Threat Analysis Contracts

Threat Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 667 794
Rank change year-on-year +132 +127 -86
Contract jobs citing Threat Analysis 44 17 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.030% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.034% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 22
10th Percentile £406 £445 £451
25th Percentile £419 £488 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +7.62% -4.33%
75th Percentile £647 £698 £683
90th Percentile £653 £875 £789
UK excluding London median daily rate £444 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -11.25% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Analysis over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Analysis in the UK

Threat Analysis
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +115 34 £538 -9.66% 11
London +111 19 £550 -28.44% 7
UK excluding London +56 16 £444 -11.25% 5
Work from Home +118 14 £569 -17.23% 3
West Midlands - 11 £438 -
Midlands - 11 £438 - 1
North of England +24 2 £538 -4.87% 1
North West +11 2 £538 -4.87% 1
South East +10 1 £675 +35.00% 2
Scotland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £550 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.09%) Firewall
2 3 (6.82%) Network Security
3 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (25.00%) Legal
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Electronics
5 1 (2.27%) Law
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.27%) Marketing
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) Analyst
2 15 (34.09%) SOC Analyst
3 13 (29.55%) Security Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Senior
5 6 (13.64%) Senior Security Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Architect
7 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Security Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 3 (6.82%) Consultant
8 3 (6.82%) Security Consultant
9 2 (4.55%) Administrator
9 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (4.55%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Splunk Administrator
10 1 (2.27%) Data Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Lead
10 1 (2.27%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (13.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (6.82%) Reference Data
5 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.27%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (2.27%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.27%) IoT
7 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.27%) Reinsurance
7 1 (2.27%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 16 (36.36%) Linux
2 11 (25.00%) Mac OS X
3 6 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (61.36%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (47.73%) SIEM
3 19 (43.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 17 (38.64%) Risk Management
5 14 (31.82%) Incident Management
6 12 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 11 (25.00%) Computer Forensics
7 11 (25.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
7 11 (25.00%) Purple Team
7 11 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
7 11 (25.00%) Security Operations
7 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (20.45%) Information Security
8 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 8 (18.18%) Incident Response
9 8 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (15.91%) Security Testing
10 7 (15.91%) Static Application Security Testing
10 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.27%) Bash
2 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) CISSP
4 7 (15.91%) Degree
4 7 (15.91%) GIAC
5 4 (9.09%) CEH
5 4 (9.09%) GCIH
6 3 (6.82%) GCIA
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.27%) CISM
8 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.27%) GPEN
8 1 (2.27%) GREM
8 1 (2.27%) GSEC
8 1 (2.27%) GWAPT
8 1 (2.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (31.82%) GDPR
2 14 (31.82%) HIPAA
2 14 (31.82%) NIST
3 11 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.27%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Functional Safety
2 3 (6.82%) CSIRT
2 3 (6.82%) Nessus
2 3 (6.82%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) BeyondTrust
2 3 (6.82%) Checkmarx
2 3 (6.82%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (6.82%) Oracle
2 3 (6.82%) Qualys
2 3 (6.82%) Veracode
3 2 (4.55%) Splunk
4 1 (2.27%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.27%) Cybereason
4 1 (2.27%) Google
4 1 (2.27%) Intel
4 1 (2.27%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.27%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.27%) Symantec
4 1 (2.27%) Zscaler