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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 826 969
Rank change year-on-year +53 +143 -102
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 111 149 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 83 97 199
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,710 £41,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -6.12%
75th Percentile £67,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £91,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% +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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 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
England +52 101 £55,000 -18.52% 37
UK excluding London -29 65 £50,000 -16.00% 28
London +93 43 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Work from Home +51 33 £58,750 -14.64% 25
South East +18 25 £42,500 -26.09% 3
North of England +26 17 £50,000 -13.04% 12
North West -9 12 £50,000 -9.09% 8
South West -27 8 £52,500 -11.80% 2
Scotland -67 8 £53,000 -37.65% 5
East of England +8 6 £43,750 -27.08% 3
Yorkshire +82 5 £66,959 -2.71% 4
West Midlands +3 1 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Midlands -17 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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.62%) Azure
2 19 (17.12%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.01%) SaaS
4 9 (8.11%) AWS
5 6 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.50%) IaaS
6 5 (4.50%) PaaS
7 2 (1.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.80%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.80%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.80%) GitHub
8 1 (0.90%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.90%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 51 (45.95%) Firewall
2 17 (15.32%) Network Security
3 13 (11.71%) DNS
4 12 (10.81%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.31%) Internet
6 6 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (2.70%) VPN
7 3 (2.70%) WAN
8 2 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.80%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.80%) DHCP
8 2 (1.80%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.80%) SSL
9 1 (0.90%) IMAP
9 1 (0.90%) NAS
9 1 (0.90%) SAN
9 1 (0.90%) SSH
9 1 (0.90%) VLAN
9 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Git
1 1 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 37 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 36 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (27.03%) Finance
4 8 (7.21%) Legal
5 5 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.60%) Banking
6 4 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.60%) International Banking
7 2 (1.80%) Law
8 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (60.36%) Analyst
2 38 (34.23%) Security Analyst
3 35 (31.53%) Senior
4 26 (23.42%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (19.82%) IT Analyst
6 21 (18.92%) IT Security Analyst
7 18 (16.22%) Senior Security Analyst
8 15 (13.51%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (13.51%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 10 (9.01%) Security Engineer
9 10 (9.01%) SOC Analyst
10 8 (7.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (6.31%) Architect
12 6 (5.41%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (5.41%) Vulnerability Analyst
13 5 (4.50%) Principal Engineer
13 5 (4.50%) Principal Software Engineer
13 5 (4.50%) Senior Windows Engineer
13 5 (4.50%) Software Engineer
13 5 (4.50%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.80%) HTML
1 2 (1.80%) OAuth
1 2 (1.80%) OpenID
1 2 (1.80%) SAML
2 1 (0.90%) .NET
2 1 (0.90%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.90%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.90%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.90%) LDAP
2 1 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.32%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (9.01%) Cyberattack
3 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
3 10 (9.01%) Security Posture
4 8 (7.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 8 (7.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.50%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.50%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.80%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.80%) PKI
9 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.23%) Windows
2 13 (11.71%) Linux
3 7 (6.31%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (83.78%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (54.95%) Incident Response
3 52 (46.85%) SIEM
4 43 (38.74%) Security Operations
5 34 (30.63%) Threat Intelligence
6 33 (29.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 28 (25.23%) Security Management
8 24 (21.62%) Incident Management
8 24 (21.62%) Penetration Testing
9 22 (19.82%) Change Management
9 22 (19.82%) Security Monitoring
9 22 (19.82%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 21 (18.92%) Information Security
11 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (15.32%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (13.51%) Analytics
12 15 (13.51%) Application Security
12 15 (13.51%) Privileged Access Management
12 15 (13.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 14 (12.61%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.31%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.60%) Java
3 3 (2.70%) C#
4 2 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.80%) Python
4 2 (1.80%) SQL
5 1 (0.90%) Bicep
5 1 (0.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (35.14%) CISSP
2 14 (12.61%) Degree
3 13 (11.71%) GIAC
4 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.21%) CISM
6 6 (5.41%) CEH
7 5 (4.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.60%) CCSP
8 4 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.60%) CRISC
9 3 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.70%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.80%) GCFA
10 2 (1.80%) GCFE
10 2 (1.80%) OSCP
11 1 (0.90%) CEPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (13.51%) NIST
3 8 (7.21%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.60%) QA
5 3 (2.70%) GDPR
6 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.80%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.90%) GxP
7 1 (0.90%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.90%) NCSC
7 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (20.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.90%) Docker
4 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.90%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) WSUS
2 6 (5.41%) QRadar
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.70%) Stealthwatch
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.80%) Terraform
5 1 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.90%) DatAdvantage
5 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.90%) SCCM
5 1 (0.90%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (27.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Splunk
3 9 (8.11%) IBM
4 5 (4.50%) Cisco
4 5 (4.50%) Dell
5 4 (3.60%) LogRhythm
6 3 (2.70%) McAfee
6 3 (2.70%) Qualys
6 3 (2.70%) VMware
6 3 (2.70%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.80%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.80%) Varonis
8 1 (0.90%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.90%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.90%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.90%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.90%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.90%) Okta
8 1 (0.90%) Tripwire