Threat Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South East

Threat Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Threat Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 - 211
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 9 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.23% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% - 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £410 - £464
25th Percentile £463 - £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.76%
75th Percentile £488 - £639
90th Percentile £490 - £766
England median daily rate £475 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -13.64% -2.22% -29.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,381 3,516 4,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.91% 84.58% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 2,137 3,148
10th Percentile £219 £256 £223
25th Percentile £387 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -1.83% +1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £617
90th Percentile £652 £688 £699
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 169 246
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +40.00%
75th Percentile £33.49 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +28.57%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Threat Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Hampshire - 7 £475 -
Thames Valley - 2 £450 - 3
Berkshire - 2 £450 - 1
Threat Analysis
England

Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Cryptography
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) SOAR
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) GCIA
3 2 (22.22%) GCIH
4 1 (11.11%) CEH
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) GCFA
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (11.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk