Threat Intelligence Job Trends in the North West

Threat Intelligence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 165 196 179
Rank change year-on-year +31 -17 +72
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 18 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.29% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £46,500 £48,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £52,938 £53,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,442 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £79,502 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,125 - £63,400
England median annual salary £78,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.77% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,122 4,712 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 2,332 2,655
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the North West 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
Manchester +35 11 £73,442 +12.99% 25
Merseyside - 4 - - 1
Lancashire +7 2 £46,500 -15.45%
Cheshire - 1 - -
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.56%) dbt
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) SOC Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (61.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (44.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 8 (44.44%) Operational Technology
4 5 (27.78%) Cyberattack
5 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (5.56%) Smart Energy
6 1 (5.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 14 (77.78%) Cyber Intelligence
3 11 (61.11%) Security Operations
4 10 (55.56%) Mentoring
4 10 (55.56%) Roadmaps
4 10 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 8 (44.44%) Business Strategy
6 8 (44.44%) Change Advisory Board
6 8 (44.44%) Coaching
6 8 (44.44%) ITIL
6 8 (44.44%) SABSA
6 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (44.44%) Technology Roadmap
6 8 (44.44%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (27.78%) Incident Response
8 4 (22.22%) SIEM
9 3 (16.67%) Use Case
10 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Go
1 1 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) CEH
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) GCIA
2 1 (5.56%) GCIH
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (55.56%) NIST
2 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (5.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft