Threat Detection Job Trends in Cardiff

Threat Detection
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £85,000 - £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Threat Detection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 253 292 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.88% 80.89% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 174 183 302
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.97% +3.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,563 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,646 £79,180 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +1.12%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft