Threat Hunter Jobs in London

Threat Hunter
England > London

The median Threat Hunter salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 512 -
Rank change year-on-year +119 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Threat Hunter 8 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.062% 0.013% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.013% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £66,125 - -
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,666 22,251 32,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.14% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,370 16,680 24,004
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Threat Hunter
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Threat Hunter in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Hunter in London

Threat Hunter
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Hunter in London.

Salary trend for Threat Hunter in London

Threat Hunter
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Hunter in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Hunter in London

Threat Hunter
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Hunter within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London - 1 £65,000 -
Threat Hunter
England

Threat Hunter Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Threat Hunter job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Threat Hunter in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Security Monitoring
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Detection
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Intel
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK

Threat Hunter Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Response
1 7 (87.50%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Detection
5 1 (12.50%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Intel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft