Threat Intelligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Threat Intelligence
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 383 461
Rank change year-on-year +157 +78 -102
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 172 76 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.83% 0.31% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.35% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 50 45
10th Percentile £513 £518 £393
25th Percentile £559 £575 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +21.95% -
75th Percentile £825 £682 £613
90th Percentile £850 £966 £678
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £513
% change year-on-year -4.00% +21.95% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Threat Intelligence 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 17,611 21,615 27,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.54% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,550 14,981 19,185
10th Percentile £248 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,036 1,327 1,379
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.23 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Threat Intelligence
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 Threat Intelligence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +100 89 £570 -8.80% 18
North of England +58 62 £850 +41.08% 78
North West +42 47 £850 +41.43% 52
Midlands +37 23 £615 -3.53% 21
West Midlands +43 19 £616 -5.19% 12
Yorkshire +29 15 £582 -16.86% 24
South East +31 14 £500 -20.00% 34
Scotland +28 7 £575 -37.84% 5
East Midlands +19 4 £567 +4.52% 9
East of England +13 2 £550 -38.89% 15
Threat Intelligence
UK

Threat Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.47%) Azure
2 14 (8.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (2.33%) AWS
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (0.58%) GCP
5 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (27.91%) Firewall
2 40 (23.26%) VPN
3 12 (6.98%) Network Security
4 9 (5.23%) Wireless
5 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.58%) Big Data
2 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Git
General
1 63 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 19 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.40%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.23%) Military
6 8 (4.65%) Finance
7 6 (3.49%) Legal
8 5 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Electronics
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (49.42%) Analyst
2 47 (27.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 44 (25.58%) Lead
4 42 (24.42%) Architect
5 36 (20.93%) Technical Architect
6 30 (17.44%) Lead Architect
7 28 (16.28%) Technical Leader
8 22 (12.79%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 22 (12.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 22 (12.79%) SOC Analyst
9 15 (8.72%) Cyber Defence Analyst
10 7 (4.07%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (3.49%) Security Advisor
12 5 (2.91%) Digital Architect
12 5 (2.91%) Digital Technical Architect
13 4 (2.33%) Security Analyst
13 4 (2.33%) Senior
13 4 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (2.33%) SOC Engineer
14 3 (1.74%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (23.26%) Node.js
2 3 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.58%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 80 (46.51%) Cyber Threat
2 64 (37.21%) Management Information System
3 45 (26.16%) Cyber Defence
4 38 (22.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 31 (18.02%) Security Operations Centre
6 27 (15.70%) Public Cloud
7 16 (9.30%) CSOC
8 15 (8.72%) Security Posture
9 12 (6.98%) Product Ownership
10 9 (5.23%) Operational Technology
11 6 (3.49%) Mobile App
12 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 44 (25.58%) Windows
2 40 (23.26%) Android
2 40 (23.26%) Apple iOS
2 40 (23.26%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (83.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 113 (65.70%) Cybersecurity
3 79 (45.93%) SIEM
4 74 (43.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 71 (41.28%) Incident Response
6 69 (40.12%) Security Operations
7 63 (36.63%) SOAR
8 59 (34.30%) Information Security
9 55 (31.98%) Risk Management
10 46 (26.74%) Use Case
11 45 (26.16%) Security Architecture
12 42 (24.42%) Cyber Intelligence
13 41 (23.84%) CI/CD
14 40 (23.26%) Incident Management
14 40 (23.26%) Mobile Device Management
14 40 (23.26%) Zero Trust
15 38 (22.09%) Case Management
15 38 (22.09%) Mentoring
16 37 (21.51%) Root Cause Analysis
17 36 (20.93%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.23%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.33%) Python
3 2 (1.16%) Bash
3 2 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (0.58%) C
4 1 (0.58%) C++
4 1 (0.58%) Java
4 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.58%) Perl
4 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.58%) Ruby
4 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (76.16%) Security Cleared
2 93 (54.07%) DV Cleared
3 42 (24.42%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.56%) CISSP
5 10 (5.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (4.65%) Degree
7 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.49%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.74%) CEH
10 3 (1.74%) CISM
11 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.16%) CREST Certified
11 2 (1.16%) OSCP
12 1 (0.58%) GIAC
12 1 (0.58%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (27.33%) NIST
2 37 (21.51%) NIST 800
3 20 (11.63%) NCSC
4 19 (11.05%) GDPR
5 15 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.16%) PMO
7 2 (1.16%) SLA
8 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.58%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Kibana
1 2 (1.16%) logstash
2 1 (0.58%) Ansible
2 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.91%) Apple
2 5 (2.91%) Google
3 2 (1.16%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (1.16%) Red Hat
3 2 (1.16%) Splunk
4 1 (0.58%) Netskope
4 1 (0.58%) Qualys
4 1 (0.58%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.58%) SAP
4 1 (0.58%) Zscaler