Incident Response Jobs in West Yorkshire

Incident Response
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 102 224 194
Rank change year-on-year +122 -30 -29
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 59 9 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.88% 0.19% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 0.19% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 55 8 8
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +70.59% -22.73%
75th Percentile £72,500 £89,063 £55,063
90th Percentile £77,500 £99,750 £68,300
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,615 4,657 4,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 83.28% 98.15% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 2,204 3,069
10th Percentile £28,075 £34,025 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £51,125
% change year-on-year -8.90% +7.35% +7.63%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in West Yorkshire

Incident Response
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in West Yorkshire

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in West Yorkshire

Incident Response
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +91 52 £65,000 -10.34% 12
Halifax - 3 £49,000 -
Batley - 1 £37,500 -
Bradford - 1 £52,000 -
Incident Response
Yorkshire

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.39%) IIS
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (64.41%) Azure
2 10 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (15.25%) AWS
4 6 (10.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Storage
5 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.78%) SaaS
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 28 (47.46%) Firewall
2 24 (40.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.47%) Internet
4 5 (8.47%) Network Security
5 3 (5.08%) VPN
6 2 (3.39%) DMZ
6 2 (3.39%) DNS
6 2 (3.39%) HTTP
6 2 (3.39%) SMTP
6 2 (3.39%) tcpdump
6 2 (3.39%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.69%) LAN
7 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) MySQL
2 1 (1.69%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Git
General
1 17 (28.81%) Law
2 14 (23.73%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Finance
5 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.39%) Games
7 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.69%) Marketing
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Lead
2 19 (32.20%) Team Leader
3 15 (25.42%) Analyst
4 12 (20.34%) Consultant
4 12 (20.34%) Security Consultant
5 10 (16.95%) Information Security Consultant
6 9 (15.25%) Security Analyst
7 6 (10.17%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 3 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Information Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Information Security Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Technical Support
10 2 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
10 2 (3.39%) IT Security Consultant
10 2 (3.39%) Technical Specialist
10 2 (3.39%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) ARM Templates
1 4 (6.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (13.56%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.47%) Cyberattack
3 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.78%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
2 12 (20.34%) Linux
3 4 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.08%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (67.80%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (59.32%) SIEM
3 21 (35.59%) Cryptography
4 19 (32.20%) ISMS
4 19 (32.20%) Migration
4 19 (32.20%) Risk Analysis
5 18 (30.51%) Kalman Filter
5 18 (30.51%) Security Operations
5 18 (30.51%) Social Engineering
6 17 (28.81%) Threat Intelligence
7 16 (27.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 16 (27.12%) Information Security
8 13 (22.03%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (16.95%) Business Continuity
10 10 (16.95%) Data Protection
10 10 (16.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (16.95%) Security Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Bicep
1 4 (6.78%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.08%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) Degree
1 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.17%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (5.08%) CISM
3 3 (5.08%) CISSP
3 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.39%) CASP
4 2 (3.39%) CCNA
4 2 (3.39%) CEH
4 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.39%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (3.39%) CREST Certified
4 2 (3.39%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (3.39%) MCSE
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.39%) OSCP
4 2 (3.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (22.03%) GDPR
3 11 (18.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (16.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (16.95%) NIST
5 7 (11.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (8.47%) COBIT
7 4 (6.78%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.69%) GRC
8 1 (1.69%) QA
8 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Terraform
2 2 (3.39%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.39%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (32.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) Datto
2 3 (5.08%) Splunk
2 3 (5.08%) Veeam
2 3 (5.08%) VMware
3 2 (3.39%) Cisco
3 2 (3.39%) Citrix
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle