Threat Analysis Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Threat Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 102 149
Rank change year-on-year -41 +47 -
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.065% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.069% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £616 - £569
90th Percentile £633 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £600 £619
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.03% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,278 1,448 2,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.53% 93.48% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 870 1,445
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 54 171
10th Percentile £15.98 £15.93 £15.85
25th Percentile £19.54 £24.78 £19.63
Median hourly rate £58.00 £50.25 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.42% +18.24% -18.27%
75th Percentile £85.50 £62.92 £62.47
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.68 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -29.41% +14.86% -17.78%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Threat Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Berkshire -26 2 £613 +2.08% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £575 - 1
Threat Analysis
South East

Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (50.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response Lead
2 1 (25.00%) IT Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft