Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Threat Detection
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - -
South Wales median daily rate £240 - -

All Process & 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 234 174 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 74.52% 89.23% 72.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 133 146
10th Percentile £300 £227 £143
25th Percentile £378 £303 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £469
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £591 £494 £550
90th Percentile £775 £650 £609
South Wales median daily rate £475 £405 £438
% change year-on-year +17.28% -7.43% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 9
10th Percentile - £12.21 £14.73
25th Percentile £12.21 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £18.62 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +42.32% -29.56% -17.47%
75th Percentile £38.53 £22.06 £25.60
90th Percentile £43.96 £24.20 £25.98
South Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £16.00 £25.27
% change year-on-year +37.50% -36.68% +29.66%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Threat Detection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Threat Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft