Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in the North West

Threat Detection
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 114 134
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +45
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 6 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.24% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £505
25th Percentile £538 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -26.67% -
75th Percentile £613 - £790
90th Percentile - - £796
England median daily rate £538 £575 £615
% change year-on-year -6.52% -6.50% -8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,207 1,860 2,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.24% 86.59% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,436 1,048 1,601
10th Percentile £213 £265 £300
25th Percentile £358 £389 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £567 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 102 156
10th Percentile £16.44 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £17.94
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.95 £35.73
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -13.37% +34.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £51.91 £47.41
90th Percentile £69.67 £69.59 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in the North West

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Threat Detection
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 Detection within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Manchester -13 3 £575 - 4
Cheshire - 3 - - 1
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
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 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) SOAR
2 5 (83.33%) Use Case
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (50.00%) Log Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Validation
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
5 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (33.33%) GCIA
4 2 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (16.67%) Splunk