Cyber Threat Intelligence Jobs

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 569 521
Rank change year-on-year -54 -48 +146
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 282 498 995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.47% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.49% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 173 140 218
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,285 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £79,000 £79,875
90th Percentile £101,250 £93,975 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,475 £68,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -25.77% +25.93% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,908 102,297 145,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 95.66% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 59,730 59,825 83,628
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

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 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Top 16 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 18 April 2024. 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 -78 200 £59,000 -14.27% 211
UK excluding London -60 193 £50,475 -25.77% 191
Work from Home -41 132 £67,000 -0.74% 29
North of England +59 66 £50,000 -27.55% 83
London +34 64 £67,500 -6.90% 25
Scotland -11 57 £47,557 -0.21% 8
North West +10 38 £50,000 -26.47% 53
South West -65 28 £50,950 -29.72% 25
Yorkshire +81 26 £55,000 -20.52% 26
South East -67 24 £58,750 -21.67% 36
Midlands +18 13 £52,500 -22.79% 22
West Midlands +47 9 £36,300 -46.62% 12
East Midlands -11 4 £52,500 - 10
Wales +6 3 £52,500 -4.55% 4
East of England +28 2 £57,500 +27.78% 14
North East -3 2 £40,000 -9.09% 4

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 24 (8.51%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.42%) Confluence
3 2 (0.71%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.40%) SaaS
2 53 (18.79%) Azure
3 51 (18.09%) AWS
4 39 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.28%) GCP
6 23 (8.16%) Amazon S3
6 23 (8.16%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (8.16%) Google Docs
6 23 (8.16%) Lucidchart
6 23 (8.16%) Miro
6 23 (8.16%) Slack
7 13 (4.61%) Entra ID
8 9 (3.19%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.77%) IaaS
9 5 (1.77%) PaaS
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 59 (20.92%) Firewall
2 29 (10.28%) Network Security
3 24 (8.51%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.45%) Internet
5 20 (7.09%) Intrusion Detection
6 15 (5.32%) DNS
7 5 (1.77%) HTTP
7 5 (1.77%) SMTP
8 4 (1.42%) 5G
8 4 (1.42%) GSM
8 4 (1.42%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.42%) VPN
9 3 (1.06%) SSL
10 2 (0.71%) DMZ
10 2 (0.71%) tcpdump
10 2 (0.71%) WAN
10 2 (0.71%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.35%) DHCP
11 1 (0.35%) LAN
11 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.22%) Big Data
2 24 (8.51%) Hadoop
3 23 (8.16%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (8.16%) Redis
3 23 (8.16%) Scylla
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Accumulo
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Flink
4 1 (0.35%) HBase
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.77%) JIRA
2 4 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) JUnit
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
3 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (39.36%) Social Skills
2 75 (26.60%) Finance
3 47 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.64%) Legal
5 27 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.74%) Military
7 17 (6.03%) Banking
8 16 (5.67%) Law
9 15 (5.32%) Marketing
10 10 (3.55%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.84%) Retail
12 5 (1.77%) Games
12 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.42%) International Banking
13 4 (1.42%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 105 (37.23%) Analyst
2 75 (26.60%) Senior
3 42 (14.89%) Security Analyst
4 37 (13.12%) Principal Engineer
5 33 (11.70%) Principal Software Engineer
5 33 (11.70%) Software Engineer
6 25 (8.87%) SOC Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 21 (7.45%) Lead
9 17 (6.03%) Consultant
10 16 (5.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 16 (5.67%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 16 (5.67%) Risk Manager
10 16 (5.67%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.67%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 15 (5.32%) Alliance Manager
12 14 (4.96%) Support Analyst
13 13 (4.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.51%) Kafka
2 23 (8.16%) GraphQL
3 2 (0.71%) EDI
3 2 (0.71%) Sass
4 1 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.35%) POSIX
4 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (26.24%) Cyber Threat
2 50 (17.73%) Cyberattack
3 32 (11.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (8.87%) Cyber Defence
5 23 (8.16%) Algorithms
5 23 (8.16%) Data Structures
6 21 (7.45%) Management Information System
7 20 (7.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 17 (6.03%) Security Posture
9 15 (5.32%) Cloud Native
10 12 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (3.19%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.42%) CSOC
13 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (1.42%) Insider Threat
13 4 (1.42%) Mainframe
13 4 (1.42%) PKI
13 4 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (1.06%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 77 (27.30%) Windows
2 60 (21.28%) Linux
3 24 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 23 (8.16%) Mac OS X
5 16 (5.67%) Unix
6 11 (3.90%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.42%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.06%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 238 (84.40%) Cybersecurity
3 163 (57.80%) Incident Response
4 123 (43.62%) Security Operations
5 87 (30.85%) SIEM
6 67 (23.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 62 (21.99%) Information Security
8 58 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (17.38%) Cyber Intelligence
10 43 (15.25%) Software Engineering
11 42 (14.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 37 (13.12%) Incident Management
13 36 (12.77%) Data Science
13 36 (12.77%) Roadmaps
13 36 (12.77%) Threat Detection
14 34 (12.06%) Actionable Insight
15 33 (11.70%) Computer Security
16 32 (11.35%) Agile
17 31 (10.99%) Risk Management
18 30 (10.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.60%) Python
2 29 (10.28%) Java
3 26 (9.22%) Bash
4 24 (8.51%) Go
4 24 (8.51%) Scala
5 12 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) C++
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
6 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (17.38%) Degree
2 35 (12.41%) CISSP
2 35 (12.41%) GIAC
3 33 (11.70%) Security Cleared
4 28 (9.93%) CISM
5 20 (7.09%) CREST Certified
6 18 (6.38%) CRISC
6 18 (6.38%) SC Cleared
7 15 (5.32%) GCIA
7 15 (5.32%) GCIH
8 14 (4.96%) GREM
9 12 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (3.90%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.48%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.13%) CISA
12 6 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.13%) GSEC
12 6 (2.13%) ISACA
13 5 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (19.86%) NIST
2 55 (19.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (8.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (8.87%) GDPR
4 18 (6.38%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.61%) NCSC
6 10 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (3.19%) COBIT
7 9 (3.19%) GRC
8 7 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.77%) QA
10 4 (1.42%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (12.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (9.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.84%) Ansible
4 6 (2.13%) QRadar
5 5 (1.77%) CASB
6 4 (1.42%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.42%) vRealize
6 4 (1.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (1.06%) SELinux
8 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.35%) Rancher
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (23.40%) Dell
2 59 (20.92%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.51%) Google
4 17 (6.03%) Splunk
5 12 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (3.55%) IBM
7 9 (3.19%) Qualys
8 4 (1.42%) Alibaba
8 4 (1.42%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.42%) Cisco
8 4 (1.42%) VMware
9 3 (1.06%) Intel
10 2 (0.71%) Facebook
10 2 (0.71%) Tanium
11 1 (0.35%) iManage
11 1 (0.35%) Infoblox
11 1 (0.35%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.35%) Meraki
11 1 (0.35%) StreamSets
11 1 (0.35%) Trustwave