Cyber Threat Intelligence Contracts in England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 366 557
Rank change year-on-year -56 +191 +168
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 63 178 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.48% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.55% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 123 59
10th Percentile £440 £503 £450
25th Percentile £485 £550 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £825 £694
90th Percentile £725 £850 £783
UK median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cyber 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +39 30 £550 +2.33% 76
South East +52 20 £550 +10.00% 72
Midlands +3 3 £600 -2.64% 46
West Midlands -2 3 £600 -2.64% 24
South West -22 2 £550 -3.51% 35
North of England -35 2 £625 -26.47% 57
East of England - 2 £745 - 36
North West -24 1 - - 23
North East - 1 £625 - 8
Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (15.87%) AWS
4 6 (9.52%) GCP
4 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.17%) SaaS
7 1 (1.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.59%) OCI
7 1 (1.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) Firewall
2 5 (7.94%) Network Security
3 4 (6.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.59%) DNS
5 1 (1.59%) HTTP
5 1 (1.59%) SMTP
5 1 (1.59%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.59%) VPN
5 1 (1.59%) VSAN
5 1 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Big Data
2 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.52%) Finance
5 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Law
6 2 (3.17%) Military
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Analyst
2 11 (17.46%) Lead
3 8 (12.70%) SOC Analyst
4 7 (11.11%) Architect
5 6 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Consultant
7 4 (6.35%) Security Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.76%) QA Leader
8 3 (4.76%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Security Specialist
9 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Head of Cybersecurity
9 2 (3.17%) Head of Security
9 2 (3.17%) SIEM Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) SOC Consultant
9 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Vulnerability Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 29 (46.03%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (23.81%) Security Posture
3 12 (19.05%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (12.70%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
6 4 (6.35%) Insider Threat
7 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.17%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.17%) Shadow IT
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.59%) MISP
8 1 (1.59%) PMI
8 1 (1.59%) SCADA
8 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 49 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (69.84%) Incident Response
4 37 (58.73%) SIEM
5 30 (47.62%) Security Operations
6 29 (46.03%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (31.75%) Threat Detection
8 16 (25.40%) Cloud Security
9 15 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 14 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
11 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (17.46%) Cyber Intelligence
12 11 (17.46%) SOAR
13 10 (15.87%) Risk Management
14 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
14 9 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 8 (12.70%) Analytics
15 8 (12.70%) Decision-Making
15 8 (12.70%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.63%) Python
3 7 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.59%) Bash
4 1 (1.59%) C
4 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (34.92%) CISSP
2 15 (23.81%) Security Cleared
3 14 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 12 (19.05%) CISM
5 8 (12.70%) CEH
5 8 (12.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (12.70%) Degree
5 8 (12.70%) GCIH
6 6 (9.52%) GIAC
7 4 (6.35%) CISA
7 4 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (6.35%) SSCP
8 3 (4.76%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.76%) CCNA
8 3 (4.76%) GCFA
8 3 (4.76%) GCIA
8 3 (4.76%) ISSEP
9 2 (3.17%) CCSP
9 2 (3.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (20.63%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) GDPR
3 4 (6.35%) NCSC
3 4 (6.35%) NIST 800
3 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.76%) QA
5 2 (3.17%) GRC
6 1 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.59%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.59%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.94%) QRadar
2 2 (3.17%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.59%) Grafana
3 1 (1.59%) Nessus
3 1 (1.59%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) Splunk
3 5 (7.94%) Google
4 4 (6.35%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.76%) ArcSight
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Databricks
6 2 (3.17%) IBM
6 2 (3.17%) Proofpoint
6 2 (3.17%) Rapid7
6 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.59%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.59%) Carbon Black
7 1 (1.59%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.59%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.59%) Qualys
7 1 (1.59%) VMware