Cyber Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Intelligence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cyber Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 117 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Intelligence 3 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £466 £540 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £570 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% - -
75th Percentile £473 £628 -
90th Percentile £474 £634 -
South East median daily rate £470 £570 £750
% change year-on-year -17.54% -24.00% +71.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,535 1,854 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.61% 85.48% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,045 1,635
10th Percentile £266 £293 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £681 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 78 89
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.83 £28.31 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% +11.12% +165.82%
75th Percentile £44.68 £64.40 £67.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £78.60 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.38 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.99% +7.35% +80.48%

Cyber Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cyber Intelligence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cyber Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Intelligence

Cyber Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Intelligence within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 +12 3 £470 -17.54% 1
Cyber Intelligence
South East

Cyber Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Specialist
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 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