Incident Response Contracts with Work from Home Options

Incident Response
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 294 455
Rank change year-on-year +76 +161 -101
Contract jobs citing Incident Response 125 175 164
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.86% 0.72% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.81% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 130 135
10th Percentile £329 £448 £425
25th Percentile £425 £521 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +17.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £655 £749 £638
90th Percentile £699 £828 £725
UK median daily rate £569 £590 £553
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.64% +6.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £32.10 - -
25th Percentile £35.06 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £100.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 - £17.64
% change year-on-year - - -35.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,743 21,731 40,495
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.55% 89.66% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,582 15,423 29,469
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 503 524
10th Percentile £14.79 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Incident Response
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Response trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response.

Incident Response daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Incident Response over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Incident Response daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response.

Incident Response hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.80%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.00%) Confluence
3 1 (0.80%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.80%) nginx
3 1 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (8.80%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.40%) Azure
2 19 (15.20%) AWS
3 8 (6.40%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.00%) AWS CloudTrail
5 5 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.00%) CloudFront
5 5 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.60%) PaaS
7 2 (1.60%) Sumo Logic
8 1 (0.80%) Anthos
8 1 (0.80%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.80%) IaaS
8 1 (0.80%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.80%) Firewall
2 14 (11.20%) Network Security
3 13 (10.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (6.40%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.40%) VPN
5 6 (4.80%) DNS
6 4 (3.20%) LAN
6 4 (3.20%) tcpdump
6 4 (3.20%) Wireshark
7 3 (2.40%) NX-OS
7 3 (2.40%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.60%) HTTP
8 2 (1.60%) WAN
9 1 (0.80%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.80%) IPsec
9 1 (0.80%) SMTP
9 1 (0.80%) VLAN
9 1 (0.80%) VoIP
9 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.80%) SAP BW
1 11 (8.80%) SAP HANA
2 4 (3.20%) Apache Hive
2 4 (3.20%) Hadoop
2 4 (3.20%) Tableau
3 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) JIRA
2 4 (3.20%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.80%) Git
3 1 (0.80%) GitLab
3 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.00%) Finance
3 8 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.80%) Retail
5 5 (4.00%) Law
5 5 (4.00%) Legal
5 5 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.40%) Banking
6 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.80%) Advertising
8 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.80%) Electronics
8 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Marketing
8 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (17.60%) Analyst
2 18 (14.40%) Security Engineer
3 17 (13.60%) Consultant
4 12 (9.60%) Architect
5 11 (8.80%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 11 (8.80%) SAP Consultant
5 11 (8.80%) Senior
6 10 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (8.00%) Security Analyst
7 9 (7.20%) SOC Analyst
8 8 (6.40%) IT Security Specialist
8 8 (6.40%) Security Operations Specialist
8 8 (6.40%) Security Specialist
8 8 (6.40%) SOC Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Security Manager
10 5 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) Head of Security
10 5 (4.00%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.20%) Information Manager
11 4 (3.20%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.80%) SAP Basis
1 11 (8.80%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (4.80%) OAuth
2 6 (4.80%) OAuth2
2 6 (4.80%) SAML
3 5 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (3.20%) OLE
5 3 (2.40%) JSON
5 3 (2.40%) Web Services
5 3 (2.40%) XML
6 2 (1.60%) Ajax
6 2 (1.60%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.60%) CSS
6 2 (1.60%) HTML
6 2 (1.60%) SOAP
7 1 (0.80%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.80%) Kafka
7 1 (0.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (28.80%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.40%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 12 (9.60%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (7.20%) Security Posture
5 8 (6.40%) Cyberattack
6 7 (5.60%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (5.60%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (4.00%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.20%) YARA
9 3 (2.40%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (2.40%) Insider Threat
9 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.60%) CMDB
10 2 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.80%) SCADA
11 1 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.60%) Linux
2 22 (17.60%) Windows
3 13 (10.40%) Unix
4 3 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.00%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (40.00%) SIEM
3 46 (36.80%) Security Operations
4 36 (28.80%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (22.40%) Data Security
6 25 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 24 (19.20%) Information Security
8 20 (16.00%) SOAR
9 18 (14.40%) Incident Management
9 18 (14.40%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (12.80%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 16 (12.80%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (12.00%) Cloud Security
11 15 (12.00%) Security Architecture
11 15 (12.00%) Use Case
12 14 (11.20%) Task Automation
12 14 (11.20%) Threat Intelligence
13 13 (10.40%) Problem Management
14 12 (9.60%) Performance Tuning
14 12 (9.60%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.40%) Python
3 5 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.20%) Bash
5 3 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.60%) Bicep
6 2 (1.60%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.60%) SQL
7 1 (0.80%) Go
7 1 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 24 (19.20%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.20%) CISSP
4 8 (6.40%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) SAP Certification
5 6 (4.80%) CISM
6 5 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.00%) Degree
7 3 (2.40%) CISA
7 3 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.40%) GCIH
8 2 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.60%) CEH
8 2 (1.60%) CIPD
8 2 (1.60%) GCIA
9 1 (0.80%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.80%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.80%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (20.80%) NIST
2 21 (16.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (11.20%) GDPR
4 8 (6.40%) NCSC
5 7 (5.60%) NIST 800
6 5 (4.00%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.40%) GPG13
8 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.60%) GRC
9 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.80%) GLBA
9 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.80%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (11.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.80%) Docker
4 4 (3.20%) Snort
5 3 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.40%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.40%) vSphere
6 2 (1.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (7.20%) Kibana
2 7 (5.60%) CSIRT
3 5 (4.00%) Nessus
4 4 (3.20%) logstash
4 4 (3.20%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (2.40%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.40%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.40%) Terraform
6 2 (1.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (1.60%) Grafana
6 2 (1.60%) Istio
6 2 (1.60%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.80%) Ansible
7 1 (0.80%) Argo
7 1 (0.80%) CASB
7 1 (0.80%) Kiali
7 1 (0.80%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.80%) Puppet
7 1 (0.80%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (34.40%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.80%) Splunk
3 19 (15.20%) Qualys
4 17 (13.60%) Varonis
5 16 (12.80%) Forcepoint
5 16 (12.80%) LogRhythm
6 12 (9.60%) SAP
7 9 (7.20%) Cisco
8 8 (6.40%) VMware
9 6 (4.80%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (4.00%) Google
11 4 (3.20%) Palo Alto
11 4 (3.20%) Tanium
12 3 (2.40%) CyberArk
13 2 (1.60%) CheckPoint
13 2 (1.60%) Citrix
13 2 (1.60%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.60%) Oracle
13 2 (1.60%) Rapid7
13 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow