Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Threat Intelligence
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.93% 0.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £543 - -
25th Percentile £569 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile £758 - -
North West median daily rate £574 £575 £850
% change year-on-year -0.26% -32.35% +41.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 256 132 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.50% 81.48% 69.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 83 72
10th Percentile £144 £129 £155
25th Percentile £255 £173 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +0.59% -15.50%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £495
90th Percentile £660 £660 £588
North West median daily rate £492 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +6.09% -7.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 12
10th Percentile £17.46 - £16.65
25th Percentile £24.89 £12.21 £18.08
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £27.69
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -37.52% +1.79%
75th Percentile £39.32 £17.44 £37.19
90th Percentile £43.96 - £52.60
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.90 £32.50
% change year-on-year +79.20% -14.15% -4.41%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Merseyside over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in Merseyside

Threat Intelligence
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 Threat Intelligence within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -14 3 £625 - 5
Threat Intelligence
North West

Threat Intelligence
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 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) MISP
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) STIX
2 1 (33.33%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Darktrace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft