Threat Intelligence Job Trends in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 203 158
Rank change year-on-year +56 -45 +71
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 2 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.079% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.23% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £24,416 - £39,294
25th Percentile £27,847 £62,000 £40,848
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,565 £69,000 £47,659
Median % change year-on-year -51.36% +44.78% -1.12%
75th Percentile £39,282 £76,000 £48,965
90th Percentile £42,713 - £49,336
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,278 3,837 2,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.90% 85.88% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,616 2,007
10th Percentile £26,575 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,209 £41,938 £37,616
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in Scotland

Threat Intelligence
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Glasgow - 1 £22,129 - 4
Renfrewshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Threat Intelligence
UK

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Service-Level Objective
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA