Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
UK

The median Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 555 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.010% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.011% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile £680 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,857 35,495 46,616
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.95% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,875 21,555 31,928
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,610 1,583 1,515
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.57 £74.84 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.27% +100.00%

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 28 September 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
England +17 3 £650 - 5
UK excluding London -7 2 £563 - 5
London +20 1 £675 -
South East +14 1 £475 -
East of England - 1 £650 -

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) OSINT
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Pattern Recognition
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Web Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Insider Threat
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Pattern Recognition
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Web Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST