Threat Intelligence Contracts in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.01% 0.084% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.093% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £600 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £495 £650
% change year-on-year +11.11% -23.85% -16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CFCE
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (16.67%) Kenna
2 1 (16.67%) Rapid7