Threat Intelligence Contracts in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 152 164
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 -19
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 7 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.32% 0.42% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.45% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £888 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £925 £472
Median % change year-on-year -37.84% +95.97% -7.90%
75th Percentile £588 £963 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Threat Intelligence 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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Glasgow - 3 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 3 £575 -
Edinburgh +32 1 £575 - 2
Threat Intelligence
UK

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Social Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (85.71%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
3 2 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Atlassian