Cyber Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 88 89
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 11 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.87% 0.74% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 0.85% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £456 £465 -
25th Percentile £466 £488 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £520 £850
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -38.82% +126.67%
75th Percentile £514 £540 £875
90th Percentile £559 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £850
% change year-on-year -7.41% -36.47% +126.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 537 936 973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.17% 86.43% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 511 654
10th Percentile £341 £350 £263
25th Percentile £450 £475 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% +7.84%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 16
10th Percentile - £14.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £38.44 £58.44
Median hourly rate £28.50 £60.53 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.91% -8.29% +24.53%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.74 £74.20
90th Percentile £66.60 £83.68 £75.13
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £61.25
% change year-on-year -38.41% -1.18% +22.50%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Reading

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in Reading

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Legal
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 5 (45.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (18.18%) Insider Threat
3 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 11 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Security Operations
3 8 (72.73%) SIEM
4 6 (54.55%) Forensic Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Behavioural Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Data Privacy
5 5 (45.45%) Malware Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
6 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (36.36%) Task Automation
7 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (27.27%) Cyber Intelligence
7 3 (27.27%) OSINT
7 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
8 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
8 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) GCFA
1 7 (63.64%) GCIA
1 7 (63.64%) GCIH
2 5 (45.45%) CFCE
2 5 (45.45%) CISSP
3 4 (36.36%) GIAC
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) CEH
5 2 (18.18%) ECSA
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 4 (36.36%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Splunk
2 6 (54.55%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) ArcSight
3 5 (45.45%) LogRhythm
4 2 (18.18%) IBM
4 2 (18.18%) Intel