OSINT Jobs in the UK excluding London

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OSINT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSINT over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 701 713
Rank change year-on-year +142 +12 +142
Permanent jobs citing OSINT 12 64 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.087% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.11% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 11 49 39
10th Percentile - - £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% -35.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,500 £47,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £60,750 - £79,500
UK median annual salary £48,507 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.79% -35.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

OSINT 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 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSINT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSINT in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSINT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSINT in the UK excluding London

OSINT
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 OSINT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Scotland - 7 £45,000 - 8
South West +106 4 £48,507 -28.14% 12
South East +43 1 £56,500 +25.56% 30
OSINT
UK

OSINT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Public Speaking
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Linux
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Open Source
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) SIEM
3 7 (58.33%) Incident Response
3 7 (58.33%) Kalman Filter
4 6 (50.00%) Threat Detection
5 5 (41.67%) Event Correlation
5 5 (41.67%) Situational Awareness
5 5 (41.67%) Use Case
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (25.00%) Cyber Intelligence
7 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 2 (16.67%) Service-Level Objective
9 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
9 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) ArcSight