Threat Detection Jobs in the South West

Threat Detection
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 177 284 254
Rank change year-on-year +107 -30 +40
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 6 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.086% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.10% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile - £49,000 -
25th Percentile £48,165 £51,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -11.80% +16.15%
75th Percentile £65,050 £62,813 £70,193
90th Percentile £71,875 £78,750 £72,647
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 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,345 7,717 6,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.28% 83.38% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 5,560 3,511
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,213
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the South West

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the South West

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the South West

Threat Detection
Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Wiltshire - 4 £51,058 - 3
Bristol +51 1 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Somerset +10 1 £67,500 +3.85%
Threat Detection
England

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Operations Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Security Posture
2 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (66.67%) API Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) Data Collection
2 4 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Protective Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) GCIA
3 1 (16.67%) GCIH
3 1 (16.67%) GIAC
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (16.67%) LogRhythm