Hybrid/Remote Computer Incident Response Team Job Trends

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work 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 424 - 512
Rank change year-on-year - - +350
Permanent jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.006% - 0.008%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.054% - 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42,650
25th Percentile - - £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £129,000 - £45,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.50%
75th Percentile - - £48,625
90th Percentile - - £48,850
UK median annual salary £80,000 £110,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -27.27% +140.44% -8.50%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,839 2,604 3,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.36% 11.19% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 1,588 3,464
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £42,250
25th Percentile £47,375 £49,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -4.24% -0.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%

Computer Incident Response Team
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Computer Incident Response Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Incident Response Team trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Computer Incident Response Team
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Computer Incident Response Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Computer Incident Response Team

Computer Incident Response Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) UEBA
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams