Threat Detection Contracts in Hertfordshire

Threat Detection
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 14 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.36% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £556 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £631 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 - £218
% change year-on-year - - -67.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £81.35 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £81.80 - -
East of England median hourly rate £81.35 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Threat Detection 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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in Hertfordshire

Threat Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Detection in Hertfordshire

Threat Detection
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stevenage - 14 £600 - 2
Threat Detection
East of England

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) DNS
1 12 (85.71%) FTP
1 12 (85.71%) HTTP
1 12 (85.71%) Network Security
1 12 (85.71%) SMTP
1 12 (85.71%) SSL
General
1 12 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Analyst
2 12 (85.71%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Junior
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (71.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (71.43%) Cyberattack
2 10 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (57.14%) CSOC
4 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (14.29%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (71.43%) Information Management
2 10 (71.43%) Information Security
2 10 (71.43%) Network Packet Capture
2 10 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 9 (64.29%) SIEM
4 8 (57.14%) Incident Response
5 7 (50.00%) Analytics
5 7 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
5 7 (50.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) GCIA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Twitter