Incident Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Incident Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Incident Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 589 662
Rank change year-on-year +207 +73 +162
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 15 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.009% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.009% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £39,240 £36,150 £42,000
25th Percentile £48,235 £48,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £72,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +61.11% -47.06%
75th Percentile £59,375 £76,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +66.67% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Incident Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Incident Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Incident Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Incident Analyst.

Incident Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Incident Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Incident Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Incident Analyst 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 12 (80.00%) Hedge funds
3 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (73.33%) Firewall
3 11 (73.33%) Windows
3 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
4 10 (66.67%) Python
4 10 (66.67%) CISSP
4 10 (66.67%) CEH
4 10 (66.67%) SIEM
5 9 (60.00%) OSCP
5 9 (60.00%) Degree
5 9 (60.00%) Podcast
5 9 (60.00%) PowerShell
5 9 (60.00%) SANS
5 9 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (60.00%) GCIA
5 9 (60.00%) GCIH
5 9 (60.00%) SAN
5 9 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (26.67%) Banking
6 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
7 3 (20.00%) Change Control
7 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (20.00%) Workflow
7 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
7 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (20.00%) ITSM
7 3 (20.00%) ITIL

Incident Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 9 (60.00%) SAN
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (80.00%) Hedge funds
2 9 (60.00%) Podcast
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
2 10 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
4 3 (20.00%) Change Control
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) ITSM
4 3 (20.00%) Proactive Management
4 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Workflow
4 3 (20.00%) Workload Management
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
6 1 (6.67%) Data Security
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Python
2 9 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) Perl
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) CEH
1 10 (66.67%) CISSP
2 9 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) GCIA
2 9 (60.00%) GCIH
2 9 (60.00%) OSCP
2 9 (60.00%) SANS
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) Sun