Threat Detection Contracts in Cardiff

Threat Detection
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
South Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Threat Detection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 170 174 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 89.47% 75.98% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 125 148
10th Percentile £226 £140 £188
25th Percentile £302 £200 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -6.15%
75th Percentile £496 £550 £575
90th Percentile £666 £611 £638
South Wales median daily rate £400 £412 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -17.60% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 7
10th Percentile £12.21 - £19.55
25th Percentile - £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% -25.72% +31.58%
75th Percentile £17.00 £25.60 £26.25
90th Percentile £24.64 - £32.90
South Wales median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.00% +11.11% +13.01%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in Cardiff

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC