Cyber Threat Analysis Contract Job Trends

Cyber Threat Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cyber Threat Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 551 556
Rank change year-on-year -116 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Analysis 5 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.024% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.027% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £491 -
25th Percentile £588 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £613 £585 £475
90th Percentile - £624 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,850 29,737 32,777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.30% 90.62% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,722 18,491 19,844
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,198 1,854 1,372
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -1.16%
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.00 £74.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

Cyber Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cyber Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Cyber Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Threat Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Threat Analysis

Cyber Threat Analysis
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 28 September 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
England -119 5 £600 -2.83% 8
South East -56 4 £600 - 1
UK excluding London -95 4 £600 +20.00% 3
Work from Home -55 3 £600 +2.56% 3
London -82 1 - - 4

Cyber Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Use Case
2 4 (80.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) SOAR
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) GCFA
2 1 (20.00%) GCIA
2 1 (20.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft