Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Threat Intelligence
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 110 136
Rank change year-on-year -2 +26 +53
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 9 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.53% 0.52% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.57% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile - £348 £522
25th Percentile £513 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £544 £585
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -7.05% +8.84%
75th Percentile £688 £618 £650
90th Percentile £689 £693 £890
Central London median daily rate £593 £544 £585
% change year-on-year +8.97% -7.05% +8.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Threat Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,606 1,925 2,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.36% 91.75% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,182 1,755
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £696
90th Percentile £763 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +36.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.22%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Threat Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the City of London

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Threat Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the City of London

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Asana
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Burp Suite
2 1 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Banking
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Information Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Hunter
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Report Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Hunter
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (11.11%) Cybercrime
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (11.11%) STIX
3 1 (11.11%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Kali Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
4 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
5 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
5 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Red Team
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) SIEM
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (11.11%) Information Security
6 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (11.11%) CEH
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) GCFA
4 1 (11.11%) GCIA
4 1 (11.11%) GCIH
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) GREM
4 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) QRadar
1 1 (11.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Tenable