OSINT Contracts in London

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 352 383 492
Rank change year-on-year +31 +109 +100
Contract jobs citing OSINT 1 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.045% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.051% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £638 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £675 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £713 £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £570 £450
% change year-on-year +9.65% +26.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in London

OSINT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OSINT in London

OSINT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Contact Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared