Threat Modelling Contracts

Threat Modelling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Modelling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Modelling 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 398 490 579
Rank change year-on-year +92 +89 -41
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 184 194 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.34% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 122 178
10th Percentile £463 £478 £513
25th Percentile £508 £545 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £647 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% +3.52% +5.04%
75th Percentile £755 £748 £738
90th Percentile £823 £837 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £606 £625
% change year-on-year -5.12% -3.04% +7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £42.00
25th Percentile £81.75 £71.20 £45.00
Median hourly rate £83.50 £74.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.84% +48.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £85.25 £74.79 -
90th Percentile - £89.92 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year +12.84% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Modelling 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 Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Modelling in the UK

Threat Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Modelling in the UK

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Modelling in the UK

Threat Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Threat Modelling in the UK

Threat Modelling
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Modelling 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 +105 150 £600 -14.29% 75
UK excluding London +76 92 £575 -5.12% 43
London +94 77 £653 -9.06% 32
Work from Home +82 53 £575 -4.17% 37
South East +39 44 £575 -11.54% 18
Scotland +45 23 £575 - 2
South West +19 11 £600 - 4
North of England +25 6 £575 -5.12% 10
Midlands +13 5 £571 -11.34% 7
East Midlands +9 4 £567 -8.84%
Yorkshire +21 3 - - 1
North West +12 3 £575 -5.12% 9
East of England +7 3 £750 -9.09% 2
West Midlands +6 1 £575 -20.69% 7

Threat Modelling
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 2 (1.09%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.17%) Simulink
3 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.17%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.11%) Azure
2 32 (17.39%) AWS
3 20 (10.87%) GCP
4 11 (5.98%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (3.80%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.17%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.09%) SaaS
11 1 (0.54%) Cloud Functions
11 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.61%) Network Security
2 11 (5.98%) Firewall
3 5 (2.72%) SSL
4 4 (2.17%) SCCP
5 3 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.63%) SAN
6 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.09%) WAN
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.54%) HTTP
7 1 (0.54%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.54%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.54%) LAN
7 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.54%) MySQL
3 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (7.07%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.98%) GitLab
3 4 (2.17%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.63%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.09%) JIRA
6 1 (0.54%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.54%) Git
6 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 45 (24.46%) Finance
2 37 (20.11%) Aerospace
3 26 (14.13%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.61%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.52%) Banking
6 9 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Front Office
7 6 (3.26%) Military
8 3 (1.63%) Automotive
8 3 (1.63%) Retail
9 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.09%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.54%) Electronics
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (30.43%) Architect
2 55 (29.89%) Security Architect
3 20 (10.87%) Consultant
3 20 (10.87%) Security Consultant
4 18 (9.78%) Security Engineer
5 17 (9.24%) Applications Architect
6 16 (8.70%) Analyst
6 16 (8.70%) Senior
7 11 (5.98%) Security Analyst
8 8 (4.35%) Lead
8 8 (4.35%) Security Advisor
9 7 (3.80%) AWS Architect
9 7 (3.80%) AWS Security Architect
9 7 (3.80%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 7 (3.80%) Security Specialist
10 6 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 6 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 6 (3.26%) Information Architect
10 6 (3.26%) Information Security Architect
10 6 (3.26%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.17%) Kafka
1 4 (2.17%) OAuth
1 4 (2.17%) PyTorch
1 4 (2.17%) scikit-learn
1 4 (2.17%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.63%) OpenID
2 3 (1.63%) SAML
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.54%) JSON
3 1 (0.54%) JWT
3 1 (0.54%) RESTful
3 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (11.96%) Management Information System
3 20 (10.87%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 7 (3.80%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.26%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.26%) PKI
7 4 (2.17%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.54%) CSOC
10 1 (0.54%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.54%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.70%) Windows
2 8 (4.35%) Linux
3 5 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.63%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.24%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (26.63%) Information Security
3 42 (22.83%) Application Security
4 41 (22.28%) CI/CD
5 40 (21.74%) Penetration Testing
6 34 (18.48%) Cloud Security
7 32 (17.39%) Agile
7 32 (17.39%) Static Application Security Testing
8 30 (16.30%) DevOps
9 29 (15.76%) Risk Management
10 27 (14.67%) DevSecOps
10 27 (14.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 23 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
11 23 (12.50%) Security Operations
12 22 (11.96%) Security Architecture
13 21 (11.41%) Vulnerability Management
14 18 (9.78%) Secure Coding
15 17 (9.24%) Computer Science
15 17 (9.24%) SDLC
16 16 (8.70%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.89%) C++
2 8 (4.35%) Java
3 7 (3.80%) Python
4 4 (2.17%) C#
4 4 (2.17%) MATLAB
4 4 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.09%) C
6 1 (0.54%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.54%) R
6 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 53 (28.80%) SC Cleared
3 45 (24.46%) CISSP
4 30 (16.30%) Degree
5 25 (13.59%) CISM
6 14 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (5.43%) CISA
8 9 (4.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 9 (4.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 8 (4.35%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (3.80%) GSEC
10 7 (3.80%) MCSE
10 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.80%) OSCP
11 6 (3.26%) CRISC
11 6 (3.26%) GREM
12 4 (2.17%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.17%) CLAS
12 4 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (11.41%) NIST
3 11 (5.98%) QA
4 10 (5.43%) NCSC
5 8 (4.35%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.80%) GDPR
7 6 (3.26%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (2.17%) COBIT
8 4 (2.17%) ISO 31000
9 3 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (1.09%) COSO
10 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (1.09%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.54%) GRC
11 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.72%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (9.24%) Terraform
2 5 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.72%) Nessus
2 5 (2.72%) SCCM
3 2 (1.09%) HP Fortify
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.54%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) CASB
4 1 (0.54%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (8.70%) Google
1 16 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.35%) SAP
3 5 (2.72%) Qualys
4 4 (2.17%) Unisys
5 3 (1.63%) Oracle
5 3 (1.63%) Sparx
6 2 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.09%) Cisco
6 2 (1.09%) Cybereason
6 2 (1.09%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.09%) Splunk
7 1 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.54%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.54%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.54%) IBM
7 1 (0.54%) Intel
7 1 (0.54%) Varonis