Cyber Threat Intelligence Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 412 581
Rank change year-on-year +103 +169 -182
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 32 55 38
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.22% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.24% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 24
10th Percentile £525 £529 £433
25th Percentile £538 £569 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £655 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +13.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £850 £700 £641
90th Percentile - £792 £675
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cyber 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,215 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.97% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,849 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 522 532
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cyber Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Threat Intelligence trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
1 6 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Firewall
2 8 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 7 (21.88%) Lead
4 6 (18.75%) Senior
5 5 (15.63%) Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Lead Architect
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leader
6 3 (9.38%) Security Advisor
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
8 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Security Architect
8 1 (3.13%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
3 6 (18.75%) Security Posture
4 4 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (9.38%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
7 1 (3.13%) Cyberattack
7 1 (3.13%) Insider Threat
7 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (37.50%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Android
2 8 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.38%) Linux
4 2 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 20 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (43.75%) Risk Management
4 10 (31.25%) Security Architecture
4 10 (31.25%) Threat Detection
5 9 (28.13%) Security Operations
6 8 (25.00%) Agile
6 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (25.00%) Design Patterns
6 8 (25.00%) DevOps
6 8 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 8 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (25.00%) Zero Trust
7 7 (21.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (18.75%) Cyber Intelligence
8 6 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (18.75%) SIEM
9 5 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (15.63%) Use Case
10 4 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.25%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) CISSP
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) NIST
2 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (9.38%) NIST 800
4 2 (6.25%) NCSC
5 1 (3.13%) GDPR
5 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Qualys
3 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.25%) Rapid7
3 2 (6.25%) Splunk
4 1 (3.13%) Atlassian