OSINT Job Trends in London

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring OSINT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 421 426
Rank change year-on-year +34 +5 +254
Permanent jobs citing OSINT 8 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.058% 0.025% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.027% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86,250 £38,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £41,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +125.61% -51.76% +17.24%
75th Percentile £98,750 £70,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £86,800 -
England median annual salary £59,000 £41,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +43.90% -34.40% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

OSINT 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,117 14,907 16,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.36% 94.37% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,332 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OSINT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

OSINT job vacancy trend in London

OSINT
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSINT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSINT

OSINT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) Big Data
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
1 7 (87.50%) Financial Institution
1 7 (87.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
2 1 (12.50%) Police
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Account Executive
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Analytics
1 7 (87.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 7 (87.50%) Data Analytics
1 7 (87.50%) Due Diligence
1 7 (87.50%) Line Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Development
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management