Threat Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 536 1158
Rank change year-on-year -294 +622 -269
Permanent jobs citing Threat Analysis 68 513 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.51% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.53% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 43 64 24
10th Percentile £41,250 - £35,068
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £39,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,563 £67,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £70,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £45,085
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.28% -30.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Analysis 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Threat Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Salary trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
UK excluding London -310 49 £47,500 +18.75% 7
Work from Home +88 44 £55,000 +37.50% 4
England -276 43 £55,000 -4.35% 9
London +36 19 £65,000 -23.53% 4
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 2
North of England -139 12 £42,500 +6.25%
Scotland -74 11 £45,000 -
North East -3 8 £42,500 +6.75%
Midlands -104 6 £50,000 -9.09% 2
South West -25 5 £50,000 - 2
East Midlands -29 3 £50,000 +5.26% 1
West Midlands -76 3 - - 1
North West -133 3 £35,000 -41.67%
Yorkshire +28 1 £62,500 +78.57%
South East -3 1 £55,000 -2.22% 1

Threat Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (7.35%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (39.71%) AWS
2 22 (32.35%) Azure
3 12 (17.65%) GCP
4 10 (14.71%) SaaS
5 9 (13.24%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (47.06%) Firewall
2 24 (35.29%) TCP/IP
3 17 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (10.29%) HTTP
5 7 (10.29%) MQTT
6 3 (4.41%) BGP
6 3 (4.41%) DNS
6 3 (4.41%) SAN
7 2 (2.94%) LAN
7 2 (2.94%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.94%) WLAN
8 1 (1.47%) 802.11
8 1 (1.47%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.47%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.41%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.41%) Redis
2 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.94%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.94%) Electronics
4 2 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (1.47%) Automotive
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber-Physical System
5 1 (1.47%) Legal
5 1 (1.47%) Military
5 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (23.53%) Senior
2 14 (20.59%) Analyst
2 14 (20.59%) Security Analyst
3 13 (19.12%) Senior Software Engineer
3 13 (19.12%) Software Engineer
4 11 (16.18%) Lead
5 8 (11.76%) Network Specialist
5 8 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Principal Software Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Senior Windows Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Architect
6 7 (10.29%) Software Architect
7 5 (7.35%) Compliance Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Information Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Information Security Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Security Compliance Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (2.94%) Head of IT
9 2 (2.94%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.65%) Web Services
2 7 (10.29%) AngularJS
2 7 (10.29%) Kafka
2 7 (10.29%) Node.js
2 7 (10.29%) RabbitMQ
2 7 (10.29%) RESTful
3 5 (7.35%) FFmpeg
3 5 (7.35%) GStreamer
3 5 (7.35%) OpenCV
3 5 (7.35%) REST
4 3 (4.41%) .NET
4 3 (4.41%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Cloud Native
1 8 (11.76%) IoT
1 8 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.35%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (4.41%) Clustering
3 3 (4.41%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) CAN bus
5 1 (1.47%) CESG
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.47%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.47%) SCADA
5 1 (1.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) Linux
2 12 (17.65%) Windows
3 9 (13.24%) Mac OS
4 5 (7.35%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (35.29%) Information Security
3 23 (33.82%) SIEM
4 22 (32.35%) Analytics
5 20 (29.41%) Software Engineering
6 17 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 13 (19.12%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (19.12%) Multithreading
8 12 (17.65%) Computer Vision
8 12 (17.65%) Deep Learning
8 12 (17.65%) Kalman Filter
9 10 (14.71%) Reverse Engineering
10 9 (13.24%) Agile
11 8 (11.76%) Component Testing
11 8 (11.76%) Computer Security
11 8 (11.76%) Data Science
11 8 (11.76%) Network Architecture
11 8 (11.76%) TDD
11 8 (11.76%) Test Automation
11 8 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) Python
2 9 (13.24%) SQL
3 6 (8.82%) Bash
4 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (26.47%) Degree
2 12 (17.65%) Master's Degree
2 12 (17.65%) PhD
3 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.41%) CEH
6 3 (4.41%) CISM
6 3 (4.41%) CISSP
6 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.41%) GIAC
7 2 (2.94%) CISA
7 2 (2.94%) CRISC
8 1 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.47%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.47%) ECSA
8 1 (1.47%) GCIA
8 1 (1.47%) GCIH
8 1 (1.47%) GPEN
8 1 (1.47%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) QA
2 11 (16.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.82%) SOC 2
4 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (4.41%) NIST
6 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.47%) GDPR
7 1 (1.47%) GRC
7 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.35%) Docker
1 5 (7.35%) Firmware
1 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.41%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.41%) SCOM
2 3 (4.41%) SCOrch
2 3 (4.41%) vMotion
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) VMware
2 10 (14.71%) Cisco
3 8 (11.76%) Aruba
3 8 (11.76%) Dell
3 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.76%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.29%) Google
5 4 (5.88%) Splunk
6 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.94%) Meraki