Threat Detection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 842 972
Rank change year-on-year +70 +130 -123
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 116 153 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 84 100 198
10th Percentile £37,800 £38,750 £44,688
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,438 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,125 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,875 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £59,763 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.24% +13.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +43 101 £55,000 -18.52% 31
UK excluding London -31 69 £51,250 -14.24% 13
London +111 44 £65,000 -8.77% 18
Work from Home +36 37 £57,500 -16.45% 18
South East +18 24 £42,500 -26.09% 2
North of England +29 17 £50,000 -13.04% 4
North West -3 12 £50,000 -1.23% 2
Scotland -58 12 £53,000 -37.65% 2
South West -28 8 £52,500 -11.80% 3
East of England +14 6 £43,750 -27.08% 1
Yorkshire +79 5 £66,959 -2.71% 2
West Midlands +2 1 £77,500 +10.71%
Midlands -6 1 £77,500 +10.71%
Wales - 1 £65,000 -

Threat Detection
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.55%) Azure
2 20 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.21%) SaaS
4 9 (7.76%) AWS
5 6 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.31%) IaaS
6 5 (4.31%) PaaS
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.72%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.72%) GitHub
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 49 (42.24%) Firewall
2 18 (15.52%) Network Security
3 13 (11.21%) DNS
4 12 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 8 (6.90%) Internet
6 6 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (3.45%) VPN
7 4 (3.45%) WAN
8 3 (2.59%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (2.59%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (2.59%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.72%) DHCP
9 2 (1.72%) SSL
10 1 (0.86%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.86%) LAN
10 1 (0.86%) SAN
10 1 (0.86%) SMTP
10 1 (0.86%) VoIP
10 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.72%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Git
1 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 36 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (30.17%) Social Skills
3 29 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (6.90%) Legal
5 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Banking
6 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.45%) International Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (57.76%) Analyst
2 42 (36.21%) Senior
3 38 (32.76%) Security Analyst
4 27 (23.28%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (18.97%) IT Analyst
6 21 (18.10%) IT Security Analyst
7 18 (15.52%) Senior Security Analyst
8 15 (12.93%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (12.93%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 12 (10.34%) Security Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Principal Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Principal Software Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Senior Windows Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (7.76%) Software Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Windows Engineer
11 8 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 7 (6.03%) Architect
12 7 (6.03%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) HTML
2 2 (1.72%) OAuth
2 2 (1.72%) OpenID
2 2 (1.72%) SAML
3 1 (0.86%) .NET
3 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.86%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.86%) LDAP
3 1 (0.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.66%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.62%) Cyberattack
4 9 (7.76%) Cloud Native
4 9 (7.76%) Security Posture
4 9 (7.76%) Virtual Team
5 8 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (6.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (2.59%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.59%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.59%) PKI
9 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (28.45%) Windows
2 18 (15.52%) Linux
3 10 (8.62%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (83.62%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (51.72%) Incident Response
3 53 (45.69%) SIEM
4 43 (37.07%) Security Operations
5 38 (32.76%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (31.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 28 (24.14%) Security Management
8 24 (20.69%) Incident Management
8 24 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
9 21 (18.10%) Change Management
9 21 (18.10%) Security Monitoring
9 21 (18.10%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 20 (17.24%) Information Security
11 19 (16.38%) Analytics
12 18 (15.52%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (14.66%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 15 (12.93%) Application Security
14 15 (12.93%) Privileged Access Management
14 15 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (12.07%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.76%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.45%) C#
2 4 (3.45%) Java
3 3 (2.59%) SQL
4 2 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.72%) Python
5 1 (0.86%) Bicep
5 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (33.62%) CISSP
2 13 (11.21%) Degree
3 12 (10.34%) GIAC
4 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.90%) CISM
6 7 (6.03%) CEH
7 5 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.45%) CCSP
8 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.45%) CRISC
9 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.72%) CEPT
10 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.72%) GCFA
10 2 (1.72%) GCFE
10 2 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (31.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.07%) NIST
3 7 (6.03%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.45%) QA
5 3 (2.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.86%) GxP
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.86%) NCSC
7 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (21.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.72%) Docker
3 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.86%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (10.34%) WSUS
2 6 (5.17%) QRadar
3 4 (3.45%) Stealthwatch
4 3 (2.59%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.59%) Terraform
5 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.86%) Ansible
5 1 (0.86%) DatAdvantage
5 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.86%) Puppet
5 1 (0.86%) SCCM
5 1 (0.86%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.48%) Splunk
3 9 (7.76%) Dell
3 9 (7.76%) IBM
4 6 (5.17%) Cisco
5 4 (3.45%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.45%) Qualys
5 4 (3.45%) VMware
6 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.59%) Varonis
7 2 (1.72%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.72%) McAfee
7 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.72%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.86%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.86%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.86%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.86%) Okta
8 1 (0.86%) Tripwire