Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in Wales

Threat Detection
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £297 - -
25th Percentile £382 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 - -
75th Percentile £677 - -
90th Percentile £764 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +1.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Threat Detection 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 459 304 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 74.27% 85.63% 72.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 191 201
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £289 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -10.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £675 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 45 48
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £13.58
25th Percentile £20.56 £15.00 £15.73
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.50 £24.33
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -15.74% +24.83%
75th Percentile £45.40 £25.15 £49.06
90th Percentile £54.50 - £60.63
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Threat Detection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Wales

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Threat Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in Wales over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in Wales

Threat Detection
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
South Wales - 1 £240 - 2
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft