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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 550 1170
Rank change year-on-year -295 +620 -297
Permanent jobs citing Threat Analysis 66 517 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.50% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.52% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 43 66 24
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,068
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,563 £39,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,313 £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 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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 4 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 4 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 -317 47 £47,500 +18.75% 6
Work from Home +102 45 £55,000 +37.50% 3
England -276 41 £55,000 -7.56% 8
London +38 19 £65,000 -23.53% 3
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 1
Scotland -79 12 £45,000 -
North of England -151 12 £42,500 +6.25%
North East 0 8 £42,500 +6.75%
South West -25 5 £50,000 - 2
Midlands -77 4 £50,000 -21.88% 2
East Midlands -26 3 £50,000 +5.26% 1
North West -126 3 £35,000 -41.67%
Yorkshire +30 1 £62,500 +78.57%
South East +3 1 £55,000 -2.22% 1
West Midlands -64 1 - - 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 (7.58%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (39.39%) AWS
2 21 (31.82%) Azure
3 12 (18.18%) GCP
4 10 (15.15%) SaaS
5 6 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (45.45%) Firewall
2 23 (34.85%) TCP/IP
3 17 (25.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (9.09%) HTTP
5 6 (9.09%) MQTT
6 3 (4.55%) BGP
6 3 (4.55%) DNS
6 3 (4.55%) SAN
7 2 (3.03%) LAN
7 2 (3.03%) Unified Communications
7 2 (3.03%) WLAN
8 1 (1.52%) 802.11
8 1 (1.52%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.52%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.55%) Redis
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.03%) Power BI
3 2 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (1.52%) Automotive
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber-Physical System
5 1 (1.52%) Legal
5 1 (1.52%) Military
5 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Senior
2 14 (21.21%) Senior Software Engineer
2 14 (21.21%) Software Engineer
3 12 (18.18%) Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Security Analyst
4 11 (16.67%) Lead
5 9 (13.64%) Principal Engineer
5 9 (13.64%) Principal Software Engineer
5 9 (13.64%) Senior Windows Engineer
5 9 (13.64%) Windows Engineer
6 8 (12.12%) Network Specialist
7 6 (9.09%) Architect
7 6 (9.09%) Software Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Compliance Analyst
8 5 (7.58%) Information Analyst
8 5 (7.58%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (7.58%) Security Compliance Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Consultant
10 2 (3.03%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.67%) Web Services
2 6 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 6 (9.09%) Kafka
2 6 (9.09%) Node.js
2 6 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
2 6 (9.09%) RESTful
3 5 (7.58%) FFmpeg
3 5 (7.58%) GStreamer
3 5 (7.58%) OpenCV
3 5 (7.58%) REST
4 3 (4.55%) .NET
4 3 (4.55%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.52%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Cloud Native
1 9 (13.64%) Virtual Team
2 7 (10.61%) IoT
3 5 (7.58%) Video\Live Streaming
4 3 (4.55%) Clustering
4 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.55%) PKI
4 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.52%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.52%) CESG
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.52%) SCADA
6 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.79%) Linux
2 13 (19.70%) Windows
3 10 (15.15%) Mac OS
4 5 (7.58%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (33.33%) Information Security
3 21 (31.82%) SIEM
4 20 (30.30%) Analytics
4 20 (30.30%) Software Engineering
5 14 (21.21%) Computer Science
5 14 (21.21%) Multithreading
6 12 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (16.67%) Computer Vision
7 11 (16.67%) Deep Learning
7 11 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
7 11 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
8 10 (15.15%) Agile
9 9 (13.64%) Computer Security
9 9 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 9 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
9 9 (13.64%) TDD
9 9 (13.64%) Test Automation
9 9 (13.64%) Threat Detection
9 9 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.18%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) SQL
3 6 (9.09%) Bash
4 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (22.73%) Degree
2 11 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 11 (16.67%) PhD
3 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
4 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.52%) CEH
6 1 (1.52%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.52%) CISM
6 1 (1.52%) CISSP
6 1 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) ECSA
6 1 (1.52%) GCFA
6 1 (1.52%) GCIA
6 1 (1.52%) GCIH
6 1 (1.52%) GIAC
6 1 (1.52%) GPEN
6 1 (1.52%) GREM
6 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) QA
2 9 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (9.09%) SOC 2
4 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (4.55%) NIST
6 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.52%) GDPR
6 1 (1.52%) GRC
6 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.58%) Docker
1 5 (7.58%) Firmware
1 5 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.55%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) SCOM
2 3 (4.55%) SCOrch
2 3 (4.55%) vMotion
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) VMware
2 10 (15.15%) Cisco
3 9 (13.64%) Dell
4 8 (12.12%) Aruba
4 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
4 8 (12.12%) Palo Alto
5 6 (9.09%) Google
6 4 (6.06%) Splunk
7 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.03%) Meraki