Threat Intelligence Contracts with Work from Home Options

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 Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 394 564
Rank change year-on-year +84 +170 -179
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 39 80 59
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.31% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.35% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 37
10th Percentile £525 £529 £440
25th Percentile £550 £623 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £850 £803 £675
90th Percentile £865 £838 £768
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £519
% change year-on-year -4.00% +20.48% -1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 13,465 23,106 40,645
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.81% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,984 16,334 29,499
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

Threat Intelligence
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Intelligence trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Threat Intelligence.

Threat Intelligence daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Threat Intelligence daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Firewall
2 8 (20.51%) VPN
3 3 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Banking
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Finance
3 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Architect
2 8 (20.51%) Technical Architect
3 7 (17.95%) Lead
4 6 (15.38%) Senior
5 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Lead Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Technical Leader
6 3 (7.69%) Security Advisor
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Head of Operations
8 1 (2.56%) Head of Security
8 1 (2.56%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (20.51%) Node.js
2 1 (2.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (20.51%) Public Cloud
2 8 (20.51%) Security Posture
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
4 5 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (10.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (7.69%) CMDB
6 3 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
7 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
8 1 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.56%) Insider Threat
8 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
8 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.77%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Android
2 8 (20.51%) Apple iOS
2 8 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.69%) Linux
4 2 (5.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (87.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 22 (56.41%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (46.15%) Risk Management
4 14 (35.90%) Security Operations
5 12 (30.77%) Threat Detection
6 10 (25.64%) Incident Response
6 10 (25.64%) Security Architecture
7 9 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (20.51%) Agile
8 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
8 8 (20.51%) Design Patterns
8 8 (20.51%) DevOps
8 8 (20.51%) Mobile Device Management
8 8 (20.51%) SIEM
8 8 (20.51%) Zero Trust
9 6 (15.38%) Cyber Intelligence
9 6 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (12.82%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (12.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (5.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 5 (12.82%) CISSP
5 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.69%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.56%) CISM
7 1 (2.56%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) NIST
2 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (7.69%) GRC
3 3 (7.69%) NIST 800
4 2 (5.13%) NCSC
5 1 (2.56%) GDPR
5 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) CASB
1 1 (2.56%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Qualys
3 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.13%) Rapid7
4 2 (5.13%) Splunk
5 1 (2.56%) Atlassian