OSINT Contracts in the UK excluding London

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OSINT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OSINT over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 448 509
Rank change year-on-year +89 +61 -73
Contract jobs citing OSINT 34 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 1 0
10th Percentile £540 - -
25th Percentile £559 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile £625 - -
UK median daily rate £570 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

OSINT is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSINT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSINT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSINT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSINT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South West +52 31 £570 -
West Midlands - 2 £538 -
Midlands - 2 £538 - 1
South East - 1 £540 - 2
OSINT
UK

OSINT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) Wireless
2 5 (14.71%) Network Security
General
1 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Military
3 6 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (97.06%) Analyst
1 33 (97.06%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 20 (58.82%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 20 (58.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 1 (2.94%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 28 (82.35%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (20.59%) Operational Technology
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (5.88%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 34 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 34 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 33 (97.06%) Open Source
3 29 (85.29%) Security Operations
4 28 (82.35%) Cyber Intelligence
4 28 (82.35%) SIEM
5 26 (76.47%) Malware Analysis
5 26 (76.47%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 26 (76.47%) SOAR
6 8 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
8 3 (8.82%) Information Security
9 2 (5.88%) Advanced Persistent Threat
9 2 (5.88%) Analytics
9 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
9 2 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
10 1 (2.94%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 33 (97.06%) DV Cleared
1 33 (97.06%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Red Hat