Advanced Persistent Threat Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 - 541
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Advanced Persistent Threat 2 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £74,750 - £57,500
25th Percentile £78,125 - £58,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £60,500
75th Percentile £90,625 - £63,750
90th Percentile £93,250 - £64,125
UK median annual salary £95,000 £47,431 £60,500
% change year-on-year +100.29% -21.60% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Advanced Persistent Threat 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,256 32,348 28,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.02% 88.54% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19,033 14,675 21,473
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Advanced Persistent Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Advanced Persistent Threat relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Advanced Persistent Threat job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Advanced Persistent Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Advanced Persistent Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Advanced Persistent Threat

Advanced Persistent Threat
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Advanced Persistent Threat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Advanced Persistent Threat in the UK excluding London

Advanced Persistent Threat
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advanced Persistent Threat within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
North West - 1 £95,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
North of England - 1 £95,000 -
Advanced Persistent Threat
UK

Advanced Persistent Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Research
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel