Threat Detection Jobs in England

Threat Detection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 778 992
Rank change year-on-year +22 +214 -169
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 109 123 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 82 79 156
10th Percentile £36,375 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £67,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £84,625 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Threat Detection 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in England

Threat Detection
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +104 44 £65,000 -7.14% 19
South East +5 26 £42,500 -24.44% 1
North of England +29 22 £53,750 -8.14% 13
North West -9 14 £50,000 -1.23% 12
South West -30 9 £52,500 -11.80% 3
Yorkshire +66 8 £75,996 +10.42% 1
East of England +2 6 £43,750 -37.50% 1
Midlands -23 1 £77,500 +10.71% 3
West Midlands -24 1 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.85%) Azure
2 18 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.26%) AWS
4 6 (5.50%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.67%) Azure Event Grid
6 4 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.67%) Azure Storage
6 4 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.67%) IaaS
6 4 (3.67%) PaaS
6 4 (3.67%) SaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.83%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.83%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.83%) GitHub
8 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 51 (46.79%) Firewall
2 17 (15.60%) Network Security
3 13 (11.93%) DNS
4 12 (11.01%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.42%) Internet
6 4 (3.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.75%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (2.75%) VPN
7 3 (2.75%) WAN
8 2 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.83%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.83%) DHCP
8 2 (1.83%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.83%) SSL
9 1 (0.92%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.92%) LAN
9 1 (0.92%) SAN
9 1 (0.92%) SMTP
9 1 (0.92%) VLAN
9 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.75%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (30.28%) Finance
4 5 (4.59%) Legal
4 5 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Banking
5 4 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.67%) International Banking
6 1 (0.92%) Law
6 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (61.47%) Analyst
2 37 (33.94%) Security Analyst
3 30 (27.52%) Senior
4 26 (23.85%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (20.18%) IT Analyst
6 21 (19.27%) IT Security Analyst
7 18 (16.51%) Senior Security Analyst
8 15 (13.76%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (13.76%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 11 (10.09%) Security Engineer
10 10 (9.17%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (6.42%) Architect
11 7 (6.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (5.50%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (5.50%) Vulnerability Analyst
13 5 (4.59%) SOC Engineer
14 4 (3.67%) Automation Engineer
14 4 (3.67%) Banking Analyst
14 4 (3.67%) Systems Analyst
14 4 (3.67%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) ARM Templates
1 4 (3.67%) YAML
2 2 (1.83%) HTML
2 2 (1.83%) OAuth
2 2 (1.83%) OpenID
2 2 (1.83%) SAML
3 1 (0.92%) .NET
3 1 (0.92%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (9.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (8.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (8.26%) Cyberattack
3 9 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.26%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (8.26%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.67%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (3.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.83%) PKI
7 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.18%) Windows
2 8 (7.34%) Linux
3 7 (6.42%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (77.98%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (56.88%) Incident Response
3 52 (47.71%) SIEM
4 41 (37.61%) Security Operations
5 30 (27.52%) Threat Intelligence
6 29 (26.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 27 (24.77%) Security Management
8 23 (21.10%) Incident Management
8 23 (21.10%) Security Monitoring
9 22 (20.18%) Change Management
9 22 (20.18%) Information Security
9 22 (20.18%) Penetration Testing
10 21 (19.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (14.68%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (13.76%) Application Security
13 15 (13.76%) Privileged Access Management
14 14 (12.84%) Patch Management
14 14 (12.84%) Risk Assessment
14 14 (12.84%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.26%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.59%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (3.67%) Bicep
3 4 (3.67%) Java
4 3 (2.75%) C#
5 2 (1.83%) Python
5 2 (1.83%) SQL
6 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 37 (33.94%) CISSP
2 13 (11.93%) Degree
3 12 (11.01%) GIAC
4 10 (9.17%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.50%) CEH
5 6 (5.50%) CISM
6 5 (4.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.67%) CCSP
7 4 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.67%) CRISC
7 4 (3.67%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.75%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.83%) GCFA
9 2 (1.83%) GCFE
9 2 (1.83%) OSCP
10 1 (0.92%) CEPT
10 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (32.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.84%) NIST
3 8 (7.34%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.67%) QA
5 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.83%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.83%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.92%) GDPR
6 1 (0.92%) GxP
6 1 (0.92%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (22.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.92%) Docker
4 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.92%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (11.01%) WSUS
2 6 (5.50%) QRadar
3 5 (4.59%) Terraform
4 3 (2.75%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (1.83%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.92%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.92%) SCCM
6 1 (0.92%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.17%) Splunk
3 9 (8.26%) IBM
4 5 (4.59%) Cisco
5 4 (3.67%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.67%) WatchGuard
6 3 (2.75%) McAfee
6 3 (2.75%) Qualys
6 3 (2.75%) VMware
7 2 (1.83%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.83%) Varonis
8 1 (0.92%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.92%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.92%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.92%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.92%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.92%) Okta
8 1 (0.92%) Symantec
8 1 (0.92%) Tripwire