Threat Modelling Contracts in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Threat Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Modelling 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 269 316 397
Rank change year-on-year +47 +81 +50
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 67 83 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.40% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.47% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 23 42
10th Percentile £500 £503 -
25th Percentile £534 £563 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £607 £682
90th Percentile £788 £648 £738
UK median daily rate £625 £608 £658
% change year-on-year +2.80% -7.60% +3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £72.04
25th Percentile - £81.75 £73.30
Median hourly rate - £83.50 £74.40
Median % change year-on-year - +12.24% -
75th Percentile - £85.25 £81.09
90th Percentile - - £92.44
UK median hourly rate - £83.50 £74.40
% change year-on-year - +12.24% +48.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 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 Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
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 Modelling 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 +21 17 £625 +16.28% 55
South West +57 15 £665 +8.57% 29
North of England +28 15 £542 -5.74% 46
Scotland +4 14 £530 -7.91% 10
North West +23 9 £582 +1.13% 26
Midlands +25 8 £800 +40.11% 26
West Midlands +21 8 £800 +39.13% 11
North East - 4 £534 - 8
East of England +29 2 £775 +3.33% 18
Yorkshire +7 2 £550 - 12
Threat Modelling
UK

Threat Modelling
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 35 (52.24%) Azure
2 22 (32.84%) AWS
3 14 (20.90%) GCP
4 7 (10.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (8.96%) IaaS
5 6 (8.96%) PaaS
5 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.96%) SaaS
6 5 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.97%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (1.49%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) Network Security
2 8 (11.94%) Firewall
3 2 (2.99%) HTTP
3 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.99%) SSL
4 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.49%) Internet
4 1 (1.49%) MQTT
4 1 (1.49%) NGFW
4 1 (1.49%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) GitLab
1 3 (4.48%) Xcode
2 2 (2.99%) JIRA
3 1 (1.49%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.49%) Git
3 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.49%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.49%) MLflow
3 1 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Finance
3 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.99%) Retail
5 1 (1.49%) Automotive
5 1 (1.49%) Aviation
5 1 (1.49%) Banking
5 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (43.28%) Architect
2 26 (38.81%) Security Architect
3 14 (20.90%) Senior
4 13 (19.40%) Security Specialist
5 9 (13.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 7 (10.45%) Consultant
6 7 (10.45%) Information Security Specialist
6 7 (10.45%) Information Specialist
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Security Specialist
7 6 (8.96%) Cloud Architect
7 6 (8.96%) Cloud Security Architect
7 6 (8.96%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Security Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) Mobile Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Technical Architect
10 2 (2.99%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) SwiftUI
1 3 (4.48%) UIKit
2 2 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.99%) SAML
3 1 (1.49%) LDAP
3 1 (1.49%) OAuth
3 1 (1.49%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.49%) OpenID
3 1 (1.49%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.87%) Security Posture
2 11 (16.42%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (14.93%) PKI
4 7 (10.45%) Operational Technology
5 5 (7.46%) Mobile App
5 5 (7.46%) SCADA
6 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.48%) Credit Risk
6 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.48%) iPad
6 3 (4.48%) iPhone
6 3 (4.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (4.48%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.99%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.99%) IoT
7 2 (2.99%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Windows
2 4 (5.97%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.48%) Android
3 3 (4.48%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.48%) Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (55.22%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (31.34%) Security Architecture
3 20 (29.85%) Cloud Security
4 16 (23.88%) Agile
5 15 (22.39%) Information Security
6 13 (19.40%) DevSecOps
6 13 (19.40%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (17.91%) Risk Assessment
7 12 (17.91%) Security Operations
7 12 (17.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 11 (16.42%) Data Protection
9 10 (14.93%) Incident Response
10 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.94%) Application Security
11 8 (11.94%) DevOps
11 8 (11.94%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (11.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 8 (11.94%) Risk Management
11 8 (11.94%) Roadmaps
12 7 (10.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) Python
2 3 (4.48%) Java
2 3 (4.48%) Objective-C
2 3 (4.48%) Swift
3 2 (2.99%) Bash
3 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.49%) Perl
4 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.87%) CISM
3 14 (20.90%) DV Cleared
4 13 (19.40%) SC Cleared
5 9 (13.43%) CISSP
6 7 (10.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (10.45%) Degree
7 6 (8.96%) AWS Certification
7 6 (8.96%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.97%) CRISC
10 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.48%) SANS
11 2 (2.99%) CCSP
11 2 (2.99%) CEH
11 2 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.99%) MCSE
12 1 (1.49%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (16.42%) NIST
3 9 (13.43%) GDPR
4 5 (7.46%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.97%) NCSC
6 3 (4.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (4.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (4.48%) PMO
6 3 (4.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.97%) SCCM
4 2 (2.99%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.99%) Terraform
5 1 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.49%) CASB
5 1 (1.49%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.49%) OPNET
5 1 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) CyberArk
2 3 (4.48%) Google
3 2 (2.99%) ArcSight
3 2 (2.99%) ForgeRock
3 2 (2.99%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.49%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.49%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow