Threat Intelligence Contracts in the South East

Threat Intelligence
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 138 191 213
Rank change year-on-year +53 +22 +20
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 21 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.30% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 9
10th Percentile £468 £479 £570
25th Percentile £500 £485 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £647 £554 £650
90th Percentile £725 £571 -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +21.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the South East

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in the South East

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the South East

Threat Intelligence
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +55 13 £525 +6.06% 6
Berkshire +40 10 £550 +11.11% 1
Hampshire +18 4 £888 +52.49% 14
Buckinghamshire - 3 £500 -
East Sussex - 3 £700 -
Surrey +17 1 £450 -10.00% 2
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (9.52%) GCP
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) OCI
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) SOC Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) IT Security Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Operations Director
5 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) SIEM Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) SIEM Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (38.10%) Security Posture
3 7 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 18 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 17 (80.95%) SIEM
4 11 (52.38%) Security Operations
5 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (38.10%) Threat Detection
7 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
8 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
9 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
9 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (23.81%) Process Improvement
9 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
10 4 (19.05%) Event Correlation
10 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
10 4 (19.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 4 (19.05%) Threat Analysis
11 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (14.29%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) CISSP
2 5 (23.81%) CISM
2 5 (23.81%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (23.81%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) CEH
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 3 (14.29%) CISA
4 3 (14.29%) GCIH
4 3 (14.29%) ISSEP
4 3 (14.29%) SSCP
5 2 (9.52%) CCNA
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.76%) GCFA
6 1 (4.76%) GCIA
6 1 (4.76%) GIAC
6 1 (4.76%) MCSE
6 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.76%) PMP
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (28.57%) NIST
3 3 (14.29%) GDPR
3 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.76%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) QRadar
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (4.76%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Splunk
3 2 (9.52%) ArcSight
4 1 (4.76%) AlienVault
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) Kenna
4 1 (4.76%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow