Incident Response Jobs in Scotland

Incident Response
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 234 176 174
Rank change year-on-year -58 -2 -31
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 45 39 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 0.85% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.90% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24 17 60
10th Percentile £48,000 £26,750 £38,280
25th Percentile £54,125 £42,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +4.17% -43.53%
75th Percentile £72,188 £62,000 £52,501
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,183 4,333 5,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.19% 94.34% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 2,156 2,833
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Scotland

Incident Response
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +54 28 £61,250 +4.70% 2
Glasgow -110 16 £70,000 +47.37% 9
Highlands - 1 £60,000 -
Incident Response
UK

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (51.11%) SaaS
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) IaaS
3 3 (6.67%) PaaS
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.67%) Firewall
2 6 (13.33%) LAN
2 6 (13.33%) WAN
3 3 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) MySQL
1 2 (4.44%) RDBMS
1 2 (4.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 23 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.11%) Military
3 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.67%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.22%) Law
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (40.00%) Analyst
2 14 (31.11%) Support Analyst
2 14 (31.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Operations Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Lead
5 4 (8.89%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.44%) DBA
7 2 (4.44%) Information Officer
7 2 (4.44%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.44%) Security Officer
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (4.44%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (46.67%) Windows
2 18 (40.00%) Linux
3 16 (35.56%) Unix
4 14 (31.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (71.11%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (51.11%) Security Operations
3 18 (40.00%) Information Security
4 17 (37.78%) Incident Management
5 16 (35.56%) Actionable Insight
5 16 (35.56%) Service Delivery
6 15 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 15 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
7 14 (31.11%) DevOps
7 14 (31.11%) ITIL
7 14 (31.11%) Malware Analysis
7 14 (31.11%) Open Source
7 14 (31.11%) Resource Management
7 14 (31.11%) Situational Awareness
8 8 (17.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
9 7 (15.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (13.33%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (44.44%) CISM
2 18 (40.00%) CISSP
2 18 (40.00%) Degree
3 14 (31.11%) GCIA
3 14 (31.11%) GCIH
3 14 (31.11%) GREM
4 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.67%) CISA
6 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (11.11%) NIST
2 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Dell
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle
2 2 (4.44%) VMware
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.22%) Splunk