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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 612 575
Rank change year-on-year +62 -37 -148
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 163 304 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.31% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.36% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 133 181 174
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
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 £71,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £118,500 £101,250 £106,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,197 £50,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +0.39% -11.11% +7.14%

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 51,972 84,955 96,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.89% 85.58% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,632 59,894 57,116
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,002 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £52,365 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.73% -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 13 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 13 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 +75 154 £67,500 +12.50% 227
UK excluding London +72 86 £50,197 +0.39% 134
London +98 71 £75,000 +7.14% 109
Work from Home +41 52 £65,000 -1.52% 132
South East +93 23 £71,000 +20.59% 54
Midlands +71 20 £45,000 -14.29% 12
North of England -7 15 £60,000 +20.00% 34
East Midlands +39 14 £45,000 -14.29% 3
South West +104 11 £59,615 +13.55% 17
Yorkshire +52 9 £60,000 +20.00% 20
East of England +47 9 £43,542 -24.27% 14
West Midlands +43 6 £65,000 +37.86% 8
North West -19 6 - - 13
Scotland +81 5 £57,500 +20.91% 5
Wales +39 3 £55,000 +4.76% 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 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.99%) Azure
2 21 (12.88%) AWS
3 20 (12.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (8.59%) Azure Logic Apps
6 12 (7.36%) GCP
7 8 (4.91%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.07%) SaaS
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon Macie
9 1 (0.61%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.61%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.86%) Firewall
2 15 (9.20%) VPN
3 10 (6.13%) Network Security
4 8 (4.91%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.07%) DNS
5 5 (3.07%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.45%) DHCP
6 4 (2.45%) VLAN
7 3 (1.84%) DMARC
8 2 (1.23%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) GIS
2 1 (0.61%) Power BI
General
1 55 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (20.25%) Finance
2 33 (20.25%) Law
3 20 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.98%) Legal
5 7 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.45%) Banking
7 4 (2.45%) Local Government
8 3 (1.84%) Public Speaking
9 2 (1.23%) Games
9 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (48.47%) Analyst
2 37 (22.70%) Senior
3 34 (20.86%) SOC Analyst
4 32 (19.63%) Security Analyst
5 21 (12.88%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (12.27%) Lead
7 15 (9.20%) Security Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 10 (6.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) Information Analyst
8 10 (6.13%) Information Security Analyst
9 9 (5.52%) Consultant
9 9 (5.52%) Security Consultant
9 9 (5.52%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (4.29%) Information Security Consultant
10 7 (4.29%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (3.68%) SOC Engineer
11 6 (3.68%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.07%) PySpark
2 1 (0.61%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.61%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 55 (33.74%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (22.09%) Security Posture
3 24 (14.72%) Management Information System
3 24 (14.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (12.27%) Cyber Defence
5 11 (6.75%) Onboarding
6 10 (6.13%) CSOC
7 9 (5.52%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (5.52%) Virtual Team
8 8 (4.91%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (4.91%) PKI
9 6 (3.68%) Cloud Native
9 6 (3.68%) Cyberattack
9 6 (3.68%) Reinsurance
10 5 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.84%) Cybercrime
11 3 (1.84%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.52%) Windows
2 7 (4.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (82.21%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 95 (58.28%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (58.28%) Incident Response
3 76 (46.63%) SIEM
4 63 (38.65%) Security Operations
5 47 (28.83%) Information Security
6 44 (26.99%) Vulnerability Management
7 38 (23.31%) Mentoring
8 34 (20.86%) Cloud Security
9 29 (17.79%) Security Monitoring
10 28 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (15.34%) Risk Management
12 23 (14.11%) Cyber Intelligence
12 23 (14.11%) Data Loss Prevention
13 21 (12.88%) Incident Management
13 21 (12.88%) Threat Detection
14 20 (12.27%) DevOps
14 20 (12.27%) Penetration Testing
15 18 (11.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 17 (10.43%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.88%) Kusto Query Language
2 19 (11.66%) Python
3 10 (6.13%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.07%) Bash
5 4 (2.45%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.23%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.61%) SQL
7 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (23.93%) CISSP
2 23 (14.11%) CISM
3 22 (13.50%) Degree
4 21 (12.88%) CEH
4 21 (12.88%) Security Cleared
5 15 (9.20%) GCIH
6 14 (8.59%) SC Cleared
7 12 (7.36%) GIAC
8 10 (6.13%) CREST Certified
9 9 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (3.68%) CRISC
10 6 (3.68%) GCIA
10 6 (3.68%) Master's Degree
11 5 (3.07%) CCSAS
11 5 (3.07%) OSCP
11 5 (3.07%) SANS
12 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.45%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.45%) GCFA
12 4 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (19.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 31 (19.02%) NIST
2 19 (11.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (8.59%) GDPR
4 8 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (4.29%) NCSC
6 5 (3.07%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.23%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (1.23%) QA
7 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.61%) GRC
8 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (14.11%) Docker
2 12 (7.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.61%) Snort
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (7.98%) QRadar
2 8 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.91%) Terraform
3 5 (3.07%) CASB
4 4 (2.45%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.45%) Nessus
5 3 (1.84%) Ansible
5 3 (1.84%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 3 (1.84%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.84%) Puppet
6 2 (1.23%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 73 (44.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.59%) Splunk
3 8 (4.91%) Google
4 6 (3.68%) Databricks
4 6 (3.68%) Qualys
4 6 (3.68%) Tenable
5 5 (3.07%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.45%) Cisco
6 4 (2.45%) Intel
7 3 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.84%) Juniper
7 3 (1.84%) VMware
8 1 (0.61%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.61%) Okta