Threat Hunter Jobs

Threat Hunter
UK

The median Threat Hunter salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 898 955
Rank change year-on-year +199 +57 +261
Permanent jobs requiring a Threat Hunter 13 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.003% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 5
10th Percentile - - £56,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 - £60,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Threat Hunter
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Threat Hunter in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Hunter in the UK

Threat Hunter
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Threat Hunter in the UK

Threat Hunter
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Hunter over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Hunter in the UK

Threat Hunter
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Hunter within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +162 13 £72,500 +11.54% 8
London +105 8 £72,500 +11.54% 1
UK excluding London - 4 £55,000 - 7
North of England - 2 £55,000 - 4
North West - 2 £55,000 - 4
South East - 2 £55,000 - 2
Work from Home +113 1 £65,000 -

Threat Hunter Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Threat Hunter job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Threat Hunter in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Incident Response
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (61.54%) Degree
4 7 (53.85%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) SLA
6 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
6 4 (30.77%) Use Case
6 4 (30.77%) Network Security
6 4 (30.77%) Firewall
6 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
6 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
6 4 (30.77%) AlienVault
6 4 (30.77%) Threat Detection
6 4 (30.77%) Splunk
6 4 (30.77%) SIEM
6 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (30.77%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (23.08%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) AWS
8 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 1 (7.69%) NIST

Threat Hunter Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Incident Response
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (53.85%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
4 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) SIEM
4 4 (30.77%) Threat Detection
4 4 (30.77%) Use Case
4 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (7.69%) Advanced Persistent Threat
6 1 (7.69%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) CompTIA CySA+
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) AlienVault
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.69%) Intel