Threat Detection Jobs in the North West

Threat Detection
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 281 320
Rank change year-on-year +2 +39 -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 12 22 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 20
10th Percentile - £34,972 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £54,688 £62,833 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £70,400
England median annual salary £55,000 £68,162 £61,500
% change year-on-year -19.31% +10.83% -1.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Threat Detection 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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,063 7,671 8,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.18% 95.78% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,139 3,964 5,357
10th Percentile £27,950 £30,500 £30,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the North West

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the North West.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the North West

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the North West

Threat Detection
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Manchester +23 9 £50,000 -13.04% 4
Lancashire -6 2 £50,000 +47.41% 2
Merseyside +11 1 £39,000 +2.63%
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) IaaS
1 3 (25.00%) PaaS
1 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) Cyberattack
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (83.33%) Incident Response
3 7 (58.33%) SIEM
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (25.00%) Runbook
6 3 (25.00%) SOAR
6 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CEH
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
1 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
1 3 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco