Incident Response Jobs in Birmingham

Incident Response
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 98 171
Rank change year-on-year -17 +73 -42
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 35 32 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.12% 1.78% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.84% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 17
10th Percentile £42,043 £37,450 £41,471
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £74,000 £91,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,460 1,737 3,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 78.37% 96.66% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,940 1,297 2,249
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,089 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Birmingham

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Incident Response in Birmingham

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Birmingham

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) AWS
2 6 (17.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (17.14%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (17.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 6 (17.14%) Amazon S3
2 6 (17.14%) AWS CloudFormation
2 6 (17.14%) AWS CloudTrail
2 6 (17.14%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (17.14%) Serverless
2 6 (17.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Firewall
2 6 (17.14%) Network Security
3 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (20.00%) Spanish Language
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
2 5 (14.29%) Legal
3 4 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.57%) Law
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) French Language
5 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Lead
1 8 (22.86%) Security Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Service Manager
3 6 (17.14%) AWS Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Python Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.43%) IT Security Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Security Officer
5 3 (8.57%) Incident Response Lead
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Incident Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Information Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Officer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (17.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.14%) PropTech
3 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Security Operations
1 13 (37.14%) Service Delivery
2 11 (31.43%) ITIL
3 10 (28.57%) Information Security
4 8 (22.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (20.00%) Agile
5 7 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 7 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (20.00%) Security Management
5 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 7 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (17.14%) DevSecOps
6 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (17.14%) Threat Management
7 5 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 5 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) CISSP
2 6 (17.14%) AWS Certification
3 5 (14.29%) CISM
3 5 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (8.57%) CISA
4 3 (8.57%) Degree
5 2 (5.71%) CEH
5 2 (5.71%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.71%) GCFA
5 2 (5.71%) GCFE
5 2 (5.71%) GCIH
5 2 (5.71%) GREM
5 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.71%) OSCP
5 2 (5.71%) SANS
6 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (28.57%) NIST
3 6 (17.14%) PCI DSS
4 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (8.57%) GDPR
5 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.86%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
1 1 (2.86%) Sun
1 1 (2.86%) Zscaler