Threat Detection Job Trends in the North West

Threat Detection
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 187 185
Rank change year-on-year +18 -2 +109
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 10 18 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.38% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 5
10th Percentile - - £43,100
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -30.77% +13.04%
75th Percentile £48,438 £60,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £50,500 £74,750 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the North West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Manchester +19 5 £27,500 -63.93% 7
Lancashire +6 4 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Cheshire - 1 £42,500 - 1
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 5 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) Support Officer
2 4 (40.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 5 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Patch Management
3 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) SIEM
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (10.00%) Use Case
6 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) CEH
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) GCIA
3 1 (10.00%) GCIH
3 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft