Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Threat Intelligence
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 70 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% 0.47% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £238 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.52% - -
75th Percentile £263 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £250 £675 £791
% change year-on-year -62.96% -14.66% +43.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 535 584 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.61% 90.97% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 304 502
10th Percentile £221 £213 £208
25th Percentile £406 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £635 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 9
10th Percentile £16.55 £16.86 £12.95
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +3.15% +7.57%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £65.00 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.06
% change year-on-year -13.04% +20.70% +3.00%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft