Threat Management Jobs

Threat Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Threat Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 780 900
Rank change year-on-year +104 +120 +153
Permanent jobs citing Threat Management 41 114 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.11% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.079% 0.13% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 39 97 51
10th Percentile £42,500 £26,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £45,275 £41,000 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +8.98% +8.38%
75th Percentile £93,250 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £36,300 £65,000
% change year-on-year +48.07% -44.15% +3.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Management 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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Threat Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +95 40 £65,000 -7.14% 36
UK excluding London +157 28 £53,750 +48.07% 20
Work from Home +131 21 £57,500 -17.86% 11
South East +94 13 £90,500 +212.07% 14
London +64 12 £90,000 +20.00% 19
Midlands +68 9 £46,000 +78.12% 2
West Midlands +59 9 £46,000 +78.12% 2
North of England +62 3 £57,500 +39.39% 3
South West - 3 £67,500 - 1
North West - 2 £48,000 - 1
Yorkshire +70 1 £65,000 - 2

Threat Management
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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.20%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (9.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (9.76%) Cloudflare
5 4 (9.76%) Datadog
5 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (9.76%) Power Automate
5 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
5 4 (9.76%) PowerApps
5 4 (9.76%) Route 53
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.44%) GCP
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Firewall
2 6 (14.63%) VPN
3 4 (9.76%) HTTPS
3 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
3 4 (9.76%) VLAN
3 4 (9.76%) WAN
4 2 (4.88%) DKIM
4 2 (4.88%) DMARC
4 2 (4.88%) Network Security
5 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Legal
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.76%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Finance
6 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.44%) Automotive
7 1 (2.44%) Local Government
7 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Analyst
2 9 (21.95%) Security Analyst
2 9 (21.95%) Senior
3 8 (19.51%) Lead
4 5 (12.20%) Information Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Information Security Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) CRM Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Power Platform Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (9.76%) PKI
2 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.44%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.44%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (26.83%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (26.83%) Incident Response
2 11 (26.83%) Security Operations
2 11 (26.83%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (24.39%) Information Security
3 10 (24.39%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 9 (21.95%) Coaching
4 9 (21.95%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (19.51%) Proactive Management
6 7 (17.07%) Budgeting
6 7 (17.07%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (17.07%) Security Testing
6 7 (17.07%) SIEM
7 6 (14.63%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 5 (12.20%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (12.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (12.20%) Identity Management
8 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.76%) C#
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) AWS Certification
1 5 (12.20%) CISM
1 5 (12.20%) CISSP
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
2 4 (9.76%) CEH
2 4 (9.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) GCIA
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.44%) CCNA
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) GCIH
4 1 (2.44%) GIAC
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) MCSA
4 1 (2.44%) SANS
4 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (31.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (29.27%) NIST
3 7 (17.07%) PCI DSS
3 7 (17.07%) SLA
4 6 (14.63%) GDPR
5 5 (12.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (4.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (4.88%) COBIT
7 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.44%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.44%) QRadar
3 1 (2.44%) SCCM
3 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Aderant
2 3 (7.32%) iManage
2 3 (7.32%) Intapp
3 2 (4.88%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.44%) Aruba
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) Sophos