Threat Intelligence Analyst Contracts

Threat Intelligence Analyst
UK

The median Threat Intelligence Analyst daily rate in the UK is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 709 846
Rank change year-on-year +161 +137 -176
Contract jobs requiring a Threat Intelligence Analyst 50 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.017% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.018% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 6 2
10th Percentile £538 £463 £458
25th Percentile £559 £475 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £648 £605
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +7.10% +22.22%
75th Percentile £625 £789 £693
90th Percentile - £792 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Threat Intelligence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence Analyst over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence Analyst within the UK 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
England +169 50 £570 +8.57% 6
UK excluding London - 47 £570 - 5
South West - 37 £570 - 2
Midlands - 7 £594 -
West Midlands - 4 £594 -
Work from Home +131 3 - - 1
London +97 3 £575 +15.00% 3
North West - 3 £450 -
East Midlands - 3 - -
North of England - 3 £450 - 1

Threat Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Threat Intelligence Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Threat Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 44 (88.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 43 (86.00%) DV Cleared
3 43 (86.00%) Security Cleared
4 39 (78.00%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (70.00%) Open Source
6 33 (66.00%) Security Operations
6 33 (66.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 33 (66.00%) OSINT
6 33 (66.00%) Cyber Threat
7 31 (62.00%) SIEM
8 29 (58.00%) SOAR
9 28 (56.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 26 (52.00%) Malware Analysis
11 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
12 10 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
13 9 (18.00%) Wireless
14 8 (16.00%) Risk Management
14 8 (16.00%) Management Information System
14 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
14 8 (16.00%) Operational Technology
15 7 (14.00%) Military
16 6 (12.00%) Finance
16 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
16 6 (12.00%) Network Security
16 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
17 5 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
17 5 (10.00%) Azure
17 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

Threat Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
1 5 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.00%) Wireless
2 6 (12.00%) Network Security
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Military
4 6 (12.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 33 (66.00%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (16.00%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.00%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 44 (88.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 39 (78.00%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (70.00%) Open Source
5 33 (66.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 33 (66.00%) OSINT
5 33 (66.00%) Security Operations
6 31 (62.00%) SIEM
7 29 (58.00%) SOAR
8 28 (56.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 26 (52.00%) Malware Analysis
10 10 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (16.00%) Risk Management
12 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
12 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
13 5 (10.00%) Information Security
14 3 (6.00%) Coaching
14 3 (6.00%) Threat Detection
14 3 (6.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (6.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 43 (86.00%) DV Cleared
1 43 (86.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) CISSP
4 2 (4.00%) CISM
4 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.00%) CEH
5 1 (2.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Red Hat