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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 414 656
Rank change year-on-year -47 +242 -150
Permanent jobs citing Threat Modelling 83 87 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.32% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.35% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 51 38 36
10th Percentile £55,000 £44,282 £35,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +36.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 - £76,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

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 41,200 24,917 52,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 74.86% 91.98% 85.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,600 13,620 38,651
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £27,335
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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
South West -15 23 £86,250 -6.76% 10
South East -39 17 £95,000 +32.87% 11
Scotland -10 13 £87,500 -7.89% 1
North of England -38 13 £70,000 -23.29% 14
West Midlands -3 8 £82,500 +57.14% 5
East of England -9 8 £80,000 - 3
North West -11 8 £55,000 -39.73% 9
Midlands -46 8 £82,500 +57.14% 5
Yorkshire -41 5 £76,463 -23.54% 4
Wales - 2 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (44.58%) Azure
2 21 (25.30%) AWS
3 19 (22.89%) GitHub
3 19 (22.89%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.43%) PaaS
6 5 (6.02%) GCP
6 5 (6.02%) SaaS
7 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.41%) IaaS
9 1 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.20%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (1.20%) AWS KMS
9 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.20%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.07%) Firewall
2 11 (13.25%) Network Security
3 6 (7.23%) DMZ
4 4 (4.82%) Modbus
4 4 (4.82%) Wireshark
5 2 (2.41%) Broadband
5 2 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.41%) VPN
6 1 (1.20%) AMQP
6 1 (1.20%) HTTP
6 1 (1.20%) Internet
6 1 (1.20%) LTE
6 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (25.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.41%) GitLab
3 1 (1.20%) GDB
3 1 (1.20%) Git
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.20%) Snyk
3 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.20%) WinDbg
3 1 (1.20%) Yeoman
General
1 38 (45.78%) Finance
2 16 (19.28%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.02%) Legal
6 3 (3.61%) Law
6 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Automotive
7 2 (2.41%) Avionics
7 2 (2.41%) Games
7 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (37.35%) Security Engineer
2 22 (26.51%) Architect
3 19 (22.89%) Applications Engineer
4 18 (21.69%) Security Architect
5 10 (12.05%) Consultant
5 10 (12.05%) Lead
6 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Principal Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Principal Security Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Senior
8 4 (4.82%) Threat Hunter
9 3 (3.61%) Information Security Specialist
9 3 (3.61%) Information Specialist
9 3 (3.61%) Lead Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Lead Security Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) YAML
2 3 (3.61%) OAuth
3 2 (2.41%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.41%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.41%) REST
3 2 (2.41%) SOAP
4 1 (1.20%) .NET
4 1 (1.20%) Backbone.js
4 1 (1.20%) JWT
4 1 (1.20%) Node.js
4 1 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.69%) Security Posture
2 12 (14.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 12 (14.46%) PKI
3 11 (13.25%) Cloud Native
4 8 (9.64%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (7.23%) Blog
5 6 (7.23%) Operational Technology
6 5 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.82%) SCADA
8 3 (3.61%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (3.61%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (2.41%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.20%) DataPower
10 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.20%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.43%) Linux
2 5 (6.02%) Windows
3 4 (4.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (54.22%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (46.99%) Application Security
3 29 (34.94%) Security Architecture
4 28 (33.73%) Security Testing
5 27 (32.53%) Penetration Testing
6 22 (26.51%) Cloud Security
6 22 (26.51%) Roadmaps
7 20 (24.10%) SDLC
8 18 (21.69%) Strategic Roadmap
8 18 (21.69%) Technology Transformation
9 17 (20.48%) Risk Management
10 16 (19.28%) Mentoring
11 15 (18.07%) OWASP
12 14 (16.87%) CI/CD
12 14 (16.87%) Cryptography
13 12 (14.46%) DevOps
13 12 (14.46%) TOGAF
14 11 (13.25%) Information Security
14 11 (13.25%) SIEM
14 11 (13.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (38.55%) PowerShell
2 26 (31.33%) Python
3 24 (28.92%) Bash
4 3 (3.61%) C++
5 2 (2.41%) C
6 1 (1.20%) C#
6 1 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (48.19%) CISSP
2 20 (24.10%) Security Cleared
3 18 (21.69%) CISM
3 18 (21.69%) CREST Certified
3 18 (21.69%) SANS
4 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
4 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
5 9 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (10.84%) Degree
6 8 (9.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (9.64%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (7.23%) CCSP
8 5 (6.02%) AWS Certification
8 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
8 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
8 5 (6.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (4.82%) CEH
9 4 (4.82%) GIAC
9 4 (4.82%) GREM
9 4 (4.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (51.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (46.99%) NIST
3 25 (30.12%) GDPR
3 25 (30.12%) NCSC
4 18 (21.69%) Accessibility
5 17 (20.48%) PCI DSS
6 10 (12.05%) GRC
7 8 (9.64%) JSP 440
8 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (4.82%) NIST 800
11 3 (3.61%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
12 1 (1.20%) Def Stans
12 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
12 1 (1.20%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Firmware
2 1 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.82%) QRadar
1 4 (4.82%) Terraform
2 3 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) CASB
4 1 (1.20%) Fluentd
4 1 (1.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.23%) Splunk
3 4 (4.82%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.41%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.41%) Google
4 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.41%) SAP
5 1 (1.20%) Checkmarx
5 1 (1.20%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.20%) IBM
5 1 (1.20%) Qualys