Insider Threat Jobs in the UK excluding London

Insider Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 760 750
Rank change year-on-year +184 -10 +83
Permanent jobs citing Insider Threat 3 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% 0.012% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £39,992 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £41,660 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £48,460 £40,975
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% +18.27% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £56,240 £44,488
90th Percentile - £58,496 -
UK median annual salary £73,750 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +20.00% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Insider Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,901 24,071 25,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.09% 33.98% 42.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,032 15,188 11,338
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,625 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Insider Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Insider Threat in the UK excluding London

Insider Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Insider Threat in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Insider Threat in the UK excluding London

Insider 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 Insider Threat within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West +108 2 £67,500 +22.73% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
Insider Threat
UK

Insider Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCFE
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) GISP
2 1 (33.33%) GSEC
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
1 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk