Threat Detection Jobs in England

Threat Detection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 782 986
Rank change year-on-year +33 +204 -152
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 114 112 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 83 79 157
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,030 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,823 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +8.38% +15.45%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £68,823 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.08% +14.71% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Threat Detection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
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 £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 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 12 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 +87 45 £65,000 -7.14% 13
South East -10 28 £42,500 -22.73% 4
North of England +11 23 £57,500 -3.40% 11
North West -26 15 £50,000 +8.13% 10
South West -43 10 £52,500 -11.80% 3
Yorkshire +71 8 £80,000 +16.24% 1
East of England -7 6 £43,750 -37.50% 3
West Midlands -19 1 £77,500 +10.71% 3
Midlands -46 1 £77,500 +10.71% 5
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 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.44%) Azure
2 18 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.65%) AWS
4 7 (6.14%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Event Grid
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Storage
6 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.39%) IaaS
7 4 (3.51%) PaaS
7 4 (3.51%) SaaS
8 3 (2.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (2.63%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (2.63%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.75%) GitHub
10 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.88%) GCP
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 50 (43.86%) Firewall
2 17 (14.91%) Network Security
3 13 (11.40%) DNS
4 12 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.14%) Internet
6 4 (3.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.75%) DHCP
7 2 (1.75%) SSL
8 1 (0.88%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.88%) IMAP
8 1 (0.88%) LAN
8 1 (0.88%) NAS
8 1 (0.88%) SAN
8 1 (0.88%) SMTP
8 1 (0.88%) SSH
8 1 (0.88%) VLAN
8 1 (0.88%) VoIP
8 1 (0.88%) VPN
8 1 (0.88%) WAN
8 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Git
2 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 39 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 36 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (30.70%) Finance
4 5 (4.39%) Legal
4 5 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.51%) Banking
5 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.51%) International Banking
6 2 (1.75%) Advertising
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 66 (57.89%) Analyst
2 37 (32.46%) Security Analyst
3 29 (25.44%) Senior
4 26 (22.81%) Senior Analyst
5 21 (18.42%) IT Analyst
5 21 (18.42%) IT Security Analyst
6 18 (15.79%) Senior Security Analyst
7 15 (13.16%) CISSP Analyst
7 15 (13.16%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 10 (8.77%) Security Engineer
8 10 (8.77%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Architect
9 7 (6.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 5 (4.39%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) SOC Engineer
12 4 (3.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 4 (3.51%) Cyber Threat Specialist
12 4 (3.51%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.26%) ARM Templates
2 5 (4.39%) YAML
3 3 (2.63%) OAuth
3 3 (2.63%) OpenID
3 3 (2.63%) SAML
4 1 (0.88%) .NET
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.88%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (9.65%) Security Posture
4 10 (8.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (7.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (7.89%) Cyberattack
5 9 (7.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.05%) Windows
2 10 (8.77%) Linux
3 9 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.75%) Rocky
4 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (76.32%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (57.89%) Incident Response
3 54 (47.37%) SIEM
4 47 (41.23%) Security Operations
5 32 (28.07%) Threat Intelligence
6 31 (27.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 27 (23.68%) Security Management
8 25 (21.93%) Information Security
9 24 (21.05%) Security Monitoring
10 23 (20.18%) Incident Management
10 23 (20.18%) Penetration Testing
10 23 (20.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 22 (19.30%) Change Management
12 20 (17.54%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (13.16%) Application Security
14 15 (13.16%) Patch Management
14 15 (13.16%) Privileged Access Management
14 15 (13.16%) Risk Assessment
14 15 (13.16%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.65%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (4.39%) Bicep
4 4 (3.51%) Java
4 4 (3.51%) Python
5 2 (1.75%) Bash
6 1 (0.88%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (35.09%) CISSP
2 16 (14.04%) Degree
3 13 (11.40%) GIAC
4 9 (7.89%) CISM
4 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.26%) CEH
6 5 (4.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.51%) CCSP
7 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.51%) CRISC
8 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.75%) GCFA
9 2 (1.75%) GCFE
9 2 (1.75%) OSCP
9 2 (1.75%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.88%) CEPT
10 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (34.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (14.91%) NIST
3 10 (8.77%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.51%) NIST 800
4 4 (3.51%) QA
5 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.63%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.88%) GxP
6 1 (0.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) Docker
4 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (10.53%) WSUS
2 6 (5.26%) QRadar
2 6 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) DatAdvantage
4 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.88%) SCCM
4 1 (0.88%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.88%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.89%) IBM
3 7 (6.14%) Splunk
4 4 (3.51%) LogRhythm
4 4 (3.51%) WatchGuard
5 3 (2.63%) McAfee
5 3 (2.63%) Qualys
5 3 (2.63%) VMware
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco
6 2 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.75%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.75%) Varonis
7 1 (0.88%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.88%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.88%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.88%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.88%) Infoblox
7 1 (0.88%) Symantec
7 1 (0.88%) Tripwire