Threat Management Contracts

Threat Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 653 804
Rank change year-on-year +114 +151 -200
Contract jobs citing Threat Management 34 47 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.082% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.092% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 28 32
10th Percentile £420 £454 £459
25th Percentile £500 £486 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £538 £650
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% -17.31% +11.59%
75th Percentile £863 £830 £750
90th Percentile £915 £941 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £486 £675
% change year-on-year +44.03% -28.00% +15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Threat Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Threat Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Management.

Daily rate trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Threat Management.

Hourly rate trend for Threat Management in the UK

Threat Management
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 30 £700 +7.69% 14
London +94 21 £700 -15.66% 4
Work from Home +111 10 £450 -7.41% 5
UK excluding London +45 9 £700 +44.03% 10
North West +18 8 £700 +44.03%
North of England +17 8 £700 +44.03%
Scotland +46 1 £500 +17.65%

Threat Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (38.24%) Firewall
2 11 (32.35%) LAN
2 11 (32.35%) WAN
3 10 (29.41%) BGP
3 10 (29.41%) OSPF
3 10 (29.41%) VPN
3 10 (29.41%) Wireless
3 10 (29.41%) WLAN
4 8 (23.53%) IPsec
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Wireless
6 3 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.94%) DMZ
7 1 (2.94%) DNS
7 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Network Specialist
2 6 (17.65%) Security Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) SCCM Specialist
3 4 (11.76%) Security Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Specialist
4 3 (8.82%) SOC Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Specialist
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Team Leader
6 1 (2.94%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Portfolio Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Security Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) PKI
2 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
2 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
1 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
2 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (32.35%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (26.47%) Cloud Security
4 8 (23.53%) Application Security
5 7 (20.59%) Data Strategy
5 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (17.65%) Agile
6 6 (17.65%) Business Case
6 6 (17.65%) Business Development
6 6 (17.65%) Change Management
6 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (17.65%) Pricing Strategy
6 6 (17.65%) Security Operations
7 5 (14.71%) Information Security
7 5 (14.71%) ITIL
7 5 (14.71%) Migration
7 5 (14.71%) Security Testing
7 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) CISSP
2 8 (23.53%) CISM
2 8 (23.53%) Degree
3 7 (20.59%) CISA
3 7 (20.59%) Master's Degree
3 7 (20.59%) MBA
3 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) GREM
4 1 (2.94%) GSEC
4 1 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 3 (8.82%) NIST
3 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) SCCM
2 4 (11.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (29.41%) Cisco
3 9 (26.47%) Fortinet
3 9 (26.47%) Juniper
3 9 (26.47%) Palo Alto
4 7 (20.59%) Qualys
5 6 (17.65%) Extreme Networks
6 5 (14.71%) VMware
7 3 (8.82%) Intel
8 1 (2.94%) CA
8 1 (2.94%) Cybereason
8 1 (2.94%) Google
8 1 (2.94%) Meraki
8 1 (2.94%) Oracle
8 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.94%) SAP
8 1 (2.94%) Sophos