Cyber Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat Intelligence
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 114 122
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +57
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 13 9 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.77% 0.42% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.49% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 14
10th Percentile £448 £470 £566
25th Percentile £459 £500 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% -16.92% +73.33%
75th Percentile £548 - -
90th Percentile £645 £599 -
South East median daily rate £465 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -19.13% -11.54% +48.57%
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 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,525 1,837 2,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.56% 85.40% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 1,034 1,631
10th Percentile £264 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -2.39% +4.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £682 £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 77 88
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.62 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.83 £27.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +11.47% +161.50%
75th Percentile £44.68 £63.43 £68.44
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.31 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £58.49 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.53% +7.56% +70.41%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat 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 Threat Intelligence within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 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 +14 12 £500 -7.41% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 -
Cyber Threat Intelligence
South East

Cyber Threat 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Legal
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (46.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
4 3 (23.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
5 2 (15.38%) Insider Threat
6 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 12 (92.31%) Incident Response
3 11 (84.62%) Security Operations
4 10 (76.92%) SIEM
5 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (46.15%) Forensic Analysis
5 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
6 5 (38.46%) Behavioural Analysis
6 5 (38.46%) Data Privacy
6 5 (38.46%) Malware Analysis
7 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (30.77%) Task Automation
7 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (23.08%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
8 3 (23.08%) OSINT
8 3 (23.08%) SOAR
8 3 (23.08%) Threat Detection
9 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) GCIA
2 7 (53.85%) GCFA
2 7 (53.85%) GCIH
3 6 (46.15%) CISSP
4 5 (38.46%) CFCE
5 4 (30.77%) GIAC
6 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 2 (15.38%) CEH
7 2 (15.38%) ECSA
8 1 (7.69%) CISM
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (7.69%) Degree
8 1 (7.69%) GCED
8 1 (7.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (53.85%) NIST
2 5 (38.46%) GDPR
3 4 (30.77%) HIPAA
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (7.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Splunk
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 6 (46.15%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (38.46%) ArcSight
4 5 (38.46%) LogRhythm
5 2 (15.38%) IBM
5 2 (15.38%) Intel