Threat Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Threat Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Threat Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 492 533
Rank change year-on-year -16 +41 +184
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 25 12 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.079% 0.041% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.047% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 24
10th Percentile £397 £296 £408
25th Percentile £463 £363 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -11.36% -24.14%
75th Percentile £613 £576 £744
90th Percentile £654 £615 £788
UK median daily rate £488 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -11.36% -1.79% -13.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Threat Analysis 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,932 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.81% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,758 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Threat Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Analysis in England

Threat Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Threat Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
South East - 9 £475 - 6
London -13 6 £535 -2.73% 3
East of England - 4 £553 - 4
South West -7 3 £575 +43.75% 3
West Midlands - 1 £425 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £675 - 2
Midlands - 1 £425 - 2
North of England - 1 £675 - 5
Threat Analysis
UK

Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Electronics
5 1 (4.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 1 (4.00%) Administrator
5 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Network Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Network Security Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (24.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 6 (24.00%) PKI
3 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.00%) CSOC
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.00%) Insider Threat
6 1 (4.00%) NHS
6 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Incident Response
1 11 (44.00%) Threat Detection
2 10 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 9 (36.00%) Security Operations
4 8 (32.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
4 8 (32.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 8 (32.00%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (28.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 6 (24.00%) Agile
6 6 (24.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 6 (24.00%) Migration
6 6 (24.00%) OSINT
7 5 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (20.00%) Cryptography
7 5 (20.00%) Information Assurance
7 5 (20.00%) Open Source
7 5 (20.00%) SIEM
7 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) CISSP
4 3 (12.00%) GCIA
5 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (8.00%) GCIH
6 1 (4.00%) CEH
6 1 (4.00%) CISM
6 1 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) GCFA
6 1 (4.00%) GIAC
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (60.00%) NIST
2 9 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (24.00%) GDPR
4 5 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (8.00%) NCSC
6 1 (4.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
1 1 (4.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Computacenter
3 2 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) Darktrace
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) McAfee
4 1 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) Symantec
4 1 (4.00%) Zscaler