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 | 5,311 | 7,222 | 9,124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.78% | 9.29% | 14.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,127 | 4,375 | 7,361 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £37,000 | £36,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £86,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,430 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.29% | -7.62% | +4.35% |
Computer Incident Response Team
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Computer Incident Response Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Computer Incident Response Team
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Incident Response Team.
Computer Incident Response Team
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.
Computer Incident Response Team
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 Incident Response Team within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | - | 5 | £80,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | - | 3 | £80,000 | - | |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £80,000 | - | |
| London | - | 2 | £114,500 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | £129,000 | - | 2 |
Computer Incident Response Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: