Threat Intelligence Job Trends in London

Threat Intelligence
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Threat Intelligence 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 307 265 371
Rank change year-on-year -42 +106 +80
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 88 164 65
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.64% 1.04% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.10% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 63 81 50
10th Percentile £61,500 £60,000 £47,578
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +9.80% -17.74%
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £78,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.77% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 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%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in London

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in London

Threat Intelligence
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +25 17 £67,500 +3.85% 10
West London -7 9 £95,000 -26.92% 4
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.41%) AWS
2 21 (23.86%) Azure
3 12 (13.64%) GCP
4 7 (7.95%) Nutanix
5 5 (5.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (2.27%) dbt
8 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.14%) Datadog
8 1 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.00%) Firewall
2 10 (11.36%) Wireshark
3 9 (10.23%) Network Security
4 8 (9.09%) WAN
5 7 (7.95%) SD-WAN
6 6 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.55%) VPN
9 2 (2.27%) SSL
10 1 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (1.14%) LAN
10 1 (1.14%) Modbus
10 1 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.14%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.14%) Git
General
1 44 (50.00%) Finance
2 23 (26.14%) Social Skills
3 19 (21.59%) Banking
4 14 (15.91%) Legal
5 12 (13.64%) Financial Institution
6 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (9.09%) Law
8 8 (9.09%) Retail
9 3 (3.41%) Back Office
9 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.14%) French Language
11 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.14%) Marketing
11 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (27.27%) Analyst
2 17 (19.32%) Senior
3 15 (17.05%) Lead
4 12 (13.64%) Security Analyst
5 9 (10.23%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) Head of Security
7 7 (7.95%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (6.82%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Cyber Threat Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Head of IT
9 5 (5.68%) Head of IT Security
9 5 (5.68%) Incident Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Information Analyst
10 4 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
10 4 (4.55%) Information Security Specialist
10 4 (4.55%) Security Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Security Specialist
10 4 (4.55%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) PyTorch
1 3 (3.41%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.14%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 35 (39.77%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (17.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (17.05%) Security Posture
3 11 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 11 (12.50%) Insider Threat
4 10 (11.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (7.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (7.95%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (5.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (5.68%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.68%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.55%) Virtual Team
8 3 (3.41%) CMDB
9 2 (2.27%) Blog
9 2 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.14%) IoT
10 1 (1.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (30.68%) Linux
2 25 (28.41%) Windows
3 6 (6.82%) Unix
4 4 (4.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.14%) Android
5 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (81.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 59 (67.05%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (60.23%) Incident Response
4 42 (47.73%) Security Operations
5 41 (46.59%) SIEM
6 37 (42.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 31 (35.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 30 (34.09%) Information Security
9 27 (30.68%) Risk Management
10 25 (28.41%) Cyber Intelligence
11 21 (23.86%) Security Monitoring
12 20 (22.73%) Threat Detection
13 18 (20.45%) Data Loss Prevention
14 17 (19.32%) Cloud Security
14 17 (19.32%) Use Case
15 16 (18.18%) Red Team
16 15 (17.05%) Threat Modelling
17 14 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
17 14 (15.91%) Roadmaps
18 13 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.18%) Python
2 11 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.68%) Bash
4 4 (4.55%) Java
4 4 (4.55%) Kotlin
5 3 (3.41%) Perl
6 2 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.14%) C
7 1 (1.14%) C++
7 1 (1.14%) Scala
7 1 (1.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (23.86%) CISSP
2 17 (19.32%) GIAC
3 15 (17.05%) GCIH
4 13 (14.77%) CISM
4 13 (14.77%) GCIA
5 12 (13.64%) GCFA
6 9 (10.23%) CISA
7 7 (7.95%) Degree
7 7 (7.95%) OSCP
8 6 (6.82%) CREST Certified
9 5 (5.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.55%) Azure Certification
10 4 (4.55%) OSCE
10 4 (4.55%) Security Cleared
11 3 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (3.41%) Novell Certification
11 3 (3.41%) SANS
11 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
12 2 (2.27%) GSEC
12 2 (2.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (47.73%) NIST
2 29 (32.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (28.41%) GDPR
4 15 (17.05%) PCI DSS
5 8 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (4.55%) EU AI Act
6 4 (4.55%) QA
6 4 (4.55%) SLA
7 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (3.41%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 2 (2.27%) COBIT
8 2 (2.27%) NCSC
9 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (10.23%) CSIRT
2 7 (7.95%) CASB
2 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.95%) SCCM
3 6 (6.82%) QRadar
3 6 (6.82%) Terraform
4 5 (5.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (5.68%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.27%) Ansible
5 2 (2.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (2.27%) Nessus
5 2 (2.27%) Suricata
6 1 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (14.77%) Splunk
2 8 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.68%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (5.68%) VMware
4 3 (3.41%) Qualys
5 2 (2.27%) ArcSight
5 2 (2.27%) Carbon Black
5 2 (2.27%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.14%) Arista
6 1 (1.14%) Cadence
6 1 (1.14%) Cisco
6 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto