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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 547 546
Rank change year-on-year +50 -1 +63
Permanent jobs citing Threat Modelling 39 86 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.20% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 26 58 27
10th Percentile £48,165 £40,650 £39,294
25th Percentile £50,186 £50,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +15.08% -12.50%
75th Percentile £79,375 £73,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £89,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year +6.90% -7.94% -4.55%

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 29,785 43,415 32,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.72% 78.53% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 16,122 23,546 23,598
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Threat Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Threat Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Modelling 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +31 12 £61,000 -15.86% 37
North of England +29 9 £65,000 +30.00% 15
South West +65 8 £51,058 +2.12% 21
Scotland +57 4 £85,000 -5.56% 8
North East +19 4 £65,000 - 1
North West +6 3 £82,500 +83.33% 8
Midlands +38 2 £80,000 +10.34% 18
Yorkshire +17 2 £63,750 +27.50% 6
East of England - 2 £73,750 - 15
West Midlands +35 1 £80,000 +10.34% 11
Wales - 1 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Threat Modelling
UK

Threat Modelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) PaaS
4 7 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.82%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (5.13%) GCP
6 2 (5.13%) IaaS
6 2 (5.13%) SaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.56%) GitHub
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Firewall
2 6 (15.38%) Network Security
3 3 (7.69%) VPN
4 2 (5.13%) SSL
5 1 (2.56%) BGP
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.56%) DMZ
5 1 (2.56%) EIGRP
5 1 (2.56%) IKE
5 1 (2.56%) IPsec
5 1 (2.56%) LAN
5 1 (2.56%) Modbus
5 1 (2.56%) OSPF
5 1 (2.56%) WAN
5 1 (2.56%) Wireless
5 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.56%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (25.64%) Finance
2 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Retail
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Security Engineer
2 11 (28.21%) Lead
3 8 (20.51%) Architect
4 7 (17.95%) Security Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Consultant
6 4 (10.26%) Security Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Applications Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Cloud Security Lead
8 2 (5.13%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (5.13%) Tester
9 1 (2.56%) Information Analyst
9 1 (2.56%) Information Security Analyst
9 1 (2.56%) Information Security Consultant
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) YAML
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Security Posture
2 6 (15.38%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (10.26%) Operational Technology
4 3 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (5.13%) SCADA
6 1 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 6 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (46.15%) SDLC
3 16 (41.03%) CI/CD
4 14 (35.90%) DevOps
4 14 (35.90%) DevSecOps
4 14 (35.90%) Information Security
5 13 (33.33%) Agile
6 12 (30.77%) OWASP
6 12 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (28.21%) Application Security
7 11 (28.21%) Computer Science
7 11 (28.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 10 (25.64%) Cloud Security
8 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
8 10 (25.64%) Security Testing
9 8 (20.51%) Incident Response
9 8 (20.51%) Product Management
10 7 (17.95%) Backlog Management
10 7 (17.95%) Product Strategy
10 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.26%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) Java
3 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) Degree
2 14 (35.90%) CISSP
3 10 (25.64%) CISM
3 10 (25.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (17.95%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (17.95%) Master's Degree
4 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
5 6 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (12.82%) AWS Certification
7 3 (7.69%) OSCP
8 2 (5.13%) CEH
8 2 (5.13%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.56%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (2.56%) CISA
9 1 (2.56%) CREST Certified
9 1 (2.56%) GIAC
9 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (51.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (43.59%) NCSC
3 16 (41.03%) NIST
4 6 (15.38%) GDPR
5 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
5 2 (5.13%) NIST 800
5 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.56%) Def Stans
6 1 (2.56%) ISO 31000
6 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (2.56%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.56%) Nmap
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.56%) Cisco
2 1 (2.56%) Citrix
2 1 (2.56%) HP
2 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.56%) Pega
2 1 (2.56%) Splunk
2 1 (2.56%) Tenable