OSINT Contracts in the South West

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for OSINT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OSINT over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 172 -
Rank change year-on-year +51 - -
Contract jobs citing OSINT 31 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.97% 0.055% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 29 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £559 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile £625 - -
England median daily rate £570 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

OSINT 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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 3,282 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.87% 89.53% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,410 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £311 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 344 193
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.97
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing OSINT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in the South West

OSINT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSINT in the South West.

Daily rate trend for OSINT in the South West

OSINT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSINT in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSINT in the South West

OSINT
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSINT within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Wiltshire - 31 £570 -
OSINT
England

OSINT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Wireless
2 4 (12.90%) Network Security
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Military
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (100.00%) Analyst
1 31 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 20 (64.52%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 20 (64.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (80.65%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.13%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.23%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 31 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 31 (100.00%) Open Source
1 31 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 27 (87.10%) Security Operations
2 27 (87.10%) SIEM
3 26 (83.87%) Malware Analysis
3 26 (83.87%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 26 (83.87%) SOAR
4 25 (80.65%) Cyber Intelligence
5 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
6 5 (16.13%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
7 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
8 2 (6.45%) Advanced Persistent Threat
8 2 (6.45%) Strategic Thinking
9 1 (3.23%) Analytics
9 1 (3.23%) Information Security
9 1 (3.23%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (3.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 31 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Red Hat