Cyber Threat Intelligence Jobs

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 628 630
Rank change year-on-year +45 +2 -164
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 134 279 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.28% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 112 170 138
10th Percentile £48,904 £45,000 £40,350
25th Percentile £61,500 £50,000 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.76% +15.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £117,250 £101,250 £98,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +5.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +68 125 £70,000 +16.67% 182
UK excluding London +44 65 £57,500 +9.52% 119
London +110 63 £75,000 +7.14% 72
Work from Home +66 46 £65,000 -2.99% 93
South East +96 22 £71,000 +20.59% 50
North of England +15 15 £60,000 +20.00% 31
South West +91 11 £59,615 +13.55% 14
Yorkshire +55 9 £60,000 +9.09% 19
North West -28 6 - - 11
Scotland +69 5 £57,500 +20.91% 3
East of England +49 5 £42,085 -26.81% 11
West Midlands +55 4 £65,000 +79.06% 9
Midlands +55 4 £65,000 +23.81% 13
Wales +41 3 £55,000 +4.76% 3

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.40%) Azure
2 18 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (8.96%) AWS
3 12 (8.96%) GCP
4 7 (5.22%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.73%) SaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.15%) Firewall
2 14 (10.45%) VPN
3 10 (7.46%) Network Security
4 5 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.99%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.24%) DMARC
7 2 (1.49%) DKIM
8 1 (0.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.24%) GIS
2 1 (0.75%) Power BI
General
1 37 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 32 (23.88%) Law
3 31 (23.13%) Finance
4 19 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.70%) Legal
6 7 (5.22%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.99%) Banking
8 4 (2.99%) Local Government
9 3 (2.24%) Public Speaking
10 2 (1.49%) Games
10 2 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.49%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (46.27%) Analyst
2 29 (21.64%) Security Analyst
3 21 (15.67%) Senior
4 20 (14.93%) SOC Analyst
5 19 (14.18%) Lead
6 11 (8.21%) Security Engineer
7 10 (7.46%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 9 (6.72%) Consultant
8 9 (6.72%) Information Analyst
8 9 (6.72%) Information Security Analyst
8 9 (6.72%) Security Consultant
8 9 (6.72%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (5.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (5.22%) Information Security Consultant
10 7 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.22%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (4.48%) Security Manager
11 6 (4.48%) SOC Engineer
12 5 (3.73%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) PySpark
2 1 (0.75%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.75%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 55 (41.04%) Cyber Threat
2 30 (22.39%) Security Posture
3 24 (17.91%) Management Information System
4 21 (15.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (13.43%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (8.21%) Onboarding
7 10 (7.46%) CSOC
8 9 (6.72%) Virtual Team
9 8 (5.97%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (4.48%) Cyberattack
10 6 (4.48%) PKI
10 6 (4.48%) Reinsurance
11 5 (3.73%) Cloud Native
11 5 (3.73%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (2.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (2.24%) Cybercrime
12 3 (2.24%) Insider Threat
13 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.72%) Windows
2 7 (5.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 89 (66.42%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (56.72%) Incident Response
4 57 (42.54%) SIEM
5 55 (41.04%) Security Operations
6 43 (32.09%) Information Security
7 41 (30.60%) Vulnerability Management
8 37 (27.61%) Mentoring
9 28 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (19.40%) Cloud Security
10 26 (19.40%) Security Monitoring
11 23 (17.16%) Cyber Intelligence
11 23 (17.16%) Risk Management
12 19 (14.18%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (14.18%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (13.43%) DevOps
14 16 (11.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 15 (11.19%) Incident Management
15 15 (11.19%) Threat Detection
16 14 (10.45%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.19%) Python
2 10 (7.46%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (3.73%) Bash
5 2 (1.49%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.75%) SQL
6 1 (0.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (26.87%) CISSP
2 22 (16.42%) CISM
2 22 (16.42%) Degree
3 21 (15.67%) Security Cleared
4 20 (14.93%) CEH
5 15 (11.19%) GCIH
6 14 (10.45%) SC Cleared
7 12 (8.96%) GIAC
8 10 (7.46%) CREST Certified
9 9 (6.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (4.48%) CRISC
10 6 (4.48%) GCIA
10 6 (4.48%) Master's Degree
11 5 (3.73%) CCSAS
11 5 (3.73%) OSCP
12 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.99%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.99%) GCFA
12 4 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (2.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (22.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 30 (22.39%) NIST
2 19 (14.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (10.45%) GDPR
4 8 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (5.22%) NCSC
6 5 (3.73%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.49%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (1.49%) QA
7 2 (1.49%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.75%) GRC
8 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.73%) Docker
3 1 (0.75%) Snort
3 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (8.21%) QRadar
2 8 (5.97%) Terraform
3 5 (3.73%) CASB
3 5 (3.73%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.99%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.99%) Nessus
5 3 (2.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 3 (2.24%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.24%) Puppet
6 2 (1.49%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.75%) Ansible
7 1 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 58 (43.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.96%) Splunk
3 6 (4.48%) Databricks
3 6 (4.48%) Google
3 6 (4.48%) Qualys
3 6 (4.48%) Tenable
4 5 (3.73%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.99%) Cisco
6 3 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.24%) Juniper
6 3 (2.24%) VMware
7 2 (1.49%) Intel
8 1 (0.75%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.75%) Okta