Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 115 120
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +29
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.21% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £266 - -
25th Percentile £309 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £485 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% -15.65% -
75th Percentile £497 - £588
90th Percentile £544 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -3.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 1,607 1,508 1,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.49% 93.14% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 893 1,156
10th Percentile £283 £263 £219
25th Percentile £381 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -0.54% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £566
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 49 94
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.00 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.24
Median hourly rate £19.67 £19.97 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +2.41% +34.48%
75th Percentile £52.81 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £77.50 £61.00 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in Scotland

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 Threat Intelligence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Edinburgh - 3 £250 - 3
Glasgow +1 1 £550 +13.40% 5
Threat Intelligence
UK

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) MISP
3 1 (25.00%) STIX
3 1 (25.00%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CEH
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) GCIH
1 1 (25.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk
2 2 (50.00%) Tenable