Cyber Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 118 104
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 +38
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 4 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.36% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.39% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £420 -
25th Percentile - £431 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +75.82% -20.87% -15.75%
75th Percentile - £473 £588
90th Percentile - £480 -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £675
% change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% +8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,830 1,520 1,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.56% 91.18% 86.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 853 1,000
10th Percentile £281 £263 £213
25th Percentile £375 £375 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £540
90th Percentile £656 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 91 57
10th Percentile £13.05 £16.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.48 £17.87 £14.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.09% +3.49%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £74.00 £27.99 £50.80
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Glasgow -14 3 £800 +64.95% 4
Edinburgh -8 1 - - 1
Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 3 (75.00%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 22301
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk
1 1 (25.00%) Tenable