Incident Response Jobs in the South East

Incident Response
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 262 374
Rank change year-on-year -17 +112 -61
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 114 143 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 1.00% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.06% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 76 97 77
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,313 £43,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £78,125 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,226 13,553 19,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.26% 94.52% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,862 7,908 11,946
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in the South East.

Salary trend for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in the South East

Incident Response
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Thames Valley +26 58 £51,250 -25.45% 13
Buckinghamshire -6 26 £43,750 -41.67% 2
Berkshire +4 19 £60,000 +21.86% 9
Surrey -8 19 £68,750 +14.58% 3
Hampshire -36 17 £63,250 +35.50% 9
Oxfordshire +21 13 £75,000 -16.67% 2
West Sussex +21 6 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Kent -20 4 £110,000 +120.00% 1
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Incident Response
England

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.21%) Azure
2 27 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.16%) AWS
4 14 (12.28%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.75%) SaaS
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.88%) GCP
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.88%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (33.33%) Firewall
2 30 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (14.04%) Network Security
4 12 (10.53%) Internet
5 6 (5.26%) VPN
6 5 (4.39%) DNS
6 5 (4.39%) SSL
7 4 (3.51%) HTTP
7 4 (3.51%) SMTP
8 2 (1.75%) VoIP
8 2 (1.75%) WAN
9 1 (0.88%) LAN
9 1 (0.88%) SAN
9 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.88%) SSH
9 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.88%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.88%) VLAN
9 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.88%) MySQL
2 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (25.44%) Finance
3 23 (20.18%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.65%) Marketing
5 5 (4.39%) Legal
6 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.63%) Banking
8 2 (1.75%) Law
8 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Games
9 1 (0.88%) Local Government
9 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (45.61%) Analyst
2 26 (22.81%) SOC Analyst
3 25 (21.93%) Security Analyst
4 20 (17.54%) Senior
5 18 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 17 (14.91%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (14.04%) Architect
7 16 (14.04%) Lead
7 16 (14.04%) Security Architect
8 10 (8.77%) Senior Security Analyst
9 8 (7.02%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (6.14%) Information Architect
10 7 (6.14%) Information Security Architect
11 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (4.39%) Junior
12 5 (4.39%) Junior Analyst
13 4 (3.51%) IT Sales Executive
13 4 (3.51%) Portfolio Manager
13 4 (3.51%) Security Engineer
13 4 (3.51%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) Web Services
2 1 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.88%) Node.js
2 1 (0.88%) PHP-FPM
Miscellaneous
1 37 (32.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 35 (30.70%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (30.70%) Management Information System
3 15 (13.16%) Security Posture
4 13 (11.40%) Client/Server
5 10 (8.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (8.77%) Data Centre
6 8 (7.02%) Social Media
7 7 (6.14%) Cyberattack
8 5 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (3.51%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.63%) Insider Threat
11 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.88%) CSOC
12 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
12 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.81%) Windows
2 10 (8.77%) Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Kali Linux
4 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (75.44%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (52.63%) SIEM
3 55 (48.25%) Security Operations
4 31 (27.19%) Information Security
4 31 (27.19%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (22.81%) Computer Science
7 23 (20.18%) Security Architecture
8 19 (16.67%) SOAR
9 18 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 16 (14.04%) Incident Management
10 16 (14.04%) Mentoring
11 15 (13.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 15 (13.16%) Threat Intelligence
12 14 (12.28%) Data Protection
12 14 (12.28%) Penetration Testing
13 12 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
14 11 (9.65%) Risk Management
15 10 (8.77%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.14%) Python
2 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.88%) Bash
3 1 (0.88%) C++
3 1 (0.88%) Java
3 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.88%) PHP
3 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (36.84%) Degree
2 37 (32.46%) CISSP
3 20 (17.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (15.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (12.28%) Security Cleared
6 9 (7.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 9 (7.89%) CCSP
6 9 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (7.02%) CCSK
8 7 (6.14%) GIAC
9 6 (5.26%) SC Cleared
10 5 (4.39%) AWS Certification
10 5 (4.39%) Azure Certification
10 5 (4.39%) CREST Certified
11 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.63%) CISM
12 3 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (1.75%) CISA
13 2 (1.75%) GCFA
13 2 (1.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (22.81%) NIST
3 14 (12.28%) GDPR
3 14 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 14 (12.28%) PCI DSS
4 13 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.39%) NCSC
6 4 (3.51%) GRC
7 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.75%) NEBOSH
8 2 (1.75%) SLA
9 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.88%) IASME
9 1 (0.88%) QA
9 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Suricata
2 4 (3.51%) Terraform
3 3 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (2.63%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.75%) Grafana
4 2 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.88%) Autotask
5 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.88%) Nessus
5 1 (0.88%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.88%) QRadar
5 1 (0.88%) systemd
Vendors
1 50 (43.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.89%) Splunk
3 6 (5.26%) Cisco
4 5 (4.39%) Juniper
4 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.39%) VMware
5 4 (3.51%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.51%) New Relic
6 3 (2.63%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.63%) BT
6 3 (2.63%) McAfee
7 2 (1.75%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.75%) SAP
8 1 (0.88%) Apple
8 1 (0.88%) Ariba
8 1 (0.88%) Citrix
8 1 (0.88%) NetApp
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Varonis