Cyber Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cyber Threat Intelligence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 109 136
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +40
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 9 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.41% 0.50% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.59% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £200 £633 £488
25th Percentile £417 £775 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £850 £708
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +20.14% -11.01%
75th Percentile £629 - £798
90th Percentile £658 - £800
England median daily rate £575 £635 £625
% change year-on-year -9.45% +1.60% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cyber 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,938 2,021 2,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.53% 83.48% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,103 1,711
10th Percentile £268 £295 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £595
90th Percentile £680 £668 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 111 168
10th Percentile £13.82 £16.50 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £31.77
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +33.77% +35.83%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.56 £67.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the North West

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the North West

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Manchester -3 8 £575 -32.35% 6
Merseyside - 1 - -
Cyber Threat Intelligence
England

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) tcpdump
2 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Security Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Response Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) FMCG
3 1 (11.11%) MISP
3 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Incident Response
2 8 (88.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 6 (66.67%) SOAR
4 4 (44.44%) Digital Forensics
4 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
5 3 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) SIEM
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Cost Management
6 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 2 (22.22%) Use Case
7 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) GCIA
1 2 (22.22%) GCIH
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
2 1 (11.11%) Nessus
2 1 (11.11%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) ArcSight
3 1 (11.11%) Carbon Black
3 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) LogRhythm
3 1 (11.11%) Qualys
3 1 (11.11%) Rapid7