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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 135 184
Rank change year-on-year +5 +49 +17
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 18 4 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.59% 0.18% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.19% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £22,129 - £36,250
25th Percentile £53,023 - £41,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +47.19% -26.84%
75th Percentile - - £69,750
90th Percentile £67,652 - £93,200
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -12.30%

All Process & 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 2,366 2,069 4,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 78.19% 94.05% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 939 2,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.88%
75th Percentile £67,720 £72,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend 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 8 March 2026.

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 8 March 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
Edinburgh +13 14 £60,000 - 5
Glasgow +4 3 £22,129 -68.39%
Threat Intelligence
UK

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (5.56%) IaaS
1 1 (5.56%) PaaS
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
1 12 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Operations Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) SEO Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (38.89%) Cyber Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 3 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 3 (16.67%) SIEM
4 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (11.11%) Coaching
5 2 (11.11%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (11.11%) Line Management
5 2 (11.11%) Log Aggregation
5 2 (11.11%) Runbook
5 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) CEH
1 1 (5.56%) GIAC
1 1 (5.56%) GREM
1 1 (5.56%) OSCP
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) NCSC
2 2 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) CASB
1 1 (5.56%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (5.56%) QRadar
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.56%) Splunk