Threat Modelling Contract Job Trends in the North West

Threat Modelling
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Threat Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 117 135
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 +31
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 25 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.00% 0.097% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.11% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile £530 £641 -
25th Percentile £594 £643 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £645 £713
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -9.47% +8.57%
75th Percentile £770 £648 £719
90th Percentile £887 £649 -
England median daily rate £625 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - £86.66
% change year-on-year - - +57.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Threat Modelling 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 2,204 1,808 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.74% 87.89% 87.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,028 1,593
10th Percentile £213 £274 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 91 155
10th Percentile £16.32 £16.00 £14.01
25th Percentile £21.60 £21.05 £18.70
Median hourly rate £41.77 £30.40 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.39% -24.47% +11.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.59 £47.67
90th Percentile £69.61 £73.56 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Threat Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Threat Modelling job vacancy trend in the North West

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Modelling in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Modelling in the North West

Threat Modelling
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 Modelling within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Lancashire - 14 £835 - 5
Cheshire -13 6 £585 -8.59% 1
Manchester -2 5 £613 -5.77% 6
Threat Modelling
England

Threat Modelling
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 9 (36.00%) AWS
2 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) GCP
3 4 (16.00%) OpenShift
4 2 (8.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (4.00%) MPLS
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) GitLab
2 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Senior
2 6 (24.00%) Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Security Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Monitoring Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Application Security Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Mobile Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Node.js
2 1 (4.00%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.00%) PKI
2 1 (4.00%) SCADA
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Android
1 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (36.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (32.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (28.00%) Security Architecture
5 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (24.00%) DevOps
5 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 5 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
6 5 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Purple Team
6 5 (20.00%) Red Team
6 5 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
6 5 (20.00%) Situational Awareness
6 5 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Go
1 2 (8.00%) Perl
1 2 (8.00%) Python
1 2 (8.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) CISM
3 5 (20.00%) CISSP
3 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) NIST
2 10 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (24.00%) NCSC
4 4 (16.00%) JSP 440
5 2 (8.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (8.00%) GDPR
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Fluentd
1 4 (16.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Packer
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Cribl.io
1 4 (16.00%) Splunk
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft