Threat Detection Job Trends in West London

Threat Detection
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 7 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.78% - 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £65,000 - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £95,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £97,500 - -
London median annual salary £86,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% +23.08% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West London

Threat Detection 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 in West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 357 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 71.54% 95.71% 93.35%
Number of salaries quoted 345 160 340
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,633 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year - +5.63% -5.33%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat Detection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in West London

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in West London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in West London

Threat Detection
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the West London region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Wembley - 4 £90,000 - 1
Hillingdon - 2 £50,000 - 1
Threat Detection
London

Threat Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) French Language
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Security Manager
2 3 (42.86%) IT Manager
2 3 (42.86%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Information
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) OpenID
1 4 (57.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
3 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
3 5 (71.43%) Data Security
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
4 4 (57.14%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (57.14%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
4 4 (57.14%) Data Transformation
4 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) AI
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) GDPR
2 5 (71.43%) GRC
2 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) SOC 2