Threat Management Contracts

Threat Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Threat Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Management over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 558 611
Rank change year-on-year +44 +53 +199
Contract jobs citing Threat Management 42 23 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.064% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 43
10th Percentile £438 £420 £454
25th Percentile £523 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £649 £863 £830
90th Percentile - £975 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £633 £775 £486
% change year-on-year -18.39% +59.47% -22.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Management 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 29,656 35,918 49,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.33% 85.38% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,620 23,009 34,128
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 2,286 1,643
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.71 £18.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%
75th Percentile £51.10 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.38 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.58
% change year-on-year -37.04% -6.05% +88.72%

Threat Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Management over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Management within the UK over the 6 months to 19 July 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 +59 37 £585 -22.00% 31
London +52 25 £550 -18.52% 17
Work from Home +35 22 £633 +40.56% 7
UK excluding London +44 14 £633 -18.39% 18
South East - 5 £566 - 8
North of England +7 4 £633 -34.29% 4
North West +5 2 £633 -34.29% 3
West Midlands - 2 £633 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £633 - 1
Midlands - 2 £633 - 6
Scotland -1 1 £633 +5.42%
South West - 1 £633 -
Wales - 1 £633 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £633 -

Threat Management
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 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) AWS
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.90%) Mimecast
3 5 (11.90%) OneDrive
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (7.14%) SaaS
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Firewall
2 4 (9.52%) SD-WAN
2 4 (9.52%) WAN
3 3 (7.14%) DHCP
3 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 3 (7.14%) Network Security
3 3 (7.14%) VLAN
4 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.38%) Internet
5 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
5 1 (2.38%) LAN
5 1 (2.38%) MPLS
5 1 (2.38%) NAS
5 1 (2.38%) NetScaler
5 1 (2.38%) SAN
5 1 (2.38%) Skype
5 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.38%) VPN
5 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (54.76%) Consultant
2 16 (38.10%) Management Consultant
3 8 (19.05%) Lead
4 3 (7.14%) Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 3 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) SIEM Consultant
6 1 (2.38%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.38%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (2.38%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 6 (14.29%) Insider Threat
3 3 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.76%) Shadow IT
5 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 13 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (21.43%) SIEM
3 9 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
4 8 (19.05%) Threat Detection
5 7 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 6 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (14.29%) ITIL
6 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (11.90%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (9.52%) Security Operations
9 3 (7.14%) Analytics
9 3 (7.14%) Business Continuity
9 3 (7.14%) Data Protection
9 3 (7.14%) Identity Management
9 3 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 15 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) CISM
2 5 (11.90%) CISSP
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.76%) CEH
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.38%) MCP
5 1 (2.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 4 (9.52%) GDPR
2 3 (7.14%) HIPAA
2 3 (7.14%) SOC 2
3 2 (4.76%) GRC
3 2 (4.76%) NIST
4 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.38%) vSphere
4 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) SCCM
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.52%) QRadar
4 3 (7.14%) CASB
5 1 (2.38%) Nessus
5 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) IBM
2 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.52%) Tenable
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco
5 2 (4.76%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (4.76%) VMware
6 1 (2.38%) Citrix
6 1 (2.38%) F5
6 1 (2.38%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.38%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.38%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.38%) Qualys
6 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.38%) Splunk