Cyber Threat Intelligence Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 276 311 426
Rank change year-on-year +35 +115 +168
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 28 34 51
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 23
10th Percentile £463 £525 £528
25th Percentile £500 £550 £599
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £615 £659
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -6.68% +14.61%
75th Percentile £600 £850 £700
90th Percentile £640 - £792
UK median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cyber Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Threat Intelligence trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Cyber Threat Intelligence daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Threat Intelligence daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
3 4 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (7.14%) GCP
6 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) VPN
4 1 (3.57%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
General
1 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Lead
2 4 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.14%) SOC Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (35.71%) Security Posture
3 9 (32.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 4 (14.29%) Operational Technology
5 2 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (7.14%) Cyberattack
5 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (7.14%) SCADA
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.57%) Insider Threat
6 1 (3.57%) Life Science
6 1 (3.57%) MISP
6 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 22 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (71.43%) SIEM
4 17 (60.71%) Security Operations
5 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
6 12 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (32.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 9 (32.14%) Security Monitoring
7 9 (32.14%) Threat Detection
8 6 (21.43%) Cyber Intelligence
8 6 (21.43%) SOAR
9 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
9 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
9 5 (17.86%) Malware Analysis
10 4 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
10 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 5 (17.86%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) Bash
3 1 (3.57%) C
3 1 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) CISSP
2 6 (21.43%) CEH
2 6 (21.43%) GCIH
2 6 (21.43%) GIAC
3 5 (17.86%) CISM
4 3 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (10.71%) CREST Certified
4 3 (10.71%) Degree
5 2 (7.14%) CISA
5 2 (7.14%) Cyber Scheme
5 2 (7.14%) GCIA
5 2 (7.14%) GSEC
5 2 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (7.14%) SSCP
6 1 (3.57%) CCNA
6 1 (3.57%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.57%) GCFA
6 1 (3.57%) ISEB
6 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (32.14%) NIST
2 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 3 (10.71%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
1 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) QRadar
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) CASB
2 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.57%) Grafana
2 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Splunk
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.14%) IBM
5 1 (3.57%) ArcSight
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.57%) Forcepoint
5 1 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) Qualys
5 1 (3.57%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.57%) VMware