Threat Analysis Job Trends

Threat Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Threat Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 665 657
Rank change year-on-year +32 -8 -70
Permanent jobs citing Threat Analysis 20 34 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.064% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.070% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 42
10th Percentile £49,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £59,063 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +26.83% -18.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £134,356
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +22.22% -28.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Analysis 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Threat Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Threat Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Threat Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Threat Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Threat Analysis

Threat Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Top 8 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 14 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
England +53 20 £63,750 -1.92% 8
Work from Home +64 12 £65,000 +23.81% 4
UK excluding London +40 11 £60,000 +9.09% 6
London +57 9 £65,000 -23.53% 3
South East +41 7 £62,500 - 3
North of England +3 3 £48,500 -7.62% 1
Yorkshire -14 3 £48,500 -7.62%
East of England - 1 £57,500 - 1

Threat Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Games
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Lead
2 7 (35.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Operational Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Compliance Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Information Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Security Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (10.00%) Blog
4 2 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (10.00%) SCADA
4 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.00%) MISP
5 1 (5.00%) PKI
5 1 (5.00%) PMI
5 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 10 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (45.00%) SIEM
4 8 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 8 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (35.00%) Information Security
5 7 (35.00%) SOAR
6 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (20.00%) ISMS
7 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (20.00%) CEH
4 4 (20.00%) CISSP
4 4 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (20.00%) GCIA
4 4 (20.00%) GCIH
4 4 (20.00%) GIAC
5 2 (10.00%) CISM
5 2 (10.00%) CREST Certified
5 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
2 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.00%) GDPR
4 2 (10.00%) QA
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.00%) EU AI Act
5 1 (5.00%) GRC
5 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (15.00%) Splunk