Cyber Threat Intelligence Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 92 82
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 +70
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 1 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.11% 0.78% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.85% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £39,825
25th Percentile £77,500 - £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.59%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £63,688
90th Percentile - - £68,675
Scotland median annual salary £22,129 £69,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -68.16% +35.61% +6.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cyber Threat Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 827 1,179 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.26% 92.18% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 361 490 765
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £76,385
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Threat Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Cyber Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk