Threat Modelling Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Threat Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 425 681
Rank change year-on-year -55 +256 -167
Permanent jobs citing Threat Modelling 102 77 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.29% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.32% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 61 37 34
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +36.17% -9.27%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 - £76,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Threat Modelling 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,121 24,374 56,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 72.41% 91.20% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,125 13,880 40,703
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Threat Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Threat Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Threat Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Threat Modelling

Threat Modelling
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Modelling in the UK excluding London

Threat Modelling
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Modelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. 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
North of England -29 28 £74,481 +3.46% 17
South West -44 22 £85,000 -8.11% 8
North West -10 19 £64,500 -30.27% 13
South East -55 14 £72,500 - 15
West Midlands -24 13 £82,500 +57.14% 2
Midlands -46 13 £82,500 +57.14% 2
Scotland -15 11 £85,000 -10.53% 1
East of England -30 9 £82,500 - 5
Yorkshire - 9 £87,500 - 4
Wales - 5 - - 4
Threat Modelling
UK

Threat Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (4.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) Azure
2 24 (23.53%) AWS
3 18 (17.65%) GitHub
4 16 (15.69%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (12.75%) Serverless
6 4 (3.92%) GCP
6 4 (3.92%) SaaS
7 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.98%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.98%) IaaS
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.98%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) Firewall
1 9 (8.82%) Network Security
2 5 (4.90%) DMZ
3 4 (3.92%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.96%) Broadband
5 1 (0.98%) Internet
5 1 (0.98%) LTE
5 1 (0.98%) Modbus
5 1 (0.98%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 13 (12.75%) Snyk
3 2 (1.96%) GitLab
4 1 (0.98%) GDB
4 1 (0.98%) Git
4 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.98%) WinDbg
4 1 (0.98%) Yeoman
General
1 32 (31.37%) Finance
2 19 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.84%) Legal
7 3 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.94%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.94%) Japanese Language
7 3 (2.94%) Law
7 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Automotive
8 2 (1.96%) Avionics
8 2 (1.96%) Games
9 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (40.20%) Architect
2 37 (36.27%) Security Architect
3 25 (24.51%) Security Engineer
4 17 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
5 16 (15.69%) Senior
6 13 (12.75%) Cloud Architect
6 13 (12.75%) Cloud Security Architect
6 13 (12.75%) Senior Architect
6 13 (12.75%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 13 (12.75%) Senior Security Architect
7 10 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 9 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 9 (8.82%) Security Manager
9 8 (7.84%) Consultant
10 7 (6.86%) Lead
11 6 (5.88%) Principal Architect
12 5 (4.90%) Information Manager
12 5 (4.90%) Information Security Manager
13 4 (3.92%) Analyst
13 4 (3.92%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) .NET
1 3 (2.94%) Backbone.js
1 3 (2.94%) Node.js
1 3 (2.94%) React
2 2 (1.96%) GraphQL
2 2 (1.96%) REST
2 2 (1.96%) SOAP
3 1 (0.98%) JWT
3 1 (0.98%) OAuth
3 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.63%) Security Posture
2 13 (12.75%) Data Centre
3 11 (10.78%) Cloud Native
3 11 (10.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (10.78%) PKI
4 8 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.90%) Blog
6 5 (4.90%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.96%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.98%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.86%) Linux
2 5 (4.90%) Windows
3 4 (3.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (60.78%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (47.06%) Application Security
3 43 (42.16%) Security Architecture
4 37 (36.27%) Security Testing
5 34 (33.33%) Cloud Security
6 29 (28.43%) SDLC
7 26 (25.49%) CI/CD
8 24 (23.53%) AI
9 23 (22.55%) Roadmaps
10 21 (20.59%) Penetration Testing
11 20 (19.61%) DevSecOps
12 19 (18.63%) Validation
13 17 (16.67%) TOGAF
14 16 (15.69%) IT Strategy
14 16 (15.69%) Strategic Roadmap
14 16 (15.69%) Technology Transformation
15 15 (14.71%) Cryptography
15 15 (14.71%) Incident Response
15 15 (14.71%) SIEM
16 14 (13.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.59%) PowerShell
1 21 (20.59%) Python
2 19 (18.63%) Bash
3 3 (2.94%) C#
3 3 (2.94%) C++
4 2 (1.96%) C
Qualifications
1 40 (39.22%) CISSP
2 22 (21.57%) CISM
3 16 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 14 (13.73%) CREST Certified
4 14 (13.73%) SANS
5 11 (10.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 11 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (8.82%) CCSP
7 8 (7.84%) DV Cleared
7 8 (7.84%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.90%) AWS Certification
8 5 (4.90%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (3.92%) CEH
9 4 (3.92%) GIAC
9 4 (3.92%) GREM
9 4 (3.92%) OSCP
10 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.96%) CISA
11 2 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (40.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (36.27%) NIST
3 32 (31.37%) GDPR
4 25 (24.51%) GRC
5 20 (19.61%) PCI DSS
6 17 (16.67%) NCSC
7 16 (15.69%) Accessibility
8 7 (6.86%) JSP 440
9 6 (5.88%) SOC 2
10 5 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.98%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.98%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (12.75%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.96%) Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 4 (3.92%) QRadar
1 4 (3.92%) Terraform
2 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.96%) Ansible
3 2 (1.96%) CASB
4 1 (0.98%) Fluentd
4 1 (0.98%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.98%) Nessus
4 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (19.61%) CrowdStrike
2 13 (12.75%) Palo Alto
2 13 (12.75%) Tenable
3 6 (5.88%) Splunk
4 5 (4.90%) SAP
5 4 (3.92%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.96%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.98%) Cribl.io
7 1 (0.98%) Google
7 1 (0.98%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce