Incident Response Jobs in Manchester

Incident Response
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 192 214
Rank change year-on-year +20 +22 -16
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 48 41 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.86% 0.90% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.93% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 44 37 42
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £46,875 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +11.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £79,500
North West median annual salary £52,084 £58,750 £59,000
% change year-on-year -11.35% -0.42% +7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,736 4,393 5,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.47% 96.21% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,522 2,460 3,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Manchester

Incident Response
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport - 7 £60,000 -
Bury - 3 £50,000 -
Rochdale - 1 £60,000 - 1
Incident Response
North West

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) AWS
2 12 (25.00%) Azure
3 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.42%) IaaS
4 5 (10.42%) PaaS
4 5 (10.42%) SaaS
5 4 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (8.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 4 (8.33%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (47.92%) Firewall
2 9 (18.75%) Network Security
3 5 (10.42%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (10.42%) VPN
4 4 (8.33%) NetScaler
5 1 (2.08%) DNS
5 1 (2.08%) HTTP
5 1 (2.08%) SMTP
5 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) MySQL
1 1 (2.08%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Law
3 4 (8.33%) Legal
4 3 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Games
5 1 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Security Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Security Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Information Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Information Security Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Security Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Security Specialist
6 4 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (27.08%) Security Posture
3 8 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 7 (14.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (6.25%) Smart Energy
8 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.92%) Windows
2 9 (18.75%) Linux
3 6 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.25%) Kali Linux
4 3 (6.25%) Ubuntu
4 3 (6.25%) Unix
4 3 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (70.83%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (33.33%) SIEM
3 14 (29.17%) Information Security
4 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
5 11 (22.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (22.92%) Threat Intelligence
6 10 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (20.83%) Security Operations
7 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 8 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
9 7 (14.58%) Problem Management
9 7 (14.58%) Threat Detection
9 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 6 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (12.50%) Runbook
10 6 (12.50%) SOAR
11 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (10.42%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Bash
1 7 (14.58%) PowerShell
1 7 (14.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) CISSP
2 12 (25.00%) Degree
3 9 (18.75%) CEH
3 9 (18.75%) CISM
4 8 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (10.42%) AWS Certification
5 5 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.33%) CCNA
6 4 (8.33%) CCNA CyberOps
6 4 (8.33%) CRISC
6 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
8 2 (4.17%) CREST Certified
8 2 (4.17%) OSCP
9 1 (2.08%) CCA
9 1 (2.08%) GCIH
9 1 (2.08%) GIAC
9 1 (2.08%) GSEC
9 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (37.50%) NIST
3 12 (25.00%) GDPR
4 7 (14.58%) PCI DSS
5 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (4.17%) NCSC
8 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.08%) QA
8 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.33%) VMware NSX
3 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.25%) Terminal Services
4 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.25%) SELinux
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
1 10 (20.83%) VMware
2 7 (14.58%) Cisco
3 4 (8.33%) Citrix
3 4 (8.33%) Dell
3 4 (8.33%) Meraki
4 2 (4.17%) Veeam
5 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.08%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.08%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) Qualys
5 1 (2.08%) Spotify
5 1 (2.08%) Symantec