Threat Intelligence Jobs

Threat Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 605 554
Rank change year-on-year +83 -51 -108
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 171 305 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.31% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.36% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 138 182 172
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,281 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,938 £91,250
90th Percentile £119,875 £101,250 £104,925
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - -18.70% +17.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the UK

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Threat Intelligence in the UK

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in the UK

Threat Intelligence
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +114 162 £67,500 +12.50% 156
UK excluding London +94 89 £50,000 - 111
London +116 76 £75,000 +11.11% 63
Work from Home +113 51 £65,000 -2.99% 80
South East +103 23 £70,000 +18.90% 40
Midlands +85 21 £45,000 -14.29% 16
North of England +31 18 £60,000 +20.00% 27
East Midlands +59 16 £45,000 -14.29% 7
South West +90 10 £67,500 +30.50% 13
North West +5 10 £65,000 +30.00% 11
East of England +64 9 £43,542 -24.27% 14
Yorkshire +55 8 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Scotland +83 5 £57,500 +20.91% 7
West Midlands +44 5 £65,000 +37.86% 8
Wales +46 3 £55,000 +4.76% 4

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 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (28.65%) Azure
2 24 (14.04%) AWS
3 22 (12.87%) Azure Sentinel
4 18 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (9.36%) Azure Logic Apps
6 12 (7.02%) GCP
7 8 (4.68%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.68%) SaaS
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.58%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.30%) Firewall
2 15 (8.77%) VPN
3 10 (5.85%) Network Security
4 8 (4.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.92%) DNS
6 4 (2.34%) DHCP
6 4 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.34%) VLAN
7 3 (1.75%) DMARC
8 2 (1.17%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) GIS
2 1 (0.58%) Power BI
General
1 56 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.05%) Finance
3 32 (18.71%) Law
4 20 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.60%) Legal
6 7 (4.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.92%) Banking
9 4 (2.34%) Local Government
10 3 (1.75%) Public Speaking
11 2 (1.17%) Games
11 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.17%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.17%) Retail
12 1 (0.58%) Automotive
12 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (47.37%) Analyst
2 38 (22.22%) Senior
3 36 (21.05%) SOC Analyst
4 31 (18.13%) Security Analyst
5 22 (12.87%) Lead
5 22 (12.87%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (8.77%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (5.85%) Information Analyst
7 10 (5.85%) Information Security Analyst
8 9 (5.26%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 9 (5.26%) Security Manager
9 8 (4.68%) Consultant
9 8 (4.68%) Security Consultant
9 8 (4.68%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (4.09%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Information Security Consultant
11 6 (3.51%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.92%) PySpark
2 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 56 (32.75%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (21.64%) Security Posture
3 25 (14.62%) Management Information System
4 22 (12.87%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (12.28%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (7.02%) CSOC
6 12 (7.02%) Onboarding
7 10 (5.85%) Cyber Security Posture
7 10 (5.85%) Virtual Team
8 9 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (4.68%) PKI
10 7 (4.09%) Cyberattack
11 6 (3.51%) Cloud Native
11 6 (3.51%) Reinsurance
12 4 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (1.75%) Cybercrime
13 3 (1.75%) Public Cloud
14 2 (1.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.26%) Windows
2 8 (4.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (81.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 101 (59.06%) Cybersecurity
3 96 (56.14%) Incident Response
4 77 (45.03%) SIEM
5 60 (35.09%) Security Operations
6 52 (30.41%) Information Security
7 46 (26.90%) Vulnerability Management
8 39 (22.81%) Mentoring
9 37 (21.64%) Cloud Security
10 29 (16.96%) Security Monitoring
11 28 (16.37%) Risk Management
12 26 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (14.04%) Cyber Intelligence
14 22 (12.87%) Data Loss Prevention
15 21 (12.28%) DevOps
15 21 (12.28%) Incident Management
15 21 (12.28%) Penetration Testing
16 20 (11.70%) Threat Detection
17 18 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
17 18 (10.53%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.45%) Kusto Query Language
2 19 (11.11%) Python
3 10 (5.85%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.92%) Bash
5 4 (2.34%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.17%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.58%) SQL
7 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (25.73%) CISSP
2 28 (16.37%) CISM
3 23 (13.45%) Degree
4 22 (12.87%) CEH
5 21 (12.28%) Security Cleared
6 15 (8.77%) SC Cleared
7 14 (8.19%) GCIH
8 12 (7.02%) GIAC
9 10 (5.85%) CREST Certified
10 9 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (3.51%) CRISC
11 6 (3.51%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.92%) CCSAS
12 5 (2.92%) GCIA
12 5 (2.92%) SANS
13 4 (2.34%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.34%) GCFA
13 4 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (2.34%) OSCP
14 3 (1.75%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (20.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 35 (20.47%) NIST
2 19 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (7.60%) GDPR
4 8 (4.68%) NCSC
5 7 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (2.92%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.92%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (1.17%) QA
8 1 (0.58%) COBIT
8 1 (0.58%) GRC
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (14.62%) Docker
2 12 (7.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) Snort
3 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (8.19%) QRadar
2 8 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.68%) Terraform
3 5 (2.92%) CASB
4 4 (2.34%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.34%) Nessus
5 3 (1.75%) Ansible
5 3 (1.75%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 3 (1.75%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.75%) Puppet
6 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.58%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 78 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.02%) Splunk
3 8 (4.68%) Google
4 6 (3.51%) Databricks
4 6 (3.51%) Qualys
4 6 (3.51%) Tenable
5 5 (2.92%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.34%) Cisco
6 4 (2.34%) Intel
7 3 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.75%) Juniper
7 3 (1.75%) VMware
8 1 (0.58%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.58%) Okta