Incident Response Job Trends in Worcestershire

Incident Response
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire 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 50 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -17
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.28% - 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% - 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £16,556 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +73.91%
West Midlands median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 575 112 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 81.44% 97.39% 77.43%
Number of salaries quoted 359 82 305
10th Percentile £30,500 £15,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £26,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £35,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -20.45% -2.49%
75th Percentile £78,750 £57,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,000 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Malvern - 2 £16,556 -
Incident Response
West Midlands

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA