Threat Detection Jobs in the South East

Threat Detection
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 372 382
Rank change year-on-year +96 +10 +61
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 21 25 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 7
10th Percentile £62,875 £34,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £68,375 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +74.12% -26.09% -42.50%
75th Percentile £89,063 £53,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £148,125 £70,250 £74,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +31.82% -18.52% +12.50%

All Process and 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 8,763 14,167 13,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.86% 84.47% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,303 9,850 7,858
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the South East

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the South East.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the South East

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Hampshire +74 9 £73,000 +108.57% 16
Thames Valley +60 5 £136,250 +127.08% 9
Middlesex - 5 - -
Oxfordshire - 4 £136,250 - 9
Surrey +52 2 £67,500 -15.63% 1
Buckinghamshire +36 1 - -
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (14.29%) GCP
5 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) PaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Serverless
6 1 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) DNS
2 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
2 5 (23.81%) VPN
3 3 (14.29%) HTTP
3 3 (14.29%) SMTP
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (23.81%) Law
3 5 (23.81%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) SOC Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Development Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Operations Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.76%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 4 (19.05%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (9.52%) YARA
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Incident Response
2 17 (80.95%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (66.67%) SIEM
4 12 (57.14%) Security Operations
5 11 (52.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (52.38%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (38.10%) Cloud Security
6 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
9 4 (19.05%) Information Security
9 4 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
9 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
9 4 (19.05%) SOAR
9 4 (19.05%) Task Automation
10 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
10 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 3 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (19.05%) Bash
4 2 (9.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CISM
1 7 (33.33%) CISSP
2 6 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) GCIH
3 4 (19.05%) GIAC
4 3 (14.29%) CEH
4 3 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (14.29%) OSCP
4 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (52.38%) NIST
2 5 (23.81%) GDPR
3 3 (14.29%) HIPAA
3 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) QRadar
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Splunk
3 5 (23.81%) Google
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco
4 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.76%) ArcSight