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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 499 555
Rank change year-on-year -10 +56 -2
Permanent jobs citing Threat Modelling 167 40 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 73 28 58
10th Percentile £54,698 £48,165 £40,650
25th Percentile £67,500 £54,229 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -10.34% +15.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £81,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £89,125
UK median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% -4.92%

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 59,892 29,819 43,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.36% 86.69% 78.64%
Number of salaries quoted 42,273 16,159 23,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -34 45 £72,500 +11.54% 41
South East -22 37 £63,500 +4.10% 57
North West +10 31 £72,500 -12.12% 29
South West -61 23 £85,000 +66.48% 34
Scotland +23 22 £90,000 +2.86% 21
Midlands -29 20 £82,500 +3.13% 19
West Midlands -27 19 £82,500 +3.13% 14
East of England -18 10 £91,250 +23.73% 18
Wales -64 10 £80,000 +14.29% 2
Yorkshire -37 8 £87,500 +37.25% 8
North East -66 6 £48,500 -25.38% 4
East Midlands -36 1 £80,000 - 5
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 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.20%) nginx
Business Applications
1 9 (5.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.59%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 50 (29.94%) AWS
2 47 (28.14%) Azure
3 30 (17.96%) Serverless
4 15 (8.98%) GitHub
5 8 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (4.19%) GCP
7 6 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.59%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.59%) CloudFront
8 5 (2.99%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.20%) npm
11 1 (0.60%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.18%) Network Security
2 16 (9.58%) Broadband
3 14 (8.38%) Firewall
4 5 (2.99%) DMZ
5 3 (1.80%) 5G
5 3 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.60%) 2G
6 1 (0.60%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.60%) 4G
6 1 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.20%) MySQL
2 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.60%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 22 (13.17%) Snyk
2 8 (4.79%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.59%) Git
3 6 (3.59%) GitLab
3 6 (3.59%) Yeoman
4 4 (2.40%) IntelliJ
4 4 (2.40%) JUnit
4 4 (2.40%) Maven
4 4 (2.40%) Spock
5 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (20.96%) Finance
4 31 (18.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (15.57%) Aerospace
6 21 (12.57%) Public Sector
7 13 (7.78%) Games
8 8 (4.79%) Legal
9 6 (3.59%) Italian Language
9 6 (3.59%) Japanese Language
9 6 (3.59%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.99%) Military
11 4 (2.40%) Aviation
12 1 (0.60%) Back Office
12 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (37.72%) Architect
2 54 (32.34%) Security Architect
3 43 (25.75%) Senior
4 35 (20.96%) Consultant
5 27 (16.17%) Security Consultant
6 23 (13.77%) Cloud Architect
6 23 (13.77%) Cloud Security Architect
7 22 (13.17%) Senior Architect
7 22 (13.17%) Senior Cloud Architect
7 22 (13.17%) Senior Security Architect
8 17 (10.18%) Analyst
8 17 (10.18%) Security Engineer
9 16 (9.58%) Lead
10 13 (7.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 13 (7.78%) Security Manager
11 11 (6.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 10 (5.99%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 10 (5.99%) Senior Consultant
12 10 (5.99%) Senior Security Consultant
13 9 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.59%) Node.js
1 11 (6.59%) REST
2 9 (5.39%) GraphQL
3 8 (4.79%) ModSecurity
3 8 (4.79%) Terraform
4 6 (3.59%) .NET
4 6 (3.59%) AWS CDK
4 6 (3.59%) Ruby on Rails
4 6 (3.59%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.99%) React
6 4 (2.40%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.40%) Spring
7 3 (1.80%) Backbone.js
7 3 (1.80%) SOAP
8 2 (1.20%) LAMP
8 2 (1.20%) Laravel
8 2 (1.20%) LEMP Stack
8 2 (1.20%) LESS
8 2 (1.20%) Sass
8 2 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.17%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (14.37%) Cloud Native
3 23 (13.77%) Security Posture
4 22 (13.17%) Data Centre
4 22 (13.17%) Management Information System
5 13 (7.78%) AI Agents
6 12 (7.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 12 (7.19%) Cyberattack
7 10 (5.99%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (5.39%) Social Media
9 7 (4.19%) Operational Technology
9 7 (4.19%) PKI
10 6 (3.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (3.59%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (3.59%) Digital Wallet
10 6 (3.59%) Mainframe
11 5 (2.99%) Blog
11 5 (2.99%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.40%) VMS
2 3 (1.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (74.85%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (44.91%) Cloud Security
3 65 (38.92%) AI
4 63 (37.72%) Security Architecture
5 52 (31.14%) SDLC
6 50 (29.94%) CI/CD
7 46 (27.54%) Risk Management
8 40 (23.95%) Information Security
9 39 (23.35%) Application Security
9 39 (23.35%) Validation
10 38 (22.75%) DevSecOps
11 33 (19.76%) Vulnerability Management
12 32 (19.16%) Security Testing
13 31 (18.56%) Identity Access Management
13 31 (18.56%) Incident Response
14 29 (17.37%) Risk Assessment
15 25 (14.97%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (14.97%) Decision-Making
16 24 (14.37%) Mentoring
17 23 (13.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.99%) Java
2 6 (3.59%) C#
2 6 (3.59%) COBOL
2 6 (3.59%) Ruby
3 5 (2.99%) Python
4 4 (2.40%) Groovy
4 4 (2.40%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.40%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.40%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.80%) Bash
6 2 (1.20%) C
6 2 (1.20%) Go
6 2 (1.20%) PHP
6 2 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (29.34%) Security Cleared
2 42 (25.15%) CISSP
3 35 (20.96%) CISM
4 28 (16.77%) DV Cleared
5 23 (13.77%) SC Cleared
6 19 (11.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 17 (10.18%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (8.98%) Degree
9 14 (8.38%) AWS Certification
10 13 (7.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (7.19%) CCSP
12 7 (4.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.19%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (3.59%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.59%) CISA
14 5 (2.99%) CCSK
14 5 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 4 (2.40%) CEH
16 3 (1.80%) DBS Check
16 3 (1.80%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (36.53%) NIST
2 60 (35.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (31.74%) GDPR
4 43 (25.75%) GRC
5 25 (14.97%) PCI DSS
6 23 (13.77%) NCSC
7 14 (8.38%) Accessibility
8 11 (6.59%) JSP 440
8 11 (6.59%) NIST 800
9 7 (4.19%) Def Stans
10 6 (3.59%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (2.99%) SOC 2
12 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.60%) COBIT
14 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (13.17%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (4.79%) Firmware
3 6 (3.59%) Docker
4 5 (2.99%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.60%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.20%) Argo
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (15.57%) CrowdStrike
2 22 (13.17%) Palo Alto
2 22 (13.17%) Tenable
3 11 (6.59%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.39%) SAP
5 6 (3.59%) Splunk
6 4 (2.40%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.80%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.80%) Meraki
8 2 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco
9 1 (0.60%) New Relic
9 1 (0.60%) Qualys
9 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.60%) Thales
9 1 (0.60%) Zerto