Threat Detection Job Trends in the City of London

Threat Detection
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 164 169
Rank change year-on-year +44 +5 +89
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 6 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.18% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £59,000 - -
25th Percentile - £71,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -18.84%
75th Percentile - £80,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £135,500 £92,125 -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -30.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,837 2,590 2,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.64% 95.47% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 1,691 2,434
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the City of London

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Security Specialist
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Specialist
1 4 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Pandas
1 1 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 1 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
1 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 4 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft