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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 368 526
Rank change year-on-year -45 +158 +163
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 79 187 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.50% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.59% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 125 73
10th Percentile £431 £513 £450
25th Percentile £472 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £607 £825 £750
90th Percentile £723 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £619
% change year-on-year -8.33% -3.07% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 -

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 22,892 31,876 42,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.36% 85.33% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,789 20,642 29,656
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 2,365 1,544
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.77 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £26.12 £38.00 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year -31.26% +8.48% +36.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +57 34 £538 -10.42% 87
South East +43 21 £500 -10.87% 58
North of England -22 7 £613 -27.94% 56
South West -26 7 £550 -3.51% 20
North West -29 5 £625 -26.47% 31
Midlands -4 3 £600 +11.52% 38
West Midlands -5 3 £600 +11.52% 19
East of England - 3 £698 - 25
Yorkshire -10 1 £600 +3.09% 20
North East - 1 £625 - 5
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.85%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) AWS
2 14 (17.72%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.86%) GCP
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.53%) SaaS
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.27%) OCI
8 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) Firewall
2 8 (10.13%) Network Security
3 5 (6.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.27%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.27%) VoIP
4 1 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) VSAN
4 1 (1.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Big Data
1 2 (2.53%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) JIRA
General
1 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.39%) Finance
5 4 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 3 (3.80%) Military
6 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Games
8 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (35.44%) Analyst
2 15 (18.99%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (13.92%) Lead
4 9 (11.39%) Architect
4 9 (11.39%) Security Analyst
5 8 (10.13%) Consultant
6 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (7.59%) Security Architect
7 6 (7.59%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.80%) Head of Operations
9 3 (3.80%) Head of Security
9 3 (3.80%) QA Leader
9 3 (3.80%) Security Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Security Specialist
9 3 (3.80%) SOC Consultant
10 2 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 2 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 2 (2.53%) Vulnerability Analyst
10 2 (2.53%) Vulnerability Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 29 (36.71%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (27.85%) Security Posture
3 18 (22.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
5 8 (10.13%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (6.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.80%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.80%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (2.53%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.53%) Shadow IT
9 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.27%) FMCG
9 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.27%) PKI
9 1 (1.27%) PMI
9 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.92%) Linux
1 11 (13.92%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 64 (81.01%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (65.82%) Incident Response
4 47 (59.49%) SIEM
5 41 (51.90%) Security Operations
6 35 (44.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 24 (30.38%) Threat Detection
8 22 (27.85%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 20 (25.32%) Cloud Security
9 20 (25.32%) SOAR
10 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (21.52%) Security Monitoring
12 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (16.46%) Risk Management
13 12 (15.19%) Information Security
13 12 (15.19%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 11 (13.92%) Cyber Intelligence
15 10 (12.66%) Incident Management
16 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
16 8 (10.13%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.32%) Python
2 18 (22.78%) PowerShell
3 14 (17.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (5.06%) Bash
5 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.53%) C
7 1 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (1.27%) C++
7 1 (1.27%) Java
7 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (26.58%) CISSP
2 19 (24.05%) Security Cleared
3 18 (22.78%) SC Cleared
4 11 (13.92%) CEH
4 11 (13.92%) GCIH
5 10 (12.66%) CISM
6 9 (11.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (10.13%) Degree
8 6 (7.59%) GCIA
8 6 (7.59%) GIAC
9 5 (6.33%) GCFA
10 4 (5.06%) SSCP
11 3 (3.80%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (2.53%) CCNA
12 2 (2.53%) CISA
12 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
12 2 (2.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (22.78%) NIST
2 5 (6.33%) GDPR
3 4 (5.06%) GRC
3 4 (5.06%) NCSC
3 4 (5.06%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.80%) NIST 800
4 3 (3.80%) QA
5 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.27%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.27%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) QRadar
2 2 (2.53%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.27%) Grafana
3 1 (1.27%) Nessus
3 1 (1.27%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.52%) Splunk
3 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.33%) ArcSight
5 3 (3.80%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.80%) Google
5 3 (3.80%) IBM
5 3 (3.80%) Oracle
5 3 (3.80%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.80%) SAP
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco
6 2 (2.53%) Databricks
6 2 (2.53%) Proofpoint
6 2 (2.53%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.27%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.27%) Qualys
7 1 (1.27%) VMware