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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 502 582
Rank change year-on-year +12 +80 +155
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 29 24 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.073% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.085% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 20
10th Percentile £435 £351 £481
25th Percentile £463 £469 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £706
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -22.12% -5.83%
75th Percentile £559 £606 £788
90th Percentile £601 £640 £853
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £706
% change year-on-year -9.09% -22.12% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -

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 25,277 28,358 37,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.89% 86.07% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,059 17,631 26,012
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £420 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,509 1,303 1,436
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Threat Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Analysis 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 September 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 September 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 - 12 £475 - 3
London -10 6 £475 -13.64% 1
South West - 5 £550 - 3
North of England -24 3 £650 +4.00% 6
North West -7 2 - - 4
Yorkshire - 1 £650 - 2
Threat Analysis
UK

Threat Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (17.24%) Azure
1 5 (17.24%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.34%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Security Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Security Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.45%) Head of Security
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Security Posture
2 7 (24.14%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (20.69%) PKI
4 3 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.45%) CSOC
6 1 (3.45%) NHS
6 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
2 5 (17.24%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (55.17%) SIEM
2 15 (51.72%) Incident Response
3 10 (34.48%) Security Operations
3 10 (34.48%) Threat Intelligence
4 8 (27.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 8 (27.59%) Threat Detection
4 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) Agile
6 6 (20.69%) Migration
6 6 (20.69%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
7 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (17.24%) Cryptography
7 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
7 5 (17.24%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat Analysis
8 4 (13.79%) Event Correlation
8 4 (13.79%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
2 6 (20.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (10.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) CISSP
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) DV Cleared
5 4 (13.79%) CISM
6 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (6.90%) CCNA
7 2 (6.90%) CEH
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.90%) Degree
8 1 (3.45%) BC Cleared
8 1 (3.45%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
8 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
8 1 (3.45%) GCFA
8 1 (3.45%) GCIA
8 1 (3.45%) GCIH
8 1 (3.45%) OSCP
8 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) NIST
2 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.90%) NCSC
4 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (6.90%) CSIRT
1 2 (6.90%) QRadar
2 1 (3.45%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco
2 3 (10.34%) Splunk
3 2 (6.90%) ArcSight
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.45%) McAfee
4 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) Symantec