Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 82,278

✏️ This salary info is based on 22 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Incident Response Specialist salary lies between USD 70,200 and USD 105,800 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
2025
Sample size
22
Top 10%
$ 127,200
Top 25%
$ 105,800
Median
$ 82,278
Bottom 25%
$ 70,200
Bottom 10%
$ 69,620

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

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Salary trend

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, Compliance and Threat intelligence. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 37 jobs Compliance | 20 jobs Threat intelligence | 16 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Cloud | 14 jobs SIEM | 13 jobs Strategy | 13 jobs CISSP | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Risk management | 12 jobs Vulnerabilities | 11 jobs GCIH | 11 jobs Python | 11 jobs Scripting | 11 jobs Forensics | 10 jobs GIAC | 10 jobs PowerShell | 10 jobs SQL | 10 jobs SOC | 10 jobs Threat detection | 9 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, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 31 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Health care | 16 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs

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Incident Response Specialist @ $ 78,340 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Incident Response Specialist @ $ 79,450 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Incident Response Specialist @ $ 74,050 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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