Threat Detection Job Trends in Leeds

Threat Detection
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 78 107
Rank change year-on-year -23 +29 +72
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 2 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.15% 0.59% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.66% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £88,250 £51,500 -
25th Percentile £89,375 £51,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £67,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.06% - -
75th Percentile £94,375 £85,000 -
90th Percentile £94,750 £87,500 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £92,500 £67,000 -
% change year-on-year +38.06% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,081 905 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 79.19% 89.07% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 713 514 940
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,026 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Leeds

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCFA
1 1 (50.00%) GCFE
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA