Threat Detection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 701 655 725
Rank change year-on-year -46 +70 -56
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 69 78 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.091% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59 58 115
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +13.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,647 £73,950
90th Percentile £82,000 £79,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Threat Detection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in the UK excluding London

Threat Detection
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 Detection within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East 0 26 £42,500 -24.44% 1
North of England +29 22 £53,750 -8.14% 13
North West -17 14 £50,000 -1.23% 12
South West -32 9 £52,500 -11.80% 3
Yorkshire +64 8 £75,996 +10.42% 1
East of England -2 6 £43,750 -37.50% 2
Scotland -71 5 £66,500 -21.76% 4
West Midlands -20 1 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Midlands -21 1 £77,500 +10.71% 3
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (42.03%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) AWS
2 7 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (10.14%) Azure Storage
2 7 (10.14%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.70%) Azure Event Grid
3 6 (8.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (7.25%) IaaS
4 5 (7.25%) PaaS
4 5 (7.25%) SaaS
5 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Control Tower
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 32 (46.38%) Firewall
2 13 (18.84%) DNS
3 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
4 7 (10.14%) Internet
5 4 (5.80%) Network Security
6 2 (2.90%) DHCP
6 2 (2.90%) SSL
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.45%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.45%) IMAP
7 1 (1.45%) LAN
7 1 (1.45%) NAS
7 1 (1.45%) SAN
7 1 (1.45%) SMTP
7 1 (1.45%) SSH
7 1 (1.45%) VLAN
7 1 (1.45%) VoIP
7 1 (1.45%) VPN
7 1 (1.45%) WAN
7 1 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
General
1 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Law
5 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.45%) Legal
5 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (52.17%) Analyst
2 16 (23.19%) Security Analyst
3 11 (15.94%) Senior
4 10 (14.49%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (10.14%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Operations Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) SOC Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) SOC Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 2 (2.90%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) IT Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Lead
10 2 (2.90%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.70%) ARM Templates
1 6 (8.70%) YAML
2 2 (2.90%) OAuth
2 2 (2.90%) OpenID
2 2 (2.90%) SAML
3 1 (1.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.45%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (13.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 9 (13.04%) Cyberattack
3 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
4 7 (10.14%) Security Posture
5 6 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (7.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Linux
3 7 (10.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (53.62%) Incident Response
3 25 (36.23%) SIEM
4 23 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 18 (26.09%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (20.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 14 (20.29%) Patch Management
6 14 (20.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 13 (18.84%) Use Case
8 12 (17.39%) Information Security
8 12 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (17.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.04%) CI/CD
10 9 (13.04%) DevOps
11 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.59%) Risk Management
11 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 7 (10.14%) Analytics
12 7 (10.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.59%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (8.70%) Bicep
4 1 (1.45%) C#
4 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Degree
2 8 (11.59%) CISSP
2 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.70%) GIAC
4 5 (7.25%) CEH
4 5 (7.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.90%) CISM
7 2 (2.90%) GCFA
7 2 (2.90%) GCFE
7 2 (2.90%) OSCP
8 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (11.59%) NIST
2 8 (11.59%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.90%) NIST 800
3 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) GxP
4 1 (1.45%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (37.68%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (10.14%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.45%) Docker
4 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.45%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (17.39%) WSUS
2 6 (8.70%) Terraform
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.45%) DatAdvantage
4 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.45%) QRadar
4 1 (1.45%) SCCM
4 1 (1.45%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (1.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) LogRhythm
2 4 (5.80%) WatchGuard
3 3 (4.35%) Cisco
3 3 (4.35%) McAfee
3 3 (4.35%) Splunk
3 3 (4.35%) VMware
4 2 (2.90%) Qualys
4 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.90%) Varonis
5 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.45%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.45%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.45%) Symantec
5 1 (1.45%) Tripwire