Cyber Threat Intelligence Jobs

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 636 566 514
Rank change year-on-year -70 -52 +159
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 283 490 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.46% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.48% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 173 140 220
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,285 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £79,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £93,975 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,475 £68,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -25.77% +25.93% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -75 201 £60,000 -13.06% 209
UK excluding London -54 194 £50,475 -25.77% 189
Work from Home -52 131 £67,000 -0.74% 25
North of England +66 66 £50,000 -27.55% 82
London +31 63 £70,000 -3.45% 25
Scotland -11 57 £47,557 -0.21% 8
North West +22 38 £50,000 -26.47% 54
South West -61 27 £51,725 -28.66% 24
Yorkshire +101 26 £55,000 -20.52% 25
South East -93 24 £58,750 -21.67% 38
Midlands +23 15 £52,500 -22.79% 21
West Midlands +39 10 £39,400 -42.06% 12
East Midlands -12 5 £52,500 - 9
Wales +6 3 £52,500 -4.55% 4
East of England +34 2 £57,500 +27.78% 13
North East -4 2 £40,000 -9.09% 3

Cyber Threat Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (8.48%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.41%) Confluence
3 2 (0.71%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.32%) SaaS
2 53 (18.73%) Azure
3 51 (18.02%) AWS
4 39 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.25%) GCP
6 23 (8.13%) Amazon S3
6 23 (8.13%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (8.13%) Google Docs
6 23 (8.13%) Lucidchart
6 23 (8.13%) Miro
6 23 (8.13%) Slack
7 13 (4.59%) Entra ID
8 9 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.77%) IaaS
9 5 (1.77%) PaaS
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 59 (20.85%) Firewall
2 29 (10.25%) Network Security
3 24 (8.48%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.42%) Internet
5 20 (7.07%) Intrusion Detection
6 15 (5.30%) DNS
7 5 (1.77%) HTTP
7 5 (1.77%) SMTP
8 4 (1.41%) 5G
8 4 (1.41%) GSM
8 4 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.41%) VPN
9 3 (1.06%) SSL
10 2 (0.71%) DMZ
10 2 (0.71%) tcpdump
10 2 (0.71%) WAN
10 2 (0.71%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.35%) DHCP
11 1 (0.35%) LAN
11 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.19%) Big Data
2 24 (8.48%) Hadoop
3 23 (8.13%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (8.13%) Redis
3 23 (8.13%) Scylla
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Accumulo
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Flink
4 1 (0.35%) HBase
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.77%) JIRA
2 4 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) JUnit
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
3 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 76 (26.86%) Finance
3 47 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.60%) Legal
5 27 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.71%) Military
7 17 (6.01%) Banking
8 16 (5.65%) Law
9 15 (5.30%) Marketing
10 10 (3.53%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.83%) Retail
12 5 (1.77%) Games
12 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.41%) International Banking
13 4 (1.41%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (37.46%) Analyst
2 74 (26.15%) Senior
3 42 (14.84%) Security Analyst
4 37 (13.07%) Principal Engineer
5 33 (11.66%) Principal Software Engineer
5 33 (11.66%) Software Engineer
6 25 (8.83%) SOC Analyst
6 25 (8.83%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 24 (8.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 24 (8.48%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (7.07%) Lead
9 17 (6.01%) Consultant
10 16 (5.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 16 (5.65%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 16 (5.65%) Risk Manager
10 16 (5.65%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.65%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 15 (5.30%) Alliance Manager
12 14 (4.95%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.24%) Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.48%) Kafka
2 23 (8.13%) GraphQL
3 2 (0.71%) EDI
3 2 (0.71%) Sass
4 1 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.35%) POSIX
4 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (26.15%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (18.37%) Cyberattack
3 31 (10.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (8.83%) Cyber Defence
5 23 (8.13%) Algorithms
5 23 (8.13%) Data Structures
6 21 (7.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 21 (7.42%) Management Information System
7 17 (6.01%) Security Posture
8 15 (5.30%) Cloud Native
9 12 (4.24%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (3.18%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.77%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.41%) CSOC
12 4 (1.41%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.41%) PKI
12 4 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (1.06%) Mainframe
13 3 (1.06%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 76 (26.86%) Windows
2 59 (20.85%) Linux
3 23 (8.13%) Mac OS X
3 23 (8.13%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.65%) Unix
5 11 (3.89%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.06%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 239 (84.45%) Cybersecurity
3 163 (57.60%) Incident Response
4 123 (43.46%) Security Operations
5 86 (30.39%) SIEM
6 66 (23.32%) Vulnerability Management
7 64 (22.61%) Information Security
8 58 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (17.67%) Cyber Intelligence
10 43 (15.19%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 43 (15.19%) Software Engineering
11 37 (13.07%) Incident Management
12 36 (12.72%) Data Science
12 36 (12.72%) Roadmaps
12 36 (12.72%) Threat Detection
13 34 (12.01%) Actionable Insight
14 33 (11.66%) Computer Security
15 32 (11.31%) Risk Management
16 31 (10.95%) Agile
17 30 (10.60%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.55%) Python
2 29 (10.25%) Java
3 26 (9.19%) Bash
4 24 (8.48%) Go
4 24 (8.48%) Scala
5 12 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) C++
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
6 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (17.67%) Degree
2 37 (13.07%) CISSP
3 35 (12.37%) GIAC
4 33 (11.66%) Security Cleared
5 30 (10.60%) CISM
6 20 (7.07%) CREST Certified
7 18 (6.36%) CRISC
7 18 (6.36%) SC Cleared
8 15 (5.30%) GCIA
8 15 (5.30%) GCIH
9 14 (4.95%) GREM
10 13 (4.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (3.89%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.47%) Master's Degree
13 6 (2.12%) CEH
13 6 (2.12%) CISA
13 6 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.12%) GSEC
13 6 (2.12%) ISACA
14 5 (1.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.14%) NIST
2 56 (19.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (8.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (8.83%) GDPR
4 18 (6.36%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.59%) NCSC
6 10 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (3.18%) COBIT
7 9 (3.18%) GRC
8 7 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.77%) QA
10 4 (1.41%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (12.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (9.89%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.83%) Ansible
4 6 (2.12%) QRadar
5 5 (1.77%) CASB
6 4 (1.41%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.41%) vRealize
6 4 (1.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (1.06%) SELinux
8 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.35%) Rancher
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (23.32%) Dell
2 59 (20.85%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.48%) Google
4 17 (6.01%) Splunk
5 12 (4.24%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (3.53%) IBM
7 9 (3.18%) Qualys
8 4 (1.41%) Alibaba
8 4 (1.41%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.41%) Cisco
8 4 (1.41%) Intel
8 4 (1.41%) VMware
9 2 (0.71%) Facebook
9 2 (0.71%) Tanium
10 1 (0.35%) iManage
10 1 (0.35%) Infoblox
10 1 (0.35%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.35%) Meraki
10 1 (0.35%) StreamSets
10 1 (0.35%) Trustwave