Threat Management Contracts in England

Threat Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Threat Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 496 618
Rank change year-on-year +53 +122 +116
Contract jobs citing Threat Management 25 40 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.11% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 20
10th Percentile £468 £420 £483
25th Percentile £521 £663 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £750 £803
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -6.54% +23.46%
75th Percentile £631 £875 £830
90th Percentile £698 £900 £1,200
UK median daily rate £585 £713 £650
% change year-on-year -17.89% +9.62% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Threat Management 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 22,228 32,110 45,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,553 21,055 31,791
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 2,255 1,587
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.95 £10.94
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Threat Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Management in England

Threat Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Threat Management in England

Threat Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Management in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Management in England

Threat Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Management in England

Threat Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
London +33 19 £550 -33.33% 24
South East - 5 £625 - 9
South West - 1 £600 - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 2
Threat Management
UK

Threat Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (32.00%) Azure
3 7 (28.00%) AWS
4 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (24.00%) OneDrive
5 5 (20.00%) Mimecast
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (12.00%) SaaS
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (4.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (16.00%) WAN
3 3 (12.00%) DHCP
3 3 (12.00%) DNS
3 3 (12.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (12.00%) VLAN
4 2 (8.00%) IP Telephony
4 2 (8.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (8.00%) Wireless
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (4.00%) Internet
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) MPLS
5 1 (4.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (4.00%) Network Security
5 1 (4.00%) SAN
5 1 (4.00%) Skype
5 1 (4.00%) Softphone
5 1 (4.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Consultant
1 7 (28.00%) Lead
2 4 (16.00%) Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Lead Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) SIEM Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) IT Support
5 1 (4.00%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Strategy Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (28.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (24.00%) Insider Threat
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (8.00%) Shadow IT
5 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (36.00%) Cloud Security
2 9 (36.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (32.00%) ITIL
3 8 (32.00%) SIEM
3 8 (32.00%) Threat Detection
4 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
6 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
6 4 (16.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) Agile
7 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
7 3 (12.00%) SOAR
7 3 (12.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (12.00%) UEBA
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) CISM
1 5 (20.00%) CISSP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CEH
4 1 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) MCP
4 1 (4.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) GDPR
2 4 (16.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (12.00%) HIPAA
3 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (12.00%) NIST
3 3 (12.00%) SOC 2
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (8.00%) GRC
5 1 (4.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (24.00%) SCCM
2 3 (12.00%) CASB
3 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) OfficeScan
3 1 (4.00%) OPNET
3 1 (4.00%) QRadar
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.00%) Altiris
4 1 (4.00%) Aruba
4 1 (4.00%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) F5
4 1 (4.00%) IBM
4 1 (4.00%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.00%) Mitel
4 1 (4.00%) NetApp
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) Symantec