Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2024

💰 The median Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2024 is USD 108,391

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average Incident Response Specialist salary lies between USD 68,750 and USD 117,519 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Incident Response Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 139,000
Top 25%
$ 117,519
Median
$ 108,391
Bottom 25%
$ 68,750
Bottom 10%
$ 66,380

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Incident Response Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Specialist job listings are Incident response, Computer Science and Compliance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 23 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs SOC | 8 jobs SIEM | 7 jobs Forensics | 7 jobs Clearance | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs CISSP | 6 jobs Risk management | 6 jobs Monitoring | 6 jobs Scripting | 6 jobs Audits | 5 jobs GCIH | 5 jobs Python | 5 jobs Security Clearance | 5 jobs PowerShell | 5 jobs SQL | 5 jobs Threat intelligence | 4 jobs Vulnerabilities | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Response Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 13 jobs Health care | 10 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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Incident Response Specialist @ $ 108,391 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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