Threat Intelligence Contracts in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 41 102
Rank change year-on-year -35 +61 +42
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 10 44 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.99% 3.64% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 4.19% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 35 4
10th Percentile £210 £599 -
25th Percentile £369 £775 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £850 £620
Median % change year-on-year -43.38% +37.10% -0.80%
75th Percentile £603 - £793
90th Percentile £645 - £797
North West median daily rate £481 £850 £606
% change year-on-year -43.38% +40.26% -24.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 904 1,051 1,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.24% 86.93% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 655 1,111
10th Percentile £301 £327 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £662 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 44 55
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.94 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.81 £16.46
Median hourly rate £22.63 £34.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.44% +74.36% +11.43%
75th Percentile £55.25 £59.13 £43.13
90th Percentile £74.75 £73.60 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% +1.03% +60.70%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Threat Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) FMCG
3 1 (10.00%) MISP
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (80.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) SOAR
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
4 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (40.00%) Threat Detection
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) SIEM
6 2 (20.00%) Business Case
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Cost Management
6 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
6 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) GCIA
2 2 (20.00%) GCIH
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) QRadar
2 1 (10.00%) Nessus
2 1 (10.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (10.00%) Carbon Black
3 1 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (10.00%) Qualys
3 1 (10.00%) Rapid7