Threat Analysis Contracts

Threat Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Threat Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Analysis 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 497 545 699
Rank change year-on-year +48 +154 +106
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 23 37 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.085% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.098% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 9
10th Percentile £424 £394 £445
25th Percentile £475 £406 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £565
90th Percentile £626 £650 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.50% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Threat Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +50 22 £500 - 33
UK excluding London +62 15 £525 +20.00% 38
South East +51 6 £550 -18.52% 5
South West +49 5 £488 -7.14% 4
Work from Home +35 5 £500 -23.08% 25
London +28 4 £500 -6.54% 9
North of England +19 2 - -
East of England - 2 - - 15
North West +16 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Threat Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 5 (21.74%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (17.39%) AWS
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (4.35%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.35%) Modbus
3 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Administrator
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Junior
5 2 (8.70%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Head of Security
6 1 (4.35%) Integration Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Security Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Security Posture
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.70%) SCADA
4 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.35%) MISP
5 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (56.52%) Incident Response
2 13 (56.52%) SIEM
3 10 (43.48%) Threat Intelligence
4 9 (39.13%) Security Monitoring
4 9 (39.13%) Threat Detection
5 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (34.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (30.43%) Cloud Security
6 7 (30.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 7 (30.43%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
8 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (17.39%) Event Correlation
9 4 (17.39%) Migration
9 4 (17.39%) Project Management
10 3 (13.04%) Application Security
10 3 (13.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 3 (13.04%) SOAR
10 3 (13.04%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 6 (26.09%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (17.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) CISSP
3 8 (34.78%) SC Cleared
4 5 (21.74%) Degree
5 4 (17.39%) CISM
5 4 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (13.04%) GCIA
7 2 (8.70%) CCNA
7 2 (8.70%) CEH
7 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (8.70%) CREST Certified
7 2 (8.70%) GCIH
7 2 (8.70%) GIAC
8 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (4.35%) CASP
8 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (21.74%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) McAfee ePO
1 3 (13.04%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
1 3 (13.04%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
2 2 (8.70%) QRadar
3 1 (4.35%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Splunk
3 3 (13.04%) McAfee
3 3 (13.04%) Symantec
4 2 (8.70%) ArcSight
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco
5 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) LogRhythm
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.35%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.35%) Tenable