Threat Detection Job Trends in the North East

Threat Detection
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.11% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £68,250
25th Percentile £100,000 - £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £72,500
75th Percentile £110,000 - £74,375
90th Percentile - - £74,750
England median annual salary £72,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.69% +11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 757 1,120 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 80.19% 79.04% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 481 664 466
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the North East

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £105,000 - 1
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT Security
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft