Threat Intelligence Contracts in the North West

Threat Intelligence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 79 121
Rank change year-on-year -45 +42 +56
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 9 49 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.40% 2.00% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 2.39% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 40 16
10th Percentile £200 £512 £488
25th Percentile £417 £775 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £850 £606
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +40.26% -24.25%
75th Percentile £629 - £632
90th Percentile £658 - £770
England median daily rate £550 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,982 2,053 2,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.76% 83.97% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,234 1,741
10th Percentile £299 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £679 £669
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 157 158
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.08 £35.00 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +9.80% +46.36%
75th Percentile £53.13 £52.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -40.82% +0.73% +56.26%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
DemandTrendContract 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 Threat Intelligence within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -36 8 £575 -32.35% 12
Merseyside - 1 - -
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (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%) Cyber 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%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
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