Threat Intelligence Contracts in the South West

Threat Intelligence
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 154 172
Rank change year-on-year +87 +18 -38
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 93 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.94% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 4 3
10th Percentile £521 £534 £283
25th Percentile £552 £584 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £625 £325
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +92.31% -33.84%
75th Percentile £625 £643 £456
90th Percentile £700 £653 £528
England median daily rate £600 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Threat Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,622 3,107 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.72% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,271 2,297
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 204
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.03% +13.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the South West

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in the South West

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the South West

Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +73 85 £570 +14.00% 2
Bristol +24 6 £525 -16.00% 3
Somerset +4 1 £675 +6.72%
Gloucestershire - 1 £400 -
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.15%) Azure
2 1 (1.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.38%) Wireless
2 4 (4.30%) Network Security
3 2 (2.15%) Firewall
General
1 52 (55.91%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.83%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.75%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.53%) Finance
6 6 (6.45%) Banking
7 5 (5.38%) Military
8 4 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Electronics
9 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (72.04%) Analyst
2 37 (39.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 20 (21.51%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 20 (21.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 19 (20.43%) SOC Analyst
5 14 (15.05%) Lead
6 10 (10.75%) Cyber Defence Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) Security Analyst
8 2 (2.15%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (2.15%) Senior
8 2 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.15%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (2.15%) Tester
9 1 (1.08%) Applications Tester
9 1 (1.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (1.08%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (1.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (1.08%) SOC Engineer
9 1 (1.08%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 58 (62.37%) Cyber Threat
2 44 (47.31%) Management Information System
3 32 (34.41%) Cyber Defence
4 28 (30.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 23 (24.73%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (17.20%) CSOC
7 7 (7.53%) Security Posture
8 6 (6.45%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.15%) Linux
1 2 (2.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (83.87%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (78.49%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 66 (70.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 59 (63.44%) SIEM
5 55 (59.14%) Security Operations
6 54 (58.06%) SOAR
7 50 (53.76%) Incident Response
8 45 (48.39%) Information Security
9 41 (44.09%) Use Case
10 31 (33.33%) Open Source
10 31 (33.33%) OSINT
11 29 (31.18%) Cyber Intelligence
12 28 (30.11%) Case Management
12 28 (30.11%) Incident Management
12 28 (30.11%) Mentoring
13 27 (29.03%) CRM
13 27 (29.03%) Root Cause Analysis
14 26 (27.96%) Malware Analysis
14 26 (27.96%) Protective Monitoring
15 16 (17.20%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.38%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (5.38%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (1.08%) C
2 1 (1.08%) C++
2 1 (1.08%) Java
2 1 (1.08%) Perl
2 1 (1.08%) Python
2 1 (1.08%) Ruby
2 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (88.17%) Security Cleared
2 79 (84.95%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.23%) CISSP
3 3 (3.23%) OSCP
3 3 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.15%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.08%) CCNA
5 1 (1.08%) CEH
5 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.08%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (32.26%) NIST
2 28 (30.11%) NIST 800
3 18 (19.35%) GDPR
4 16 (17.20%) NCSC
5 2 (2.15%) SLA
6 1 (1.08%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 33 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.38%) Splunk
3 1 (1.08%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.08%) SAP