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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 393 576
Rank change year-on-year -61 +183 +189
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 72 200 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.47% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.54% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 139 64
10th Percentile £447 £510 £454
25th Percentile £485 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £819 £700
90th Percentile £685 £850 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -8.33% -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 26,600 37,094 51,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 86.26% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,092 23,889 35,981
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.40% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,089 2,438 1,716
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +0.29% +41.73%
75th Percentile £60.13 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.78 £38.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.28% +8.74% +75.00%

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 12 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 12 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 -46 61 £550 -8.33% 151
London +36 30 £550 - 52
UK excluding London -63 30 £550 -8.33% 108
Work from Home +43 26 £588 -4.47% 82
South East +46 18 £550 +1.85% 43
West Midlands +7 3 £600 -3.23% 6
Midlands 0 3 £600 -3.23% 10
Scotland +7 2 £485 -15.65% 3
South West -27 2 £550 -3.51% 14
North of England -35 2 £625 -26.47% 30
East of England - 2 £745 - 11
Wales - 2 £600 - 3
North West -28 1 - - 11
North East - 1 £625 - 1

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 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 23 (31.94%) Azure
2 14 (19.44%) AWS
3 13 (18.06%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.72%) GCP
6 4 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.78%) SaaS
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.39%) OCI
9 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.39%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 14 (19.44%) Firewall
2 5 (6.94%) Network Security
3 4 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.39%) DNS
5 1 (1.39%) HTTP
5 1 (1.39%) SMTP
5 1 (1.39%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.39%) VPN
5 1 (1.39%) VSAN
5 1 (1.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Big Data
2 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.72%) Finance
5 3 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (2.78%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Military
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Analyst
2 11 (15.28%) Lead
3 9 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) Architect
5 6 (8.33%) Consultant
5 6 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Security Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Security Architect
6 5 (6.94%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.17%) QA Leader
7 3 (4.17%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (2.78%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.78%) Head of Operations
8 2 (2.78%) IT Security Manager
8 2 (2.78%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 14 (19.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 7 (9.72%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (6.94%) Operational Technology
7 4 (5.56%) Insider Threat
8 3 (4.17%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (2.78%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.78%) MISP
9 2 (2.78%) SCADA
9 2 (2.78%) Shadow IT
10 1 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.39%) Life Science
10 1 (1.39%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.72%) Windows
2 6 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 56 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 42 (58.33%) SIEM
5 38 (52.78%) Security Operations
6 32 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
7 23 (31.94%) Threat Detection
8 20 (27.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 18 (25.00%) Cloud Security
9 18 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (19.44%) Security Monitoring
10 14 (19.44%) SOAR
11 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (15.28%) Cyber Intelligence
11 11 (15.28%) Risk Management
11 11 (15.28%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 10 (13.89%) Decision-Making
13 9 (12.50%) Incident Management
14 8 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
15 7 (9.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) PowerShell
1 15 (20.83%) Python
2 8 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (1.39%) C
4 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (33.33%) CISSP
2 17 (23.61%) Security Cleared
3 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 12 (16.67%) CISM
5 11 (15.28%) CEH
5 11 (15.28%) GCIH
6 9 (12.50%) GIAC
7 8 (11.11%) Degree
8 7 (9.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (6.94%) GCIA
10 4 (5.56%) CISA
10 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (5.56%) CREST Certified
11 3 (4.17%) CCNA
11 3 (4.17%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (4.17%) GCFA
11 3 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (4.17%) SSCP
12 2 (2.78%) CCSP
12 2 (2.78%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (23.61%) NIST
3 5 (6.94%) NIST 800
4 4 (5.56%) GDPR
4 4 (5.56%) NCSC
4 4 (5.56%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.17%) QA
6 2 (2.78%) GRC
7 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.39%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.39%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) QRadar
2 2 (2.78%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.39%) Grafana
3 1 (1.39%) Nessus
3 1 (1.39%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.39%) SCCM
3 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.44%) Splunk
3 5 (6.94%) ArcSight
3 5 (6.94%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (6.94%) Google
3 5 (6.94%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.17%) IBM
4 3 (4.17%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.78%) Databricks
5 2 (2.78%) Proofpoint
5 2 (2.78%) Qualys
6 1 (1.39%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.39%) Carbon Black
6 1 (1.39%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.39%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.39%) Oracle
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) VMware