Threat Intelligence Job Trends in Edinburgh

Threat Intelligence
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 85 97
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 +49
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 1 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.12% 0.65% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £22,129 £69,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -67.93% +34.63% +6.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 773 1,106 942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.70% 89.19% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 330 456 764
10th Percentile £25,684 £35,000 £30,575
25th Percentile £30,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,800 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year -31.97% -5.54% +3.75%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £89,625
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -30.91% +5.77% -5.45%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Intelligence

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%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
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 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