OSINT Contracts in England

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring OSINT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OSINT over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 632 782
Rank change year-on-year +118 +150 -140
Contract jobs citing OSINT 36 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.009% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.009% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 2 3
10th Percentile £540 £428 £335
25th Percentile £559 £431 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -
75th Percentile £580 £469 £518
90th Percentile £634 £473 £544
UK median daily rate £570 £380 £450
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OSINT 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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OSINT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in England

OSINT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSINT in England.

Daily rate trend for OSINT in England

OSINT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSINT in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSINT in England

OSINT
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 OSINT within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 25 £570 - 1
South East - 6 £540 - 1
London +82 3 £675 +50.00% 6
Midlands - 2 £538 -
West Midlands - 2 £538 -
OSINT
UK

OSINT
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 (2.78%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) Wireless
2 6 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Military
4 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.33%) Finance
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Analyst
1 28 (77.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 17 (47.22%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 17 (47.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Leader
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 1 (2.78%) Data Scientist
6 1 (2.78%) Lead Data Scientist
6 1 (2.78%) Senior
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 30 (83.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
2 7 (19.44%) Operational Technology
3 4 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (5.56%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Cybercrime
5 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 33 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (91.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 31 (86.11%) Open Source
3 29 (80.56%) Cyber Intelligence
4 28 (77.78%) Security Operations
5 23 (63.89%) SIEM
6 20 (55.56%) Malware Analysis
6 20 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 20 (55.56%) SOAR
7 13 (36.11%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (33.33%) Risk Management
9 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
10 9 (25.00%) Information Security
11 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
11 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
12 5 (13.89%) Behavioural Analysis
12 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (13.89%) Runbook
12 5 (13.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Python
1 1 (2.78%) R
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (80.56%) Security Cleared
2 27 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Red Hat