Threat Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Threat Intelligence Specialist
England > South East

The median Threat Intelligence Specialist daily rate in the South East is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 175 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Threat Intelligence Specialist 3 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.086% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £466 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £540 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
England median daily rate £475 £540 -
% change year-on-year -12.04% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
England median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,146 4,253 5,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.30% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,533 3,589
10th Percentile £204 £245 £212
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 312 250
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.03 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +13.24% +111.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.95 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Threat Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Threat Intelligence Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence Specialist in the South East

Threat Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Threat Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Threat Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Threat Intelligence Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Berkshire +14 3 £470 -12.96%
Thames Valley +9 3 £470 -12.96%
Threat Intelligence Specialist
England

Threat Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Threat Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Threat Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) OSINT
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Insider Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Web Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source

Threat Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Insider Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) OSINT
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Web Operations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel