Hybrid/Remote Incident Response Job Trends

Incident Response
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 232 298
Rank change year-on-year +92 +66 -1
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 429 211 308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 1.28% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.37% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 285 178 223
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% - +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,644 15,382 28,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 93.39% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,905 9,093 21,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Response and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Incident Response job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Incident Response
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Incident Response over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Incident Response salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.93%) WordPress
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.47%) Trello
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 161 (37.53%) Azure
2 92 (21.45%) AWS
3 48 (11.19%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 33 (7.69%) SaaS
7 32 (7.46%) GCP
8 30 (6.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 21 (4.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 18 (4.20%) GitHub
11 15 (3.50%) Mimecast
11 15 (3.50%) PaaS
12 14 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (1.86%) IaaS
15 8 (1.86%) OneDrive
15 8 (1.86%) Serverless
16 7 (1.63%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 94 (21.91%) Firewall
2 40 (9.32%) Network Security
3 31 (7.23%) DNS
4 30 (6.99%) TCP/IP
5 27 (6.29%) WAN
6 26 (6.06%) VPN
7 23 (5.36%) DHCP
8 19 (4.43%) LAN
9 16 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
10 14 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (3.03%) CHAP
12 11 (2.56%) Broadband
13 7 (1.63%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (1.63%) VLAN
14 5 (1.17%) BGP
14 5 (1.17%) HTTP
14 5 (1.17%) MPLS
14 5 (1.17%) SNMP
15 4 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.79%) Power BI
2 29 (6.76%) Big Data
3 11 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.40%) MySQL
6 6 (1.40%) Redis
7 5 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.47%) GIS
9 2 (0.47%) Metadata
9 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.23%) Db2
10 1 (0.23%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Git
1 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 3 (0.70%) GitLab
3 2 (0.47%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.23%) MLflow
4 1 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 122 (28.44%) Social Skills
2 98 (22.84%) Finance
3 50 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.96%) Legal
5 31 (7.23%) Banking
5 31 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.23%) Retail
6 30 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (6.76%) Law
8 16 (3.73%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.33%) Back Office
10 8 (1.86%) Aviation
11 7 (1.63%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.63%) Legal Technology
11 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.93%) Local Government
14 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (16.78%) Senior
2 67 (15.62%) Lead
2 67 (15.62%) Security Manager
3 51 (11.89%) Analyst
4 44 (10.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 41 (9.56%) Security Analyst
6 30 (6.99%) Security Engineer
7 29 (6.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 25 (5.83%) Big Data Engineer
8 25 (5.83%) DataOps Engineer
8 25 (5.83%) DataOps Leader
8 25 (5.83%) Lead Big Data Engineer
9 24 (5.59%) Information Manager
9 24 (5.59%) Information Security Manager
10 23 (5.36%) Architect
11 22 (5.13%) Incident Manager
12 19 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (4.20%) Senior Security Analyst
14 16 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 15 (3.50%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.10%) React
2 7 (1.63%) Ruby on Rails
3 5 (1.17%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.17%) Django
3 5 (1.17%) RESTful
4 4 (0.93%) .NET
4 4 (0.93%) OAuth
4 4 (0.93%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.70%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.70%) jQuery
5 3 (0.70%) JSON
5 3 (0.70%) NestJS
5 3 (0.70%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.70%) OpenID
5 3 (0.70%) SAML
6 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.47%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 76 (17.72%) Security Posture
2 52 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 40 (9.32%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.90%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (4.66%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.50%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (2.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 12 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.10%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.63%) Blog
11 7 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.63%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.69%) Linux
1 33 (7.69%) Windows
2 14 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.33%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.63%) Unix
5 3 (0.70%) Debian
5 3 (0.70%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (48.02%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (31.24%) Information Security
3 129 (30.07%) Vulnerability Management
4 128 (29.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 115 (26.81%) SIEM
6 93 (21.68%) Risk Management
7 90 (20.98%) CI/CD
8 89 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (20.28%) Security Operations
10 76 (17.72%) Observability
11 73 (17.02%) Cloud Security
12 67 (15.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (15.62%) Incident Management
13 62 (14.45%) Agile
14 60 (13.99%) Roadmaps
15 59 (13.75%) Data Protection
16 55 (12.82%) DevOps
17 52 (12.12%) Business Continuity
17 52 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
17 52 (12.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.52%) Python
2 37 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 16 (3.73%) Bash
4 14 (3.26%) SQL
5 12 (2.80%) Bicep
6 11 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (2.33%) Ruby
8 9 (2.10%) C#
8 9 (2.10%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.63%) Java
9 7 (1.63%) PHP
10 5 (1.17%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.47%) R
11 2 (0.47%) Scala
11 2 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (24.71%) CISSP
2 77 (17.95%) CISM
3 63 (14.69%) Degree
4 48 (11.19%) Security Cleared
5 35 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 28 (6.53%) CISA
7 20 (4.66%) CEH
8 19 (4.43%) CRISC
9 16 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (3.73%) SANS
10 15 (3.50%) DBS Check
10 15 (3.50%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.50%) GIAC
11 14 (3.26%) Azure Certification
11 14 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (3.03%) CGEIT
12 13 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (3.03%) FFIEC
13 12 (2.80%) CCNP
14 10 (2.33%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (31.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (22.38%) NIST
3 80 (18.65%) GDPR
4 52 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (10.26%) SLA
6 30 (6.99%) PCI DSS
7 24 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 22 (5.13%) COBIT
8 22 (5.13%) GRC
9 15 (3.50%) SOC 2
10 12 (2.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (1.63%) Government Security Classifications
12 7 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (1.63%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.63%) SOC 1
13 6 (1.40%) Def Stans
13 6 (1.40%) NCSC
14 5 (1.17%) QA
15 4 (0.93%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.90%) Docker
3 13 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) vSphere
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (10.26%) Terraform
2 20 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.26%) Ansible
4 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.63%) Grafana
6 6 (1.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.17%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (1.17%) Endace
7 5 (1.17%) QRadar
8 4 (0.93%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.70%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.70%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.70%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.47%) SCCM
10 2 (0.47%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.23%) CASB
11 1 (0.23%) Istio
11 1 (0.23%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 112 (26.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.69%) Databricks
3 22 (5.13%) Cisco
4 21 (4.90%) VMware
5 18 (4.20%) Splunk
6 16 (3.73%) Google
7 14 (3.26%) Palo Alto
7 14 (3.26%) Qualys
8 12 (2.80%) iManage
9 11 (2.56%) Fortinet
9 11 (2.56%) OpenAI
10 10 (2.33%) Sophos
11 9 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.10%) Tenable
11 9 (2.10%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.63%) Okta
12 7 (1.63%) Tanium
13 6 (1.40%) Juniper
13 6 (1.40%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.17%) F5