Incident Response Job Trends in Wokingham

Incident Response
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wokingham 2.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% +6.25% +21.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wokingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 92 35 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wokingham 65.71% 83.33% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 63 9 43
10th Percentile £42,000 - £22,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £82,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.75% +120.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £95,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £72,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.18% -12.42%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Response relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Wokingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (33.33%) CSOC
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 2 (66.67%) Purple Team
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Tradecraft
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) SANS
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) GCED
2 2 (66.67%) GCIA
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Carbon Black
2 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike