Threat Intelligence Contracts in England

Threat Intelligence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 329 492
Rank change year-on-year -69 +163 +175
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 80 222 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.61% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.70% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 155 106
10th Percentile £406 £478 £450
25th Percentile £469 £540 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £638 £825 £700
90th Percentile £725 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 22,009 31,610 44,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.21% 86.47% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,381 20,692 31,129
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £446
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 £764
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 927 2,241 1,561
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.87 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% -2.25% +49.36%
75th Percentile £62.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in England

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in England

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in England

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Threat Intelligence in England

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 Threat Intelligence within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +56 43 £550 -4.35% 89
South East +53 20 £550 +1.85% 60
East of England +28 3 £745 +35.45% 18
West Midlands -2 3 £600 -3.23% 11
Midlands -5 3 £600 -2.44% 15
South West -40 3 £550 -3.51% 17
North of England -41 2 £625 -26.47% 39
North West -34 1 - - 15
North East - 1 £625 - 1
Threat Intelligence
UK

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 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.00%) Azure
2 15 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (17.50%) AWS
4 7 (8.75%) GCP
4 7 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (3.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (3.75%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.50%) Amazon Macie
6 2 (2.50%) AWS KMS
6 2 (2.50%) SaaS
6 2 (2.50%) Serverless
7 1 (1.25%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.25%) OCI
7 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.00%) Firewall
2 6 (7.50%) Network Security
3 4 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.75%) VPN
5 2 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.25%) DNS
6 1 (1.25%) HTTP
6 1 (1.25%) SMTP
6 1 (1.25%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.25%) VSAN
6 1 (1.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) Big Data
2 1 (1.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.25%) GitLab
1 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 21 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.00%) Finance
5 4 (5.00%) Legal
6 3 (3.75%) Military
6 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Law
7 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Analyst
2 12 (15.00%) Lead
2 12 (15.00%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (13.75%) Architect
4 8 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 7 (8.75%) Consultant
5 7 (8.75%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Security Analyst
7 4 (5.00%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.00%) Senior
8 3 (3.75%) QA Leader
8 3 (3.75%) Security Consultant
8 3 (3.75%) Security Specialist
8 3 (3.75%) SIEM Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Head of Security
9 2 (2.50%) Security Technical Architect
9 2 (2.50%) Senior Architect
9 2 (2.50%) SOC Consultant
9 2 (2.50%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (2.50%) Vulnerability Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) Ajax
1 1 (1.25%) HTML
1 1 (1.25%) SOAP
1 1 (1.25%) Web Services
1 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (32.50%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 17 (21.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (8.75%) Management Information System
5 6 (7.50%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 4 (5.00%) Insider Threat
7 2 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.50%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.50%) Shadow IT
8 1 (1.25%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.25%) MISP
8 1 (1.25%) PMI
8 1 (1.25%) SCADA
8 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.75%) Windows
2 6 (7.50%) Linux
3 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (77.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 54 (67.50%) Incident Response
3 49 (61.25%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (61.25%) SIEM
4 38 (47.50%) Security Operations
5 37 (46.25%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (27.50%) Cloud Security
6 22 (27.50%) Threat Detection
7 17 (21.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.25%) Security Monitoring
8 13 (16.25%) SOAR
8 13 (16.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 12 (15.00%) Incident Management
10 11 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (13.75%) Risk Management
11 10 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
12 9 (11.25%) Roadmaps
13 8 (10.00%) Analytics
13 8 (10.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 16 (20.00%) Python
2 9 (11.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (1.25%) C
4 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (28.75%) CISSP
3 22 (27.50%) SC Cleared
4 13 (16.25%) CISM
5 10 (12.50%) GCIH
6 9 (11.25%) CEH
7 8 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (10.00%) Degree
8 7 (8.75%) GIAC
9 4 (5.00%) CISA
9 4 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (5.00%) GCFA
9 4 (5.00%) GCIA
10 3 (3.75%) CCNA
10 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.75%) SSCP
11 2 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (2.50%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.50%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (2.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (20.00%) NIST
3 5 (6.25%) GDPR
3 5 (6.25%) NCSC
3 5 (6.25%) NIST 800
4 4 (5.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.75%) QA
6 2 (2.50%) GRC
6 2 (2.50%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.25%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.25%) FedRAMP
7 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.25%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) Docker
2 1 (1.25%) Firmware
2 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.25%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) QRadar
2 3 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.50%) CSIRT
3 2 (2.50%) Grafana
3 2 (2.50%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.25%) Nessus
4 1 (1.25%) OpenVAS
4 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (28.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (22.50%) Splunk
3 6 (7.50%) Google
3 6 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.00%) ArcSight
4 4 (5.00%) Cisco
4 4 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.75%) Rapid7
5 3 (3.75%) VMware
6 2 (2.50%) Databricks
6 2 (2.50%) IBM
6 2 (2.50%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.50%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.25%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.25%) Carbon Black
7 1 (1.25%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.25%) Kenna
7 1 (1.25%) Oracle
7 1 (1.25%) SAP