Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 83 85
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 15 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.37% 0.84% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 0.95% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £450 £450 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £850
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -41.18% +126.67%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £875
90th Percentile £535 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £540 £725
% change year-on-year -9.72% -25.52% +93.33%
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

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 570 951 977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.91% 88.30% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 525 655
10th Percentile £339 £350 £250
25th Percentile £450 £463 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 14
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.50 £29.04
25th Percentile £14.75 £24.88 £59.32
Median hourly rate £32.89 £59.47 £63.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.70% -6.19% +15.26%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.74 £67.42
90th Percentile £69.08 £76.13 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.50 £58.49 £60.63
% change year-on-year -51.27% -3.52% +20.05%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Reading

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Reading over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in Reading

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 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
General
1 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Legal
3 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
1 10 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 7 (46.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (26.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (13.33%) Insider Threat
5 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 14 (93.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 12 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 12 (80.00%) SIEM
4 10 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
5 8 (53.33%) Behavioural Analysis
5 8 (53.33%) Malware Analysis
6 7 (46.67%) Data Privacy
6 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
7 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (40.00%) Task Automation
8 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
9 3 (20.00%) DevOps
9 3 (20.00%) OSINT
9 3 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
9 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Python
2 9 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) GCFA
1 11 (73.33%) GCIA
1 11 (73.33%) GCIH
2 9 (60.00%) CISSP
3 8 (53.33%) CFCE
4 6 (40.00%) GIAC
5 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) CEH
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) GDPR
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (53.33%) NIST
2 6 (40.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Splunk
2 8 (53.33%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) ArcSight
3 7 (46.67%) LogRhythm
4 2 (13.33%) IBM
4 2 (13.33%) Intel