Threat Intelligence Job Trends in the West Midlands

Threat Intelligence
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 189 170
Rank change year-on-year +28 -19 +111
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 17 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.32% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £62,050 £43,310 £29,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £47,808 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £59,625 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.69% +15.22% -21.20%
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £82,000 £68,125 £58,175
England median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Threat Intelligence job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Threat Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat Intelligence in the West Midlands

Threat Intelligence
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Birmingham +27 6 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Coventry - 4 - -
Worcestershire -12 2 - -
Warwickshire +26 1 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Lead
2 7 (41.18%) Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Security Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Principal Security Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Security Incident Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) IT Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) IT Security Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Security Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Head of Information
6 1 (5.88%) Head of Information Security
6 1 (5.88%) Head of Security
6 1 (5.88%) Information Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (82.35%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (47.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (41.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (41.18%) Operational Technology
4 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.88%) CSOC
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 11 (64.71%) Mentoring
2 11 (64.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (58.82%) Risk Management
4 8 (47.06%) Cyber Intelligence
4 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (47.06%) Security Operations
5 7 (41.18%) Business Strategy
5 7 (41.18%) Change Advisory Board
5 7 (41.18%) Coaching
5 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
5 7 (41.18%) ITIL
5 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
5 7 (41.18%) SABSA
5 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (41.18%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (41.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (35.29%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (23.53%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (58.82%) NIST
2 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Google