Threat Intelligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 566 439
Rank change year-on-year -53 -127 +191
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 302 471 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.46% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.49% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 181 177 305
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £45,945
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £106,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in the UK

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 Threat Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 -79 228 £60,000 -17.24% 74
UK excluding London -52 201 £50,000 -11.11% 41
Work from Home -49 127 £66,000 -4.62% 34
London -9 73 £67,500 -15.63% 36
North of England +61 71 £50,000 -24.81% 12
Scotland -20 50 £47,557 -0.21% 3
North West +18 36 £50,000 -15.61% 4
Yorkshire +89 29 £50,000 -27.75% 8
South East -57 29 £58,875 -21.50% 8
South West -66 27 £52,500 -28.81% 8
Midlands +12 19 £52,500 -22.79% 5
West Midlands +22 11 £47,150 -30.66% 3
East Midlands -9 8 £52,500 - 2
North East +2 6 £42,500 -3.41%
Wales +12 3 £52,500 -4.55% 3
East of England +14 2 £57,500 +27.78% 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 24 (7.95%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.66%) Apache
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (23.51%) SaaS
2 63 (20.86%) Azure
3 57 (18.87%) AWS
4 39 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (9.93%) GCP
6 23 (7.62%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.62%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (7.62%) Google Docs
6 23 (7.62%) Lucidchart
6 23 (7.62%) Miro
6 23 (7.62%) Slack
7 17 (5.63%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.64%) IaaS
8 11 (3.64%) PaaS
9 10 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.19%) Firewall
2 34 (11.26%) Network Security
3 24 (7.95%) TCP/IP
4 21 (6.95%) Internet
5 19 (6.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 15 (4.97%) DNS
7 9 (2.98%) VPN
8 6 (1.99%) HTTP
8 6 (1.99%) SMTP
9 5 (1.66%) WAN
10 4 (1.32%) 5G
10 4 (1.32%) GSM
10 4 (1.32%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (1.32%) SSL
11 3 (0.99%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.66%) DMZ
12 2 (0.66%) LAN
12 2 (0.66%) tcpdump
12 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.61%) Big Data
2 24 (7.95%) Hadoop
3 23 (7.62%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (7.62%) Redis
3 23 (7.62%) Scylla
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Accumulo
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) Flink
4 1 (0.33%) HBase
4 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) JUnit
2 1 (0.33%) Subversion
2 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.50%) Finance
3 48 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.26%) Legal
5 28 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.29%) Military
7 17 (5.63%) Banking
8 15 (4.97%) Marketing
9 14 (4.64%) Law
10 8 (2.65%) Retail
10 8 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.66%) Games
11 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.32%) International Banking
12 4 (1.32%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.99%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 113 (37.42%) Analyst
2 72 (23.84%) Senior
3 47 (15.56%) Security Analyst
4 33 (10.93%) Principal Engineer
4 33 (10.93%) Principal Software Engineer
4 33 (10.93%) Software Engineer
5 29 (9.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 29 (9.60%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 26 (8.61%) Senior Analyst
7 23 (7.62%) SOC Analyst
8 22 (7.28%) Lead
9 17 (5.63%) Consultant
10 16 (5.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 16 (5.30%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 16 (5.30%) Risk Manager
10 16 (5.30%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.30%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 15 (4.97%) Alliance Manager
12 14 (4.64%) Security Manager
12 14 (4.64%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.95%) Kafka
2 23 (7.62%) GraphQL
3 7 (2.32%) Web Services
4 6 (1.99%) Middleware
5 3 (0.99%) EDI
6 2 (0.66%) Sass
7 1 (0.33%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.33%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 79 (26.16%) Cyber Threat
2 57 (18.87%) Cyberattack
3 32 (10.60%) Management Information System
4 27 (8.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (8.61%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (7.62%) Algorithms
6 23 (7.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 23 (7.62%) Data Structures
7 17 (5.63%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (3.64%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.98%) Virtual Team
11 7 (2.32%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.99%) Insider Threat
13 4 (1.32%) CSOC
13 4 (1.32%) PKI
13 4 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (0.99%) Smart Energy
15 2 (0.66%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 74 (24.50%) Windows
2 53 (17.55%) Linux
3 26 (8.61%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.29%) Mac OS X
5 16 (5.30%) Unix
6 11 (3.64%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.65%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.99%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.33%) Android
11 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (91.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 237 (78.48%) Cybersecurity
3 169 (55.96%) Incident Response
4 117 (38.74%) Security Operations
5 91 (30.13%) SIEM
6 76 (25.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 74 (24.50%) Information Security
8 57 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (17.22%) Cyber Intelligence
10 41 (13.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 39 (12.91%) Software Engineering
12 38 (12.58%) Roadmaps
12 38 (12.58%) Threat Detection
13 37 (12.25%) Incident Management
14 36 (11.92%) Data Science
15 34 (11.26%) Actionable Insight
15 34 (11.26%) Risk Management
16 33 (10.93%) Computer Security
17 31 (10.26%) ITIL
18 30 (9.93%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.91%) Python
2 29 (9.60%) Java
3 26 (8.61%) Bash
4 24 (7.95%) Go
4 24 (7.95%) Scala
5 12 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.66%) SQL
7 1 (0.33%) C#
7 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (14.90%) CISSP
1 45 (14.90%) Degree
2 38 (12.58%) CISM
3 37 (12.25%) GIAC
4 34 (11.26%) Security Cleared
5 22 (7.28%) CREST Certified
6 19 (6.29%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.96%) CRISC
8 15 (4.97%) GCIA
8 15 (4.97%) GCIH
9 14 (4.64%) CEH
9 14 (4.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (4.64%) GREM
10 13 (4.30%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.32%) CISA
12 6 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.99%) GSEC
12 6 (1.99%) ISACA
13 5 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.66%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (21.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 64 (21.19%) NIST
2 30 (9.93%) GDPR
3 29 (9.60%) PCI DSS
4 25 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.97%) COBIT
6 13 (4.30%) NCSC
7 10 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (2.98%) GRC
9 7 (2.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.99%) QA
11 4 (1.32%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.32%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.99%) SLA
13 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 39 (12.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) Docker
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.32%) QRadar
4 5 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.32%) Ansible
5 4 (1.32%) CASB
5 4 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.99%) SELinux
7 2 (0.66%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.33%) Rancher
8 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (20.53%) Dell
2 55 (18.21%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.61%) Google
4 20 (6.62%) Splunk
5 11 (3.64%) IBM
6 10 (3.31%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (3.31%) Intel
7 9 (2.98%) Qualys
8 6 (1.99%) Cisco
9 5 (1.66%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.66%) Citrix
9 5 (1.66%) VMware
10 4 (1.32%) Alibaba
11 3 (0.99%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.66%) Facebook
12 2 (0.66%) Tanium
13 1 (0.33%) iManage
13 1 (0.33%) Meraki
13 1 (0.33%) StreamSets