OSINT Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring OSINT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSINT 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £775 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 253 129 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 78.57% 81.13% 69.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 81 78
10th Percentile £144 £129 £149
25th Percentile £246 £190 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £410
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +3.66% -18.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £494
90th Percentile £675 £663 £588
North West median daily rate £492 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +6.96% -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 14
10th Percentile £17.37 - £15.30
25th Percentile £24.72 £12.21 £16.88
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -24.37% -0.97%
75th Percentile - £17.44 £36.19
90th Percentile £43.96 - £49.80
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £32.00
% change year-on-year +73.91% -10.16% +4.78%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSINT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

OSINT job vacancy trend in Merseyside

OSINT
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSINT within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 29 July 2026. 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
Liverpool - 1 £775 - 1
OSINT
North West

OSINT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) STIX
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence