Threat Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Management 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 784 898 1032
Rank change year-on-year +114 +134 -165
Permanent jobs citing Threat Management 114 82 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.081% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.085% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 97 51 77
10th Percentile £26,500 £47,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £49,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,823 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% +8.38% +18.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,300 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -44.15% +3.17% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Management 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 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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Top 12 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 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
England +119 94 £70,000 +1.71% 17
London +149 62 £75,000 +8.98% 6
UK excluding London -23 33 £36,300 -44.15% 11
Work from Home +57 29 £70,000 +27.27% 6
South East 0 16 £29,000 -61.97% 6
West Midlands +7 11 £25,825 -55.09% 5
Midlands -8 11 £25,825 -55.09% 5
North of England +38 3 £41,250 -36.54%
North East -5 2 £41,250 -25.00%
Scotland -59 2 £40,000 -27.27%
Yorkshire +84 1 - -
East of England +17 1 £92,500 - 1

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 11 (9.65%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 19 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 49 (42.98%) Azure
2 37 (32.46%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (28.07%) AWS
4 13 (11.40%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 9 (7.89%) GCP
6 6 (5.26%) IaaS
6 6 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.26%) PaaS
6 6 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.26%) SaaS
7 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.88%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 39 (34.21%) Firewall
2 23 (20.18%) LAN
3 19 (16.67%) DNS
4 15 (13.16%) Network Security
5 10 (8.77%) DHCP
6 6 (5.26%) WAN
6 6 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (5.26%) Wireless
7 4 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (3.51%) VPN
8 2 (1.75%) Internet
8 2 (1.75%) SSL
8 2 (1.75%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.40%) Power BI
2 4 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.14%) Snyk
General
1 47 (41.23%) Finance
2 39 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 26 (22.81%) Public Sector
4 17 (14.91%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.53%) Banking
6 6 (5.26%) Games
6 6 (5.26%) Legal
7 4 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.51%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (19.30%) Analyst
1 22 (19.30%) Architect
2 21 (18.42%) Security Architect
2 21 (18.42%) Senior
3 17 (14.91%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 14 (12.28%) Security Analyst
5 13 (11.40%) Technical Architect
6 12 (10.53%) SCCM Specialist
6 12 (10.53%) Security Engineer
6 12 (10.53%) Security Technical Architect
6 12 (10.53%) Vulnerability Specialist
6 12 (10.53%) Windows Specialist
7 11 (9.65%) IT Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) IT Support
7 11 (9.65%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) Support Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) Security Specialist
8 9 (7.89%) Senior Architect
8 9 (7.89%) Senior Security Architect
9 8 (7.02%) Compliance Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.26%) Middleware
1 6 (5.26%) Web Services
2 4 (3.51%) EDI
3 3 (2.63%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 22 (19.30%) Cyberattack
3 17 (14.91%) Data Centre
4 16 (14.04%) Onboarding
5 14 (12.28%) PKI
6 12 (10.53%) iPhone
7 10 (8.77%) Operational Technology
8 9 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (7.02%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (7.02%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (5.26%) Driving Licence
10 6 (5.26%) Smartphone
11 4 (3.51%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (3.51%) IoT
12 3 (2.63%) Blockchain
12 3 (2.63%) Security Posture
12 3 (2.63%) Web3
13 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 55 (48.25%) Windows
2 23 (20.18%) Linux
2 23 (20.18%) Unix
3 16 (14.04%) Windows 10
4 15 (13.16%) Windows Server
5 11 (9.65%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.88%) Android
7 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (51.75%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (42.11%) Vulnerability Management
3 47 (41.23%) Information Security
4 40 (35.09%) ITIL
5 33 (28.95%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 29 (25.44%) Incident Response
7 28 (24.56%) Threat Modelling
8 27 (23.68%) Security Architecture
9 24 (21.05%) Roadmaps
10 22 (19.30%) Identity Management
11 21 (18.42%) Cryptography
11 21 (18.42%) Practice Management
12 18 (15.79%) Coaching
12 18 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (14.91%) Business Development
13 17 (14.91%) Customer-Centricity
13 17 (14.91%) Desktop Virtualisation
13 17 (14.91%) Digital Thinking
13 17 (14.91%) Network Architecture
13 17 (14.91%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) Python
2 7 (6.14%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.51%) SQL
3 4 (3.51%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.63%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) C#
5 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (28.95%) CISSP
2 30 (26.32%) CISM
3 23 (20.18%) Degree
3 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
4 18 (15.79%) Azure Certification
5 17 (14.91%) AWS Certification
6 16 (14.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (11.40%) OSCP
8 10 (8.77%) CRISC
9 9 (7.89%) GIAC
9 9 (7.89%) ISSMP
10 7 (6.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (5.26%) CCSP
11 6 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (4.39%) A+ Certification
12 5 (4.39%) ISACA
12 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (4.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) COBIT
2 15 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (12.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (10.53%) NIST
5 11 (9.65%) PCI DSS
5 11 (9.65%) SLA
6 10 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (4.39%) IASME
7 5 (4.39%) QA
8 2 (1.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (32.46%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (16.67%) SCCM
2 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (8.77%) Nessus
4 9 (7.89%) Ansible
5 7 (6.14%) Nexpose
6 5 (4.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.88%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.88%) Nmap
8 1 (0.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 60 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 24 (21.05%) VMware
3 20 (17.54%) Qualys
4 9 (7.89%) Alibaba
4 9 (7.89%) Google
5 7 (6.14%) Cisco
6 6 (5.26%) Draytek
7 5 (4.39%) Citrix
7 5 (4.39%) ConnectWise
8 4 (3.51%) iManage
8 4 (3.51%) Intapp
8 4 (3.51%) LexisNexis
8 4 (3.51%) Splunk
8 4 (3.51%) Varonis
9 1 (0.88%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.88%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.88%) IBM
9 1 (0.88%) Marketo
9 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.88%) Rapid7