Threat Detection Jobs in England

Threat Detection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 729 784
Rank change year-on-year +163 +55 +192
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 93 106 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 69 80 80
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,250 £41,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -18.52% +12.03%
75th Percentile £88,750 £67,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £81,625 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +27.27% -20.08% +19.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,650 74,784 82,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.04% 84.16% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22,641 54,521 49,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,334
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +94 37 £85,000 +30.77% 77
South East +98 24 £74,500 +75.29% 178
Midlands +68 9 £52,500 -32.26% 90
West Midlands +63 8 £53,750 -30.65% 48
East of England +43 8 £46,250 +5.71% 81
South West +115 7 £51,058 -2.75% 66
North of England +26 3 £70,000 +40.00% 102
North West -4 3 £70,000 +40.00% 43
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 36
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 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.56%) AWS
2 27 (29.03%) Azure
3 13 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (7.53%) GCP
5 5 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.30%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (4.30%) Amazon S3
6 4 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (4.30%) Serverless
6 4 (4.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.23%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.15%) PaaS
8 2 (2.15%) SaaS
9 1 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.08%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 30 (32.26%) Firewall
2 17 (18.28%) DNS
2 17 (18.28%) VPN
3 16 (17.20%) TCP/IP
4 11 (11.83%) Network Security
5 9 (9.68%) HTTP
5 9 (9.68%) SMTP
6 5 (5.38%) DHCP
6 5 (5.38%) VLAN
7 2 (2.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.08%) ADSL
8 1 (1.08%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.08%) Fast Ethernet
8 1 (1.08%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.08%) Internet
8 1 (1.08%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.08%) LAN
8 1 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.08%) SAN
8 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.08%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) GitLab
2 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.08%) CircleCI
General
1 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (17.20%) Finance
4 15 (16.13%) Law
4 15 (16.13%) Telecoms
5 13 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (11.83%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.38%) Legal
9 4 (4.30%) Retail
10 2 (2.15%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.08%) Advertising
11 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.08%) Automotive
11 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.08%) Games
11 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (30.11%) Security Engineer
2 18 (19.35%) Senior
3 13 (13.98%) Analyst
4 10 (10.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 9 (9.68%) Automation Engineer
5 9 (9.68%) Development Engineer
5 9 (9.68%) Information Security Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) SOC Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Incident Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Security Analyst
7 5 (5.38%) Security Manager
7 5 (5.38%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Architect
8 4 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Consultant
8 4 (4.30%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 4 (4.30%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.08%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (34.41%) Security Posture
2 25 (26.88%) Cyber Threat
3 23 (24.73%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (12.90%) Management Information System
5 8 (8.60%) Virtual Team
6 5 (5.38%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (5.38%) Fixed Income
7 4 (4.30%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.15%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.15%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.15%) PKI
8 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.15%) Tandem
8 2 (2.15%) YARA
9 1 (1.08%) BYOD
9 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.38%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Linux
2 3 (3.23%) VMS
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (70.97%) Incident Response
2 61 (65.59%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (46.24%) Security Operations
4 36 (38.71%) SIEM
5 28 (30.11%) Cloud Security
6 27 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (27.96%) Information Security
8 25 (26.88%) Threat Intelligence
8 25 (26.88%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (20.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 16 (17.20%) Identity Access Management
10 16 (17.20%) Risk Management
10 16 (17.20%) Security Architecture
11 15 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (13.98%) Cyber Intelligence
12 13 (13.98%) Mentoring
12 13 (13.98%) Task Automation
13 11 (11.83%) Data Protection
13 11 (11.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 11 (11.83%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (32.26%) Python
2 15 (16.13%) PowerShell
3 12 (12.90%) Bash
4 8 (8.60%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (4.30%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.15%) C++
6 2 (2.15%) Java
6 2 (2.15%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.15%) Rust
6 2 (2.15%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 23 (24.73%) CISSP
2 20 (21.51%) Degree
3 17 (18.28%) Security Cleared
4 14 (15.05%) CISM
5 12 (12.90%) SC Cleared
6 10 (10.75%) GCIH
6 10 (10.75%) OSCP
7 9 (9.68%) CEH
8 7 (7.53%) GCIA
9 6 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (5.38%) GIAC
10 5 (5.38%) OSCE
10 5 (5.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (5.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 4 (4.30%) DV Cleared
12 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
12 3 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (2.15%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (24.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (23.66%) NIST
3 17 (18.28%) GDPR
4 7 (7.53%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.38%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (2.15%) GRC
6 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.53%) Docker
2 6 (6.45%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.08%) Snort
5 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.08%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (9.68%) Terraform
2 8 (8.60%) QRadar
3 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
4 6 (6.45%) Ansible
5 5 (5.38%) CSIRT
6 2 (2.15%) CASB
6 2 (2.15%) Istio
6 2 (2.15%) linkerd
7 1 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (1.08%) Grafana
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.35%) Splunk
3 15 (16.13%) Google
4 5 (5.38%) Cisco
5 4 (4.30%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.15%) Alibaba
6 2 (2.15%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.15%) VMware
7 1 (1.08%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.08%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.08%) Datto
7 1 (1.08%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.08%) Juniper