Threat Detection Contracts in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 369 415
Rank change year-on-year +84 +46 +68
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 51 30 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 21 31
10th Percentile £413 £550 £450
25th Percentile £500 £600 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £615 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £575
90th Percentile £665 £675 £628
UK median daily rate £575 £618 £566
% change year-on-year -6.88% +9.18% -12.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £60.42 - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £81.01 - -
75th Percentile £81.35 - -
90th Percentile £81.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.68 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +62 17 £535 +7.00% 75
East of England - 14 £600 - 36
North of England +26 10 £575 -17.86% 52
Scotland - 6 £600 - 21
North West +19 5 £600 -14.29% 26
Yorkshire - 5 £343 - 20
South West +38 3 £550 -8.33% 27
Midlands +10 3 £650 +2.36% 39
West Midlands +2 3 £650 +2.36% 25
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 12 (23.53%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) AWS
2 8 (15.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (9.80%) GCP
4 4 (7.84%) SaaS
5 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.96%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) Network Security
2 14 (27.45%) SMTP
3 12 (23.53%) DNS
3 12 (23.53%) FTP
3 12 (23.53%) HTTP
3 12 (23.53%) SSL
4 8 (15.69%) Firewall
5 3 (5.88%) Wireless
6 2 (3.92%) BGP
6 2 (3.92%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (3.92%) EIGRP
6 2 (3.92%) IMAP
6 2 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.92%) OSPF
6 2 (3.92%) POP3
6 2 (3.92%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (3.92%) VPN
7 1 (1.96%) DSL
7 1 (1.96%) Modbus
7 1 (1.96%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Games
4 4 (7.84%) Law
5 3 (5.88%) Aviation
5 3 (5.88%) Legal
6 2 (3.92%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Police
6 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Swedish Language
7 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Analyst
2 13 (25.49%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (17.65%) Architect
4 8 (15.69%) Security Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Security Architect
6 4 (7.84%) Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) SIEM Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Architect
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Security Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Azure Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) GCP Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Junior
8 2 (3.92%) Lead
8 2 (3.92%) Network Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Security Specialist
8 2 (3.92%) Senior
8 2 (3.92%) SIEM Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.49%) LDAP
2 2 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.96%) OAuth
3 1 (1.96%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.96%) OpenID
3 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (27.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (21.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (19.61%) Cyberattack
5 8 (15.69%) CSOC
5 8 (15.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (9.80%) Security Posture
7 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
8 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
8 3 (5.88%) SCADA
8 3 (5.88%) YARA
9 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
9 2 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (3.92%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (3.92%) Robotics
10 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.96%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.73%) Linux
2 6 (11.76%) Windows
3 2 (3.92%) Unix
3 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
1 27 (52.94%) SIEM
2 23 (45.10%) Incident Response
3 21 (41.18%) Security Operations
4 12 (23.53%) Analytics
4 12 (23.53%) Security Monitoring
5 10 (19.61%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (19.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 10 (19.61%) Information Management
5 10 (19.61%) Information Security
5 10 (19.61%) Network Packet Capture
5 10 (19.61%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (19.61%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (17.65%) Machine Learning
6 9 (17.65%) SOAR
7 7 (13.73%) Behavioural Analytics
7 7 (13.73%) Cloud Security
8 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.76%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (11.76%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.92%) Bash
4 1 (1.96%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 15 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
4 6 (11.76%) CISSP
5 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (5.88%) GCIA
6 2 (3.92%) CEH
6 2 (3.92%) CISA
6 2 (3.92%) CISM
6 2 (3.92%) Degree
6 2 (3.92%) GCIH
7 1 (1.96%) CCNA
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.96%) GCFA
7 1 (1.96%) GIAC
7 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) NIST
2 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.96%) NCSC
4 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) FortiGate
1 2 (3.92%) Grafana
1 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.92%) QRadar
1 2 (3.92%) SCCM
1 2 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (3.92%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Kibana
2 1 (1.96%) logstash
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
1 7 (13.73%) Splunk
2 2 (3.92%) ArcSight
2 2 (3.92%) Cisco
2 2 (3.92%) Palo Alto
2 2 (3.92%) Rapid7
2 2 (3.92%) Ribbon
2 2 (3.92%) Tenable
3 1 (1.96%) AlienVault
3 1 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.96%) Darktrace
3 1 (1.96%) Google
3 1 (1.96%) IBM
3 1 (1.96%) Twitter