Threat Detection Jobs in England

Threat Detection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 736 806 947
Rank change year-on-year +70 +141 -158
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 96 150 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 73 94 157
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,230 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,823 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +13.76% -3.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £73,485 £98,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £69,200 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.52% +20.35% -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,854 89,915 124,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.97% 95.66% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 53,893 52,961 73,929
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,299
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in England.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +137 41 £65,000 -18.75% 19
South East +18 23 £42,500 -30.61% 9
North of England +37 16 £50,000 -16.00% 8
North West +2 12 £50,000 -9.09% 6
South West -16 7 £52,500 -11.80% 4
East of England +30 5 £43,750 -27.08% 3
Yorkshire +86 4 £66,959 -3.24% 2
West Midlands +20 1 £77,500 +12.73%
Midlands -8 1 £77,500 +14.81% 1
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.88%) Azure
2 18 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (8.33%) AWS
4 6 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.17%) IaaS
5 4 (4.17%) PaaS
5 4 (4.17%) SaaS
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.04%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.04%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.04%) GitHub
7 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 48 (50.00%) Firewall
2 16 (16.67%) Network Security
3 12 (12.50%) DNS
4 11 (11.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (8.33%) Internet
6 4 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (4.17%) VPN
6 4 (4.17%) WAN
7 3 (3.13%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (3.13%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.08%) SSL
9 1 (1.04%) HTTPS
9 1 (1.04%) IMAP
9 1 (1.04%) NAS
9 1 (1.04%) SAN
9 1 (1.04%) SSH
9 1 (1.04%) VLAN
9 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
3 27 (28.13%) Finance
4 4 (4.17%) Banking
4 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.17%) International Banking
4 4 (4.17%) Legal
4 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (67.71%) Analyst
2 37 (38.54%) Security Analyst
3 31 (32.29%) Senior
4 27 (28.13%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (22.92%) IT Analyst
6 21 (21.88%) IT Security Analyst
7 18 (18.75%) Senior Security Analyst
8 15 (15.63%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (15.63%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 11 (11.46%) Security Engineer
10 8 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (7.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (6.25%) Architect
12 6 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (6.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
13 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat Specialist
13 4 (4.17%) Network Engineer
13 4 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
13 4 (4.17%) Systems Analyst
13 4 (4.17%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (1.04%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.04%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.04%) LDAP
2 1 (1.04%) OAuth
2 1 (1.04%) OpenID
2 1 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (9.38%) Cyberattack
2 9 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (5.21%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.13%) Hedge funds
6 3 (3.13%) PKI
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.88%) Windows
2 8 (8.33%) Linux
3 6 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (85.42%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (55.21%) Incident Response
3 49 (51.04%) SIEM
4 37 (38.54%) Security Operations
5 27 (28.13%) Threat Intelligence
6 25 (26.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 25 (26.04%) Security Management
7 21 (21.88%) Change Management
7 21 (21.88%) Penetration Testing
8 19 (19.79%) Incident Management
8 19 (19.79%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 18 (18.75%) Information Security
9 18 (18.75%) Security Monitoring
10 17 (17.71%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (15.63%) Application Security
11 15 (15.63%) Privileged Access Management
11 15 (15.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (12.50%) Patch Management
12 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.17%) C#
2 4 (4.17%) Java
3 3 (3.13%) SQL
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (37.50%) CISSP
2 10 (10.42%) Degree
2 10 (10.42%) GIAC
3 8 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.29%) CEH
5 5 (5.21%) CISM
5 5 (5.21%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (4.17%) CCSP
6 4 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.17%) CRISC
7 3 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.08%) CEPT
8 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.08%) GCFA
8 2 (2.08%) GCFE
8 2 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.08%) OSCP
8 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (10.42%) NIST
3 7 (7.29%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.17%) QA
5 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.04%) NCSC
6 1 (1.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.04%) Docker
3 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.04%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (11.46%) WSUS
2 4 (4.17%) QRadar
3 3 (3.13%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.13%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (32.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.42%) Splunk
3 8 (8.33%) IBM
4 5 (5.21%) Cisco
5 4 (4.17%) LogRhythm
6 3 (3.13%) Qualys
7 2 (2.08%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.08%) Infoblox
7 2 (2.08%) McAfee
7 2 (2.08%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.08%) Varonis
7 2 (2.08%) VMware
8 1 (1.04%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.04%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.04%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.04%) Tripwire
8 1 (1.04%) WatchGuard