CSIRT Contracts

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CSIRT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSIRT over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 670 833
Rank change year-on-year +102 +163 -160
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 8 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.025% 0.018%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 12
10th Percentile £411 £461 £453
25th Percentile £419 £472 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% -6.82% -24.14%
75th Percentile £725 £713 £600
90th Percentile - £836 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £563
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CSIRT is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,107 9,098 13,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.00% 15.97% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,681 6,532 10,041
10th Percentile £263 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £561 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 203 180
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.82
25th Percentile £17.72 £22.58 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -43.75%
75th Percentile £50.06 £70.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £82.90 £62.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.35% +112.50% -11.62%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSIRT.

Daily rate trend for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in the UK

CSIRT
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +108 8 £650 +26.83% 2
London +97 8 £650 +26.83%
Work from Home +121 4 £650 +33.33% 3

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) FTP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) tcpdump
2 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Architect
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Response
1 7 (87.50%) Security Operations
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) SOAR
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) SIEM
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
5 2 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (12.50%) Application Security
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) GCIA
1 3 (37.50%) GCIH
1 3 (37.50%) GIAC
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCSP
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) CHFI
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) EnCE
3 1 (12.50%) GCED
3 1 (12.50%) GCFA
3 1 (12.50%) GPEN
3 1 (12.50%) GSNA
3 1 (12.50%) GWAPT
3 1 (12.50%) OSCE
3 1 (12.50%) OSCP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Nessus
1 2 (25.00%) QRadar
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Symantec
5 CSIRT jobs Nationwide