Cyber Threat Intelligence Contracts

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber 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 446 385 595
Rank change year-on-year -61 +210 +185
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 74 199 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.46% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.53% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 139 63
10th Percentile £447 £513 £452
25th Percentile £490 £559 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £626 £819 £700
90th Percentile £713 £850 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Top 14 Contract 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 within the UK 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
England -56 63 £550 -8.33% 129
UK excluding London -49 32 £600 - 99
London +39 30 £550 +2.33% 42
Work from Home +35 28 £588 -4.47% 70
South East +52 20 £550 +10.00% 36
Midlands +3 3 £600 -2.64% 15
West Midlands -2 3 £600 -2.64% 7
Scotland +8 2 £475 -17.39% 5
South West -22 2 £550 -3.51% 14
North of England -35 2 £625 -26.47% 24
East of England - 2 £745 - 12
Wales - 2 £600 - 4
North West -24 1 - - 9
North East - 1 £625 - 4

Cyber Threat Intelligence
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (33.78%) Azure
2 14 (18.92%) AWS
2 14 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (9.46%) GCP
5 5 (6.76%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.70%) SaaS
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.35%) OCI
9 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.35%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.92%) Firewall
2 7 (9.46%) Network Security
3 4 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.35%) DNS
5 1 (1.35%) HTTP
5 1 (1.35%) SMTP
5 1 (1.35%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.35%) VPN
5 1 (1.35%) VSAN
5 1 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Big Data
2 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 22 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.86%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.46%) Finance
5 3 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Law
6 2 (2.70%) Legal
6 2 (2.70%) Military
6 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Analyst
2 12 (16.22%) Lead
3 8 (10.81%) Architect
3 8 (10.81%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (8.11%) Consultant
4 6 (8.11%) Security Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Security Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Security Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) QA Leader
7 3 (4.05%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.05%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.70%) Head of Security
8 2 (2.70%) SIEM Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) SOC Consultant
8 2 (2.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 33 (44.59%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (24.32%) Security Posture
3 14 (18.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (12.16%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (12.16%) Management Information System
5 5 (6.76%) Operational Technology
6 4 (5.41%) Insider Threat
7 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.70%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.70%) MISP
8 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.70%) SCADA
8 2 (2.70%) Shadow IT
9 1 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 58 (78.38%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (64.86%) Incident Response
4 41 (55.41%) SIEM
5 37 (50.00%) Security Operations
6 34 (45.95%) Vulnerability Management
7 22 (29.73%) Threat Detection
8 19 (25.68%) Cloud Security
8 19 (25.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 18 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (20.27%) Security Monitoring
11 14 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (17.57%) SOAR
13 12 (16.22%) Cyber Intelligence
13 12 (16.22%) Risk Management
14 11 (14.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 10 (13.51%) Decision-Making
16 9 (12.16%) Analytics
16 9 (12.16%) Incident Management
16 9 (12.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.27%) PowerShell
2 14 (18.92%) Python
3 7 (9.46%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.70%) Bash
5 1 (1.35%) C
5 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (35.14%) CISSP
2 16 (21.62%) Security Cleared
3 15 (20.27%) SC Cleared
4 14 (18.92%) CISM
5 10 (13.51%) CEH
5 10 (13.51%) Degree
5 10 (13.51%) GCIH
6 9 (12.16%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (12.16%) GIAC
7 5 (6.76%) SSCP
8 4 (5.41%) CISA
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.41%) CREST Certified
8 4 (5.41%) GCIA
8 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.05%) CCNA
9 3 (4.05%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (4.05%) GCFA
9 3 (4.05%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (27.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (22.97%) NIST
3 5 (6.76%) NIST 800
4 4 (5.41%) GDPR
4 4 (5.41%) NCSC
4 4 (5.41%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.05%) QA
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.70%) GRC
7 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.35%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.35%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) QRadar
2 2 (2.70%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.35%) Ansible
3 1 (1.35%) CASB
3 1 (1.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.35%) Grafana
3 1 (1.35%) Nessus
3 1 (1.35%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.35%) SCCM
3 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) Splunk
3 5 (6.76%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (6.76%) Google
3 5 (6.76%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.41%) ArcSight
5 3 (4.05%) IBM
5 3 (4.05%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.70%) Cisco
6 2 (2.70%) Databricks
6 2 (2.70%) Proofpoint
6 2 (2.70%) Qualys
6 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.35%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.35%) Carbon Black
7 1 (1.35%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.35%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.35%) VMware