Threat Analysis Contracts

Threat Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 670 817
Rank change year-on-year +139 +147 -125
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 39 20 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.035% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.039% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 22
10th Percentile £404 £448 £451
25th Percentile £416 £491 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +7.62% -
75th Percentile £641 £683 £683
90th Percentile £658 £875 £789
UK excluding London median daily rate £444 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -11.25% +5.26% -9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

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 23 May 2024.

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 11 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 23 May 2024. 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 +106 30 £513 -13.87% 8
UK excluding London +63 16 £444 -11.25% 7
London +99 15 £550 -28.44% 3
Work from Home +129 12 £569 -13.31% 2
West Midlands - 11 £438 -
Midlands - 11 £438 - 2
North of England +23 2 £538 -4.87% 1
North West +18 2 £538 -4.87% 1
South East +17 1 £675 +35.00% 1
South West - 1 £550 - 2
Scotland - 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) Firewall
2 3 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (28.21%) Legal
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Analyst
2 14 (35.90%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (25.64%) Security Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Senior
5 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Architect
6 4 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Security Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Administrator
8 2 (5.13%) Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) SOC Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Splunk Administrator
9 1 (2.56%) Junior Analyst
9 1 (2.56%) Operations Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (7.69%) Reference Data
5 3 (7.69%) Security Posture
6 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (2.56%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.56%) IoT
7 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.56%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 16 (41.03%) Linux
2 11 (28.21%) Mac OS X
3 6 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (48.72%) SIEM
3 16 (41.03%) Risk Management
3 16 (41.03%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 12 (30.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 11 (28.21%) Computer Forensics
6 11 (28.21%) Malware Reverse Engineering
6 11 (28.21%) Purple Team
6 11 (28.21%) Reverse Engineering
6 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (25.64%) Security Operations
8 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
8 8 (20.51%) Incident Response
8 8 (20.51%) Information Security
9 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.38%) Line Management
10 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (12.82%) Threat Intelligence
11 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Bash
1 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) CISSP
3 7 (17.95%) Degree
4 6 (15.38%) GIAC
5 3 (7.69%) CEH
5 3 (7.69%) GCIA
5 3 (7.69%) GCIH
6 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.56%) CISM
7 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) GREM
7 1 (2.56%) GSEC
7 1 (2.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (43.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (33.33%) GDPR
2 13 (33.33%) HIPAA
2 13 (33.33%) NIST
3 11 (28.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Functional Safety
2 3 (7.69%) CSIRT
2 3 (7.69%) Nessus
2 3 (7.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 3 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (5.13%) Checkmarx
3 2 (5.13%) Qualys
3 2 (5.13%) Splunk
3 2 (5.13%) Veracode
4 1 (2.56%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.56%) Cybereason
4 1 (2.56%) Google
4 1 (2.56%) Intel
4 1 (2.56%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Symantec
4 1 (2.56%) Zscaler