Threat Detection Contracts in Central London

Threat Detection
London > Central London

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 171 198
Rank change year-on-year +45 +27 -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 5 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.078% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.086% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £281 £506 -
25th Percentile £475 £516 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £638 £672 -
90th Percentile - £719 -
London median daily rate £590 £663 £600
% change year-on-year -10.94% +10.42% +31.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Threat Detection 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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,207 3,501 4,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.64% 91.34% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 2,371 3,191
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 43
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £57.50 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year -26.28% +6.12% +12.47%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in Central London

Threat Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Threat Detection in Central London

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in Central London

Threat Detection
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 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
City of London +47 5 £600 +6.67% 2
Threat Detection
London

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Log Aggregation
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISM
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
1 4 (80.00%) CompTIA Security+
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (20.00%) Netskope
2 1 (20.00%) Zscaler