Threat Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Threat Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Threat Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £459 - -
25th Percentile £529 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 - £450
75th Percentile £621 - £475
90th Percentile £622 - -
England median daily rate £566 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +13.25% - +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,404 1,833 2,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.66% 89.02% 87.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,549 1,099 1,618
10th Percentile £219 £264 £306
25th Percentile £358 £380 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £571 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 104 224
10th Percentile £16.46 £18.04 £12.57
25th Percentile £22.89 £23.36 £15.92
Median hourly rate £45.00 £31.64 £27.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.23% +15.14% -26.72%
75th Percentile £63.40 £56.51 £46.18
90th Percentile £76.00 £79.66 £53.75
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Threat Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Analysis in the North West

Threat Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
Cheshire - 3 £615 - 4
Manchester - 2 £587 -
Threat Analysis
England

Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
2 3 (60.00%) IBM Watson
2 3 (60.00%) Vertex AI
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) LangChain
1 4 (80.00%) PyTorch
1 4 (80.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) AI
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
1 4 (80.00%) Data Security
1 4 (80.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (80.00%) Generative AI
1 4 (80.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (80.00%) OWASP
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec