Incident Engineer Jobs

Incident Engineer
UK

The median Incident Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 700 908 957
Rank change year-on-year +208 +49 +271
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Engineer 14 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.003% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £28,500 £65,875 £67,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £72,813 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £88,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.66% +4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £58,125 £107,813 £87,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £116,625 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £88,750 -
% change year-on-year -43.66% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,668 94,676 90,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.69% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,895 67,575 57,131
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%

Incident Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Incident Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Engineer in the UK

Incident Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Engineer.

Salary trend for Incident Engineer in the UK

Incident Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Engineer over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Engineer in the UK

Incident Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 May 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 +171 14 £50,000 -43.66% 8
UK excluding London +193 7 £50,000 -43.66% 1
London - 5 £90,000 - 7
North of England +55 4 £50,000 -20.00%
South East - 3 £29,000 -
North West +1 2 £50,000 -20.00%
Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £90,000 - 1

Incident Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Incident Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Incident Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) SIEM
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) SLA
3 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) Degree
3 7 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 7 (50.00%) AlienVault
3 7 (50.00%) QRadar
3 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
4 5 (35.71%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
5 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
5 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 4 (28.57%) SOAR
5 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 4 (28.57%) GCP
5 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
5 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Azure
5 4 (28.57%) AWS
5 4 (28.57%) DNS
6 3 (21.43%) Finance
6 3 (21.43%) GIAC

Incident Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 2 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
1 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) SIEM
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
3 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 4 (28.57%) DevOps
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) SOAR
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.14%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.14%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) QRadar
2 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) Progress Chef
3 1 (7.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) AlienVault
3 2 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (7.14%) VMware