Cyber Intelligence Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyber Intelligence
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cyber 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 428 535 500
Rank change year-on-year +107 -35 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Intelligence 87 32 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.086% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.097% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 34
10th Percentile £54,000 £46,865 £40,486
25th Percentile £56,438 £49,775 £46,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,942 £53,050 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.96% -7.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £56,325 £63,750
90th Percentile £102,875 £61,795 -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £61,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +35.25% +3.83% -12.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cyber Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cyber Intelligence job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Intelligence
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Intelligence

Cyber Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Cyber Intelligence
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Intelligence within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +27 30 £68,942 +53.20% 2
Midlands - 25 £67,000 -
East Midlands - 15 - -
North West +29 14 £84,692 - 1
Yorkshire +4 11 £57,500 +27.78%
West Midlands - 10 £67,000 -
South East +25 9 - - 9
South West +23 8 £82,500 - 9
East of England - 8 £57,500 -
North East +13 5 £68,500 - 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales - 3 - -
Cyber Intelligence
UK

Cyber Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.45%) AWS
2 2 (2.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 1 (1.15%) Azure
3 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
General
1 5 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (3.45%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Law
4 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.15%) Finance
4 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.15%) Legal
4 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.15%) Public Speaking
4 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 72 (82.76%) Lead
2 5 (5.75%) Analyst
3 3 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 3 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 3 (3.45%) Senior
3 3 (3.45%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (3.45%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (2.30%) Account Manager
4 2 (2.30%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (2.30%) Business Manager
4 2 (2.30%) Development Manager
4 2 (2.30%) Security Engineer
4 2 (2.30%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
4 2 (2.30%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (1.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (1.15%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (1.15%) Security Analyst
5 1 (1.15%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) Django
1 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 83 (95.40%) Cyber Threat
2 67 (77.01%) Security Operations Centre
3 66 (75.86%) Operational Technology
4 65 (74.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (3.45%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.15%) MISP
7 1 (1.15%) SCADA
7 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (95.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 83 (95.40%) Threat Intelligence
2 71 (81.61%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 71 (81.61%) Vulnerability Management
3 70 (80.46%) Security Operations
4 69 (79.31%) Roadmaps
5 68 (78.16%) Mentoring
6 66 (75.86%) Coaching
6 66 (75.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (74.71%) Business Strategy
7 65 (74.71%) Change Advisory Board
7 65 (74.71%) ITIL
7 65 (74.71%) Risk Management
7 65 (74.71%) SABSA
7 65 (74.71%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (6.90%) Incident Response
9 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (4.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (3.45%) Decision-Making
11 3 (3.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) Go
1 2 (2.30%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.15%) Bash
2 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.15%) Perl
2 1 (1.15%) Python
2 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.75%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.15%) CEH
4 1 (1.15%) CISSP
4 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.15%) Degree
4 1 (1.15%) GIAC
4 1 (1.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (78.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 68 (78.16%) NIST
2 65 (74.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) NCSC
3 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.15%) Cisco
2 1 (1.15%) Intel
2 1 (1.15%) LogRhythm
2 1 (1.15%) Splunk