Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CSIRT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CSIRT over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 881 1190
Rank change year-on-year +11 +309 -316
Permanent jobs citing CSIRT 26 89 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.085% 0.027%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.26% 0.58% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 20 67 35
10th Percentile £50,875 £43,400 £44,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -1.41%
75th Percentile £91,250 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,400 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -23.61%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CSIRT is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,961 15,465 27,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.78% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 9,470 14,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,675 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CSIRT.

Salary trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSIRT over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +48 23 £65,000 - 4
London +120 14 £55,000 -16.98% 1
UK excluding London -36 12 £65,000 +6.12% 3
Work from Home +49 10 £55,000 -18.52% 3
North of England +40 4 £65,000 -3.70% 2
South East +12 3 £87,500 +66.67% 1
Yorkshire +92 2 £65,000 +22.64%
West Midlands +21 2 £115,000 +64.29%
North West +4 2 £37,500 -45.45% 2
Midlands +2 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Wales - 2 £65,000 -
Scotland -63 1 £37,500 -

CSIRT
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.69%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) Wireshark
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security
4 2 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SAP BW
2 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Games
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Analyst
2 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 13 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) IT Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) IT Security Analyst
4 6 (23.08%) Email Analyst
4 6 (23.08%) Senior
4 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 5 (19.23%) Security Manager
6 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (15.38%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (15.38%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Incident Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Lead
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) SAP Business Workflow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) SIEM
2 19 (73.08%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (69.23%) Incident Response
4 15 (57.69%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (38.46%) Information Security
5 10 (38.46%) Risk Analysis
5 10 (38.46%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 9 (34.62%) Data Security
6 9 (34.62%) ITIL
6 9 (34.62%) Security Operations
7 8 (30.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
8 6 (23.08%) Patch Management
8 6 (23.08%) Problem Management
8 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
8 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (23.08%) Ticket Management
8 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 5 (19.23%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) Bash
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) CEH
2 7 (26.92%) OSCP
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (19.23%) GCIH
4 3 (11.54%) CCSP
4 3 (11.54%) CISSP
5 2 (7.69%) CCNA
5 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.69%) GCFA
5 2 (7.69%) GCFE
5 2 (7.69%) GREM
5 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (7.69%) MCSE
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (7.69%) SANS
5 2 (7.69%) SSCP
6 1 (3.85%) APMP
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (53.85%) GRC
1 14 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (23.08%) GDPR
2 6 (23.08%) NCSC
2 6 (23.08%) PCI DSS
3 4 (15.38%) ITGC
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) CASB
2 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Qualys
3 4 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (7.69%) Citrix
4 2 (7.69%) VMware