Threat Detection Job Trends in Essex

Threat Detection
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.082% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £43,750
% change year-on-year +18.92% +5.71% -27.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 901 296 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 73.61% 83.62% 81.57%
Number of salaries quoted 559 165 580
10th Percentile £26,662 £25,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,873 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,250 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Essex

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £65,000 - 1
Threat Detection
East of England

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST