Threat Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Threat Intelligence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 117 131
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +43
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 17 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.95% 0.61% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.70% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 10
10th Percentile £415 £450 £560
25th Percentile £447 £500 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -16.92% +33.33%
75th Percentile £525 £613 -
90th Percentile £600 £628 £673
South East median daily rate £470 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -18.26% -11.54% +36.84%
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

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 1,607 1,864 2,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.53% 87.06% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,069 1,582
10th Percentile £269 £300 £246
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +1.50% +0.20%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.83% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 69 98
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.00 £16.36
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.75 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +159.74%
75th Percentile £36.89 £63.00 £65.96
90th Percentile £71.65 £74.97 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £51.76
% change year-on-year -64.40% +12.39% +39.40%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 30 October 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 30 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 +19 16 £488 -9.72% 9
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 - 1
Threat Intelligence
South East

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 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) Internet
General
1 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Legal
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Analyst
1 10 (58.82%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (47.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
4 5 (29.41%) Security Posture
5 3 (17.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (11.76%) Insider Threat
7 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 16 (94.12%) Incident Response
2 14 (82.35%) SIEM
3 13 (76.47%) Security Operations
4 10 (58.82%) Forensic Analysis
5 8 (47.06%) Behavioural Analysis
5 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (47.06%) Malware Analysis
5 8 (47.06%) Risk Management
6 7 (41.18%) Data Privacy
7 6 (35.29%) Task Automation
8 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (17.65%) Cyber Intelligence
10 3 (17.65%) DevOps
10 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
10 3 (17.65%) OSINT
10 3 (17.65%) Technical Analysis
10 3 (17.65%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Python
2 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) GCIA
2 11 (64.71%) GCFA
2 11 (64.71%) GCIH
3 10 (58.82%) CISSP
4 8 (47.06%) CFCE
5 6 (35.29%) GIAC
6 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
7 2 (11.76%) CEH
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (11.76%) ECSA
8 1 (5.88%) CISM
8 1 (5.88%) GCED
8 1 (5.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (58.82%) NIST
2 8 (47.06%) GDPR
3 6 (35.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (5.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Splunk
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (41.18%) ArcSight
4 7 (41.18%) LogRhythm
5 2 (11.76%) IBM
5 2 (11.76%) Intel