Threat Detection Jobs in the Thames Valley

Threat Detection
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 246 260
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 -43
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 5 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.074% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.29% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 22
10th Percentile £43,000 £48,000 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -42.50% +86.05%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 -
90th Percentile - £74,250 -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £57,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -26.09% -42.50% +86.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Threat Detection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,737 5,806 6,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.16% 94.68% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,018 3,157 3,953
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the Thames Valley

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the Thames Valley

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the Thames Valley

Threat Detection
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +14 3 £52,500 -16.00%
Buckinghamshire - 2 £72,500 - 1
Threat Detection
South East

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) IMAP
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) NAS
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) SMTP
2 1 (20.00%) SSH
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Support
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
1 4 (80.00%) Use Case
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Campaign Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) GCFA
1 2 (40.00%) GCFE
1 2 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (40.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) NFS
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (40.00%) McAfee
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware