Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Threat Detection
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 5.37% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £478 - -
90th Percentile £484 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £465 £600 -
% change year-on-year -22.50% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 228 250 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 94.21% 96.15% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 238 132
10th Percentile £364 £312 £325
25th Percentile £417 £358 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £416 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -7.55% -20.31%
75th Percentile £602 £491 £540
90th Percentile £653 £537 £617
Cheshire median daily rate £484 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +8.28% -5.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% +14.60%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Threat Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in Knutsford over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in Knutsford

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
2 3 (23.08%) Wireless
3 2 (15.38%) Internet
3 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Support
3 1 (7.69%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) Insider Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) SIEM
2 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
3 4 (30.77%) Runbook
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Validation
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
5 2 (15.38%) SABSA
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) Search Processing Language
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
2 3 (23.08%) CCNP
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) GCFA
4 1 (7.69%) GCIH
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (7.69%) CASB
3 1 (7.69%) Progress Chef
3 1 (7.69%) Suricata
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
1 4 (30.77%) Splunk
1 4 (30.77%) Tanium
2 3 (23.08%) Broadcom
2 3 (23.08%) CyberArk
2 3 (23.08%) ForeScout
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Cribl.io
4 1 (7.69%) Google
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto