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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 646 407
Rank change year-on-year +16 -239 +269
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 215 245 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.30% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.32% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 140 157 341
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,294 £31,250
25th Percentile £49,875 £50,000 £43,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,125 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £84,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,125 £109,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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 +3 195 £58,750 -9.62% 42
UK excluding London +19 137 £52,500 -4.55% 30
North of England +56 66 £50,000 -23.08% 10
London +9 65 £65,000 -7.14% 16
Work from Home -11 62 £60,000 -8.05% 30
North West +25 49 £50,000 -14.89% 5
South East -6 23 £60,000 +6.67% 4
Midlands -8 22 £52,500 -14.63% 5
Yorkshire +72 17 £56,250 -42.89% 4
South West -16 13 £52,500 -27.59% 8
West Midlands +2 11 £67,500 +9.76% 5
East Midlands -19 11 £52,500 -4.55%
Scotland -38 10 £120,000 +151.79% 1
Wales +29 2 £52,500 -
East of England - 1 £55,000 - 3

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 4 (1.86%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.93%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.81%) AWS
2 32 (14.88%) Azure
3 23 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.91%) SaaS
5 16 (7.44%) GCP
6 5 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.33%) IaaS
6 5 (2.33%) PaaS
7 4 (1.86%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.86%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (1.86%) Google Docs
7 4 (1.86%) Lucidchart
7 4 (1.86%) Miro
7 4 (1.86%) Slack
8 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (22.79%) Firewall
2 17 (7.91%) Network Security
3 16 (7.44%) TCP/IP
4 15 (6.98%) Internet
5 13 (6.05%) WAN
6 11 (5.12%) LAN
7 9 (4.19%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (4.19%) SSL
8 6 (2.79%) DNS
8 6 (2.79%) VPN
8 6 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.33%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.86%) HTTP
10 4 (1.86%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.86%) SMTP
11 2 (0.93%) 4G
11 2 (0.93%) NGFW
12 1 (0.47%) Bluetooth
12 1 (0.47%) DHCP
12 1 (0.47%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.79%) Big Data
2 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.86%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.86%) Redis
2 4 (1.86%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.14%) Finance
3 37 (17.21%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.05%) Law
5 12 (5.58%) Military
5 12 (5.58%) Retail
6 11 (5.12%) Banking
6 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.72%) Legal
8 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Automotive
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (38.60%) Analyst
2 61 (28.37%) Senior
3 36 (16.74%) Security Analyst
4 22 (10.23%) SOC Analyst
5 21 (9.77%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (9.30%) Lead
6 20 (9.30%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 20 (9.30%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 19 (8.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 19 (8.84%) Cyber Threat Specialist
8 18 (8.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 17 (7.91%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
10 16 (7.44%) Consultant
11 15 (6.98%) Security Consultant
12 12 (5.58%) Security Engineer
12 12 (5.58%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 11 (5.12%) Information Analyst
13 11 (5.12%) Information Security Analyst
13 11 (5.12%) Information Security Consultant
14 10 (4.65%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) GraphQL
1 4 (1.86%) Kafka
2 3 (1.40%) EDI
2 3 (1.40%) Sass
3 2 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 79 (36.74%) Cyber Threat
2 55 (25.58%) Cyberattack
3 27 (12.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 23 (10.70%) Management Information System
5 19 (8.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 17 (7.91%) Cyber Defence
7 13 (6.05%) Security Posture
8 10 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (3.72%) CSOC
10 6 (2.79%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.86%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.86%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.40%) CCTV
12 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.40%) PKI
12 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (26.05%) Windows
2 40 (18.60%) Linux
3 21 (9.77%) Windows Server
4 16 (7.44%) Unix
5 9 (4.19%) Mac OS X
6 5 (2.33%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.86%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.40%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.93%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (92.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 153 (71.16%) Cybersecurity
3 144 (66.98%) Incident Response
4 81 (37.67%) Information Security
5 80 (37.21%) Security Operations
6 76 (35.35%) SIEM
7 71 (33.02%) Vulnerability Management
8 40 (18.60%) Cyber Intelligence
9 37 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (15.81%) Penetration Testing
11 33 (15.35%) Threat Modelling
12 30 (13.95%) Risk Management
13 29 (13.49%) Incident Management
14 27 (12.56%) SOAR
15 26 (12.09%) Analytics
15 26 (12.09%) Security Monitoring
16 24 (11.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 24 (11.16%) Threat Detection
17 23 (10.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 22 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.23%) Python
2 7 (3.26%) Go
2 7 (3.26%) Java
3 6 (2.79%) Bash
3 6 (2.79%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.86%) Scala
5 3 (1.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 35 (16.28%) CISSP
2 33 (15.35%) GIAC
3 32 (14.88%) CISM
4 30 (13.95%) Degree
5 25 (11.63%) Security Cleared
6 24 (11.16%) CREST Certified
7 16 (7.44%) SC Cleared
8 12 (5.58%) GCIA
8 12 (5.58%) GCIH
9 10 (4.65%) CEH
10 8 (3.72%) CRISC
11 7 (3.26%) OSCP
12 6 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
12 6 (2.79%) GCFA
13 5 (2.33%) GREM
14 4 (1.86%) CISA
14 4 (1.86%) ISACA
15 3 (1.40%) ISSMP
15 3 (1.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (21.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (20.93%) NIST
3 22 (10.23%) GDPR
4 18 (8.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (7.44%) PCI DSS
6 11 (5.12%) COBIT
7 10 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (2.33%) GRC
8 5 (2.33%) NIST 800
8 5 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.86%) SLA
10 3 (1.40%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.93%) NCSC
12 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
12 1 (0.47%) AUTOSAR
12 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.93%) Terminal Services
2 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.33%) QRadar
2 4 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.40%) Ansible
3 3 (1.40%) CASB
3 3 (1.40%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.93%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.93%) SELinux
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.47%) Kibana
5 1 (0.47%) logstash
5 1 (0.47%) Nessus
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.58%) Dell
2 12 (5.58%) Splunk
3 11 (5.12%) Cisco
4 10 (4.65%) Intel
5 7 (3.26%) VMware
6 6 (2.79%) Google
6 6 (2.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.86%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.86%) Qualys
8 3 (1.40%) Alibaba
8 3 (1.40%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.40%) Citrix
8 3 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.40%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.93%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.93%) HP
10 1 (0.47%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.47%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow