Threat Detection Job Trends in Leicester

Threat Detection
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 145 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 73.70% 84.80% 78.27%
Number of salaries quoted 369 82 292
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,550 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% +2.11% -5.94%
75th Percentile £69,250 £62,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £78,750
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £43,072
% change year-on-year +22.22% +4.48% -13.86%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Leicester

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001