Threat Detection Contracts in the City of London

Threat Detection
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 172 190
Rank change year-on-year +46 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 5 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.11% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.12% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £281 £506 £488
25th Percentile £475 £516 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £672 £581
90th Percentile - £719 £593
Central London median daily rate £600 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,003 3,388 3,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.18% 91.69% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,265 2,992
10th Percentile £354 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £808 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 27 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.36 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -14.63% +78.26%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the City of London

Threat Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Threat Detection in the City of London

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in the City of London

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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