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Lead Cyber Incident Response Consultant

The Tech Recruiter

United Kingdom

Remote · Lead/Principal · Full-time · £80,000.00/yr - £100,000.00/yr

The Role

This position leads complex cyber security incident investigations end to end, performing advanced digital forensics across Windows, Linux, macOS, and multi-cloud environments. Day to day involves analysing logs, network traffic, memory, and disk artefacts, maintaining chain-of-custody, and delivering clear technical and executive-level guidance to affected organisations.

Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on forensics experience across host, network, and memory analysis is essential, alongside familiarity with adversary TTPs and threat actor behaviours. Experience working within NCSC-aligned practices and Microsoft security tooling is advantageous. Candidates should be comfortable operating within an on-call rota and responding outside standard hours.

Who It Suits

This role suits an experienced incident responder ready to take ownership of high-stakes investigations and mentor others. Someone who thrives under pressure, communicates findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, and is motivated by helping organisations recover from serious cyber incidents will find this role highly rewarding.

Typical advertised salary for Incident Response roles in United Kingdom: £53,000–£85,000 (median £68,000 — from 24 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).

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Listed: 2026-08-24