Threat Intelligence Contracts in the South West

Threat Intelligence
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 102 150
Rank change year-on-year 0 +48 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 12 40 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 1.44% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.73% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 7
10th Percentile £518 £525 £608
25th Percentile £525 £550 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £675 £790
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -14.56% +43.64%
75th Percentile £753 £690 £816
90th Percentile £815 £725 £849
England median daily rate £550 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £76.50 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +33.04% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,705 2,309 2,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.69% 83.33% 87.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 1,485 2,069
10th Percentile £216 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £619 £634 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 260 250
10th Percentile £14.92 £14.35 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.14 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.54% +6.56% +16.67%
75th Percentile £64.06 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.94% +50.44%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the South West

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Threat Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the South West over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the South West

Threat Intelligence
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire -8 4 £744 +8.92%
Devon +8 3 - - 1
Gloucestershire +27 2 £550 +37.50% 3
Bristol +8 2 - - 7
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Big Data
1 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Head of Information
2 2 (16.67%) Head of Information Security
2 2 (16.67%) Head of Security
2 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Information Services
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (58.33%) Security Posture
3 6 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
7 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (41.67%) SIEM
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Detection
4 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
5 4 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (25.00%) Information Security
6 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
7 2 (16.67%) Information Assurance
7 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.33%) R
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (16.67%) CEH
4 2 (16.67%) CISA
4 2 (16.67%) CISM
4 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (16.67%) COBIT
3 2 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto