Threat Intelligence Job Trends in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 155 138
Rank change year-on-year +35 -17 +84
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 11 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.40% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.19% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £62,578 - £36,250
25th Percentile £63,819 £62,500 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,442 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% +18.18% -17.29%
75th Percentile £87,188 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £97,875 - £63,750
North West median annual salary £66,442 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +30.00% -23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 2,565 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.23% 93.14% 92.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 1,204 1,652
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,996
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in Manchester

Threat Intelligence
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Salford - 1 £69,384 - 4
Threat Intelligence
North West

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) dbt
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (54.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (36.36%) Operational Technology
4 3 (27.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (9.09%) Smart Energy
5 1 (9.09%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 9 (81.82%) Cyber Intelligence
3 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
3 6 (54.55%) Roadmaps
3 6 (54.55%) Security Operations
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
5 4 (36.36%) Business Strategy
5 4 (36.36%) Change Advisory Board
5 4 (36.36%) Coaching
5 4 (36.36%) ITIL
5 4 (36.36%) SABSA
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (36.36%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 2 (18.18%) SIEM
7 2 (18.18%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Go
1 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (54.55%) NIST
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (9.09%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft