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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 137 151
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +66
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 3 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £38,875
25th Percentile - £62,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,129 £69,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -67.93% +34.63% +6.33%
75th Percentile £52,315 £76,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £70,426 - £64,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -4.00%

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 2,427 2,742 2,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.39% 84.40% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,297 1,809
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,900 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 - 2 £22,129 - 1
Edinburgh -3 1 £80,000 - 1
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Fire and Rescue
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
1 1 (33.33%) GREM
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk