Threat Detection Job Trends in the South East

Threat Detection
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 252 301 282
Rank change year-on-year +49 -19 +117
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 18 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.056% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.063% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £67,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +75.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £63,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +20.83% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 South East

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in the South East

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the South East

Threat Detection
Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire - 10 £48,250 - 2
Surrey +6 4 £85,000 +21.43% 1
Thames Valley +9 2 - - 9
Berkshire -7 2 - - 7
Kent - 1 - - 1
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (83.33%) Azure
2 11 (61.11%) AWS
3 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (27.78%) Azure AI
4 5 (27.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (27.78%) Power Automate
4 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (5.56%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Security Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) IT Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) IT Security Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) IT Support
2 5 (27.78%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Security Support Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) SOC Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 7 (38.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (22.22%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 9 (50.00%) SIEM
2 7 (38.89%) Analytics
3 6 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 6 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (27.78%) AI
4 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
4 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Data Protection
4 5 (27.78%) Digital Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (27.78%) ITIL
4 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 5 (27.78%) Use Case
4 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (22.22%) ITSM
5 4 (22.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (22.22%) Bicep
2 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) Python
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (16.67%) CREST Certified
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (27.78%) Accessibility
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (22.22%) NIST
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Terraform
2 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Splunk
3 4 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) ArcSight
4 1 (5.56%) Okta