Threat Detection Jobs

Threat Detection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 791 811 982
Rank change year-on-year +20 +171 -126
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 116 136 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 88 92 195
10th Percentile £37,125 £38,910 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68,731 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,375 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +13.38% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the UK

Threat Detection
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the UK 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
England +22 109 £55,000 -18.52% 38
UK excluding London -41 69 £52,500 -11.80% 28
London +104 44 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Work from Home +16 33 £62,425 -9.30% 27
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
Scotland -69 5 £66,500 -21.76% 6
Midlands -23 1 £77,500 +10.71% 3
West Midlands -24 1 £77,500 +10.71% 1

Threat Detection
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 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.86%) Azure
2 19 (16.38%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.76%) AWS
4 7 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.03%) Azure Storage
4 7 (6.03%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.17%) Azure Event Grid
5 6 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.31%) IaaS
6 5 (4.31%) PaaS
6 5 (4.31%) SaaS
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.72%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.72%) GitHub
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 52 (44.83%) Firewall
2 17 (14.66%) Network Security
3 13 (11.21%) DNS
4 12 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.03%) Internet
6 6 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.59%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (2.59%) VPN
7 3 (2.59%) WAN
8 2 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.72%) DHCP
8 2 (1.72%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.72%) SSL
9 1 (0.86%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.86%) LAN
9 1 (0.86%) SAN
9 1 (0.86%) SMTP
9 1 (0.86%) VLAN
9 1 (0.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 41 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 37 (31.90%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (31.03%) Finance
4 8 (6.90%) Legal
5 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Banking
6 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.45%) International Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (58.62%) Analyst
2 38 (32.76%) Security Analyst
3 30 (25.86%) Senior
4 26 (22.41%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (18.97%) IT Analyst
6 21 (18.10%) IT Security Analyst
7 18 (15.52%) Senior Security Analyst
8 15 (12.93%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (12.93%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 11 (9.48%) Security Engineer
10 10 (8.62%) SOC Analyst
11 8 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 7 (6.03%) Architect
13 6 (5.17%) Automation Engineer
13 6 (5.17%) Operations Engineer
13 6 (5.17%) Vulnerability Analyst
14 5 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
14 5 (4.31%) SOC Engineer
15 4 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
15 4 (3.45%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) ARM Templates
1 6 (5.17%) YAML
2 2 (1.72%) HTML
2 2 (1.72%) OAuth
2 2 (1.72%) OpenID
2 2 (1.72%) SAML
3 1 (0.86%) .NET
3 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.66%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (9.48%) Management Information System
3 11 (9.48%) Security Posture
4 10 (8.62%) Cyberattack
5 9 (7.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (7.76%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.72%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.72%) PKI
9 1 (0.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.83%) Windows
2 8 (6.90%) Linux
3 7 (6.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (76.72%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (59.48%) Incident Response
3 54 (46.55%) SIEM
4 44 (37.93%) Security Operations
5 31 (26.72%) Threat Intelligence
6 30 (25.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 28 (24.14%) Security Management
8 25 (21.55%) Incident Management
8 25 (21.55%) Security Monitoring
9 24 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
10 23 (19.83%) Information Security
10 23 (19.83%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 22 (18.97%) Change Management
12 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (15.52%) Vulnerability Management
14 15 (12.93%) Application Security
14 15 (12.93%) Privileged Access Management
14 15 (12.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (12.07%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (5.17%) Bicep
4 4 (3.45%) Java
5 3 (2.59%) C#
6 2 (1.72%) Python
6 2 (1.72%) SQL
7 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (34.48%) CISSP
2 15 (12.93%) Degree
3 14 (12.07%) GIAC
4 10 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.76%) CISM
6 6 (5.17%) CEH
7 5 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.45%) CCSP
8 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.45%) CRISC
8 4 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.72%) GCFA
10 2 (1.72%) GCFE
10 2 (1.72%) OSCP
11 1 (0.86%) CEPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (32.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (14.66%) NIST
3 8 (6.90%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.45%) QA
5 3 (2.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.72%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.86%) GxP
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.86%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (6.03%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.86%) Docker
4 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.86%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (10.34%) WSUS
2 7 (6.03%) Terraform
3 6 (5.17%) QRadar
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.59%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.86%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.86%) SCCM
6 1 (0.86%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.62%) Splunk
3 9 (7.76%) IBM
4 5 (4.31%) Cisco
5 4 (3.45%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.45%) WatchGuard
6 3 (2.59%) McAfee
6 3 (2.59%) Qualys
6 3 (2.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.72%) Varonis
8 1 (0.86%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.86%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.86%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.86%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.86%) Okta
8 1 (0.86%) Symantec
8 1 (0.86%) Tripwire