Threat Intelligence Contracts in the Thames Valley

Threat Intelligence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 89 144 143
Rank change year-on-year +55 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 13 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.037% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.043% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £478 - £575
25th Percentile £500 - £601
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -20.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £563 - £650
90th Percentile £600 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +28.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the Thames Valley

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 Threat Intelligence within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +40 10 £550 +11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire - 3 £500 - 4
Threat Intelligence
South East

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) SOC Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SIEM Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Security Posture
2 6 (46.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) SIEM
2 12 (92.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (76.92%) Incident Response
5 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
6 6 (46.15%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (38.46%) Threat Detection
8 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
8 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
9 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 2 (15.38%) Event Correlation
10 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
10 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (15.38%) SOAR
10 2 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) CEH
3 3 (23.08%) CISA
3 3 (23.08%) CISM
3 3 (23.08%) GCIH
4 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (7.69%) CCNA
5 1 (7.69%) CFCE
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
5 1 (7.69%) Degree
5 1 (7.69%) GCFA
5 1 (7.69%) GCIA
5 1 (7.69%) GIAC
5 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (7.69%) PgMP
5 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.69%) PMP
5 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 3 (23.08%) GDPR
3 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
4 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Splunk
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.69%) Kenna
3 1 (7.69%) Proofpoint
3 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow