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 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 501 531
Rank change year-on-year +16 +30 +31
Permanent jobs citing Threat Modelling 56 101 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35 45 32
10th Percentile £48,165 £48,500 £48,604
25th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +16.00% -
75th Percentile £86,875 £77,250 £64,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,625
UK median annual salary £78,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.59% +3.57% -12.50%

All Process and 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 29,776 38,807 30,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.46% 79.85% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 16,454 19,269 22,336
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £54,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +1.89% +0.95%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,627
UK median annual salary £54,625 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.96% - -

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 24 October 2025.

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 24 October 2025. 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 East +1 18 £61,750 -14.83% 45
South West +51 10 £80,000 +60.00% 21
North of England +8 10 £67,500 -10.00% 26
Midlands +35 7 £78,750 +8.62% 13
West Midlands +36 6 £78,750 +8.62% 10
Scotland +13 6 £90,000 - 32
North West +11 4 £80,000 +28.00% 16
East of England +10 4 £77,500 - 6
Yorkshire +20 3 £70,000 -30.00% 9
North East +13 3 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £70,000 - 7
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 (1.79%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.07%) Azure
2 12 (21.43%) PaaS
3 11 (19.64%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (16.07%) AWS
5 7 (12.50%) GitHub
6 6 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (5.36%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (5.36%) IaaS
7 3 (5.36%) SaaS
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.57%) GCP
9 1 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.79%) Amazon Macie
9 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.79%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.43%) Firewall
2 7 (12.50%) Network Security
3 4 (7.14%) Modbus
4 3 (5.36%) Wireshark
5 2 (3.57%) DMZ
5 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.57%) SSL
5 2 (3.57%) VPN
6 1 (1.79%) AMQP
6 1 (1.79%) BGP
6 1 (1.79%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.79%) HTTP
6 1 (1.79%) IKE
6 1 (1.79%) IPsec
6 1 (1.79%) LAN
6 1 (1.79%) OSPF
6 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.79%) WAN
6 1 (1.79%) Wireless
6 1 (1.79%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.57%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.79%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.79%) Snyk
General
1 23 (41.07%) Finance
2 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 12 (21.43%) Lead
3 9 (16.07%) Applications Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) Architect
4 7 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 6 (10.71%) Consultant
6 5 (8.93%) Security Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Senior
8 3 (5.36%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Threat Hunter
9 2 (3.57%) Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Applications Consultant
9 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (3.57%) Penetration Tester
9 2 (3.57%) Tester
10 1 (1.79%) AWS Architect
10 1 (1.79%) Cloud Architect
10 1 (1.79%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.86%) YAML
2 2 (3.57%) OAuth
3 1 (1.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 22 (39.29%) Security Posture
2 8 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 6 (10.71%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
4 5 (8.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (8.93%) SCADA
5 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
6 3 (5.36%) Cyberattack
6 3 (5.36%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.57%) PKI
8 1 (1.79%) Blog
8 1 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Linux
2 7 (12.50%) Windows
3 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (41.07%) SDLC
3 21 (37.50%) Application Security
4 20 (35.71%) Security Testing
5 19 (33.93%) CI/CD
6 18 (32.14%) Agile
6 18 (32.14%) DevOps
7 17 (30.36%) Computer Science
7 17 (30.36%) OWASP
8 16 (28.57%) DevSecOps
8 16 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (26.79%) Information Security
9 15 (26.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 13 (23.21%) Mentoring
10 13 (23.21%) Penetration Testing
11 12 (21.43%) Incident Response
12 11 (19.64%) Coaching
12 11 (19.64%) Product Management
12 11 (19.64%) Test Automation
13 10 (17.86%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 22 (39.29%) PowerShell
2 14 (25.00%) Python
3 8 (14.29%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) Java
4 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (37.50%) Degree
2 16 (28.57%) CISSP
2 16 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (17.86%) Master's Degree
3 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
4 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 7 (12.50%) CREST Certified
6 6 (10.71%) CISM
6 6 (10.71%) OSCP
6 6 (10.71%) SANS
7 5 (8.93%) CEH
7 5 (8.93%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (7.14%) GIAC
9 3 (5.36%) AWS Certification
9 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
9 3 (5.36%) GREM
10 2 (3.57%) CHECK Team Leader
11 1 (1.79%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (55.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (41.07%) NIST
3 20 (35.71%) NCSC
4 8 (14.29%) GDPR
5 6 (10.71%) Accessibility
6 5 (8.93%) NIST 800
7 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
8 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (3.57%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.79%) Def Stans
9 1 (1.79%) GRC
9 1 (1.79%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (8.93%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 3 (5.36%) QRadar
3 2 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.79%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.79%) Nmap
4 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Splunk
3 3 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.79%) Checkmarx
4 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco
4 1 (1.79%) Citrix
4 1 (1.79%) Google
4 1 (1.79%) HP
4 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.79%) Pega
4 1 (1.79%) Qualys
4 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.79%) Tenable