Threat Analysis Contracts

Threat Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 678 817
Rank change year-on-year +128 +139 -149
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 36 20 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.034% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.038% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 24
10th Percentile £403 £448 £454
25th Percentile £409 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +7.62% -
75th Percentile £628 £683 £691
90th Percentile £650 £875 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +119 28 £500 -15.97% 8
UK excluding London +71 16 £450 -10.00% 7
London +96 13 £575 -25.19% 3
Work from Home +117 11 £650 -0.92% 5
Midlands - 10 £438 - 1
West Midlands - 10 £438 - 1
North of England +19 2 £538 -4.87%
North West +17 2 £538 -4.87%
South West - 2 £525 - 2
South East +19 1 £675 +35.00% 2
Scotland - 1 - -

Threat Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Burp Suite
General
1 10 (27.78%) Legal
2 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Analyst
2 13 (36.11%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (22.22%) Security Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Administrator
7 2 (5.56%) Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Splunk Administrator
8 1 (2.78%) Data Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (8.33%) Reference Data
3 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.78%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.78%) IoT
5 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) Linux
2 10 (27.78%) Mac OS X
3 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (47.22%) SIEM
3 16 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 14 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (36.11%) Incident Management
6 11 (30.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 10 (27.78%) Computer Forensics
7 10 (27.78%) Malware Reverse Engineering
7 10 (27.78%) Purple Team
7 10 (27.78%) Reverse Engineering
7 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (22.22%) Security Operations
9 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
9 7 (19.44%) Information Security
9 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 6 (16.67%) Line Management
11 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Bash
1 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (30.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) CISSP
4 6 (16.67%) Degree
5 5 (13.89%) GIAC
6 3 (8.33%) CEH
7 2 (5.56%) CISM
7 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.56%) GCIA
7 2 (5.56%) GCIH
8 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.78%) CRISC
8 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.78%) GREM
8 1 (2.78%) GSEC
8 1 (2.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (33.33%) NIST
3 11 (30.56%) GDPR
3 11 (30.56%) HIPAA
4 10 (27.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Functional Safety
2 2 (5.56%) CSIRT
2 2 (5.56%) Nessus
2 2 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (5.56%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) Splunk
3 1 (2.78%) AVEVA
3 1 (2.78%) Checkmarx
3 1 (2.78%) Cybereason
3 1 (2.78%) Intel
3 1 (2.78%) Proofpoint
3 1 (2.78%) Qualys
3 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.78%) Symantec
3 1 (2.78%) Veracode
3 1 (2.78%) Zscaler