Cyber Threat Intelligence Jobs

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 641 606 447
Rank change year-on-year -35 -159 +267
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 276 333 1,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.36% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.37% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 172 136 235
10th Percentile £43,875 £39,294 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -1.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,813 £79,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £99,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Threat Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber 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 Cyber Threat Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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 -59 224 £60,000 -11.76% 49
UK excluding London -28 174 £52,500 -4.55% 32
Work from Home -51 101 £66,000 +5.60% 20
London +1 77 £67,500 -3.57% 19
North of England +46 69 £50,000 -26.47% 15
North West +18 45 £50,000 -26.47% 7
Scotland -35 29 £47,557 -0.21% 1
South East -42 26 £58,875 -1.88% 4
Midlands -22 23 £52,500 -22.79% 4
Yorkshire +75 22 £50,000 - 8
South West -63 22 £52,500 -28.81% 7
West Midlands +4 12 £36,300 -46.62% 3
East Midlands -24 11 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Wales +8 3 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East of England -10 2 £57,500 +27.78%
North East -15 2 £40,000 -9.09%

Cyber 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 13 (4.71%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.72%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.94%) Azure
1 44 (15.94%) SaaS
2 38 (13.77%) AWS
3 31 (11.23%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.25%) GCP
5 13 (4.71%) Amazon S3
5 13 (4.71%) Amazon SQS
5 13 (4.71%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.71%) Google Docs
5 13 (4.71%) Lucidchart
5 13 (4.71%) Miro
5 13 (4.71%) Slack
6 6 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.81%) IaaS
7 5 (1.81%) PaaS
8 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.48%) Firewall
2 23 (8.33%) Network Security
3 21 (7.61%) Internet
4 20 (7.25%) TCP/IP
5 19 (6.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 12 (4.35%) DNS
7 10 (3.62%) WAN
8 9 (3.26%) LAN
8 9 (3.26%) SSL
9 7 (2.54%) Wireshark
10 6 (2.17%) HTTP
10 6 (2.17%) SMTP
11 4 (1.45%) 5G
11 4 (1.45%) GSM
11 4 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (1.09%) VPN
13 2 (0.72%) DMZ
13 2 (0.72%) NGFW
13 2 (0.72%) tcpdump
14 1 (0.36%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.43%) Big Data
2 13 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (4.71%) Hadoop
2 13 (4.71%) Redis
2 13 (4.71%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.36%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 82 (29.71%) Finance
3 47 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.42%) Legal
5 21 (7.61%) Banking
6 18 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.52%) Military
7 13 (4.71%) Law
7 13 (4.71%) Marketing
8 9 (3.26%) Retail
9 5 (1.81%) Games
9 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.45%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.45%) International Banking
10 4 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.45%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 109 (39.49%) Analyst
2 63 (22.83%) Senior
3 50 (18.12%) Security Analyst
4 28 (10.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 24 (8.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 24 (8.70%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 24 (8.70%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 24 (8.70%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 20 (7.25%) Lead
7 19 (6.88%) Senior Analyst
7 19 (6.88%) SOC Analyst
8 18 (6.52%) Consultant
8 18 (6.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 17 (6.16%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.43%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
11 14 (5.07%) Information Security Consultant
11 14 (5.07%) Risk Manager
12 13 (4.71%) Principal Software Engineer
12 13 (4.71%) Software Engineer
12 13 (4.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.71%) GraphQL
1 13 (4.71%) Kafka
2 3 (1.09%) EDI
2 3 (1.09%) Sass
3 1 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.36%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 93 (33.70%) Cyber Threat
2 62 (22.46%) Cyberattack
3 30 (10.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 29 (10.51%) Cyber Defence
5 27 (9.78%) Security Operations Centre
6 21 (7.61%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.07%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (4.71%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.71%) Data Structures
8 13 (4.71%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.81%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.45%) CSOC
11 4 (1.45%) PKI
11 4 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.09%) Smart Energy
13 2 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
13 2 (0.72%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (23.55%) Windows
2 46 (16.67%) Linux
3 24 (8.70%) Unix
4 21 (7.61%) Windows Server
5 18 (6.52%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.45%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.09%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.36%) Android
9 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 214 (77.54%) Cybersecurity
3 177 (64.13%) Incident Response
4 113 (40.94%) Security Operations
5 82 (29.71%) Information Security
5 82 (29.71%) SIEM
6 74 (26.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 60 (21.74%) Cyber Intelligence
8 47 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (15.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 42 (15.22%) Incident Management
11 39 (14.13%) Risk Management
12 35 (12.68%) Penetration Testing
13 33 (11.96%) Threat Modelling
14 32 (11.59%) Roadmaps
15 31 (11.23%) Threat Detection
16 30 (10.87%) Actionable Insight
17 27 (9.78%) Security Monitoring
17 27 (9.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 26 (9.42%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.51%) Python
2 18 (6.52%) Java
3 15 (5.43%) Bash
4 13 (4.71%) Go
4 13 (4.71%) Scala
5 12 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) C#
6 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (15.94%) Degree
2 42 (15.22%) CISSP
3 36 (13.04%) GIAC
3 36 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 35 (12.68%) CISM
5 23 (8.33%) CREST Certified
6 19 (6.88%) GCIA
6 19 (6.88%) GCIH
6 19 (6.88%) SC Cleared
7 16 (5.80%) CRISC
8 13 (4.71%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.71%) GREM
9 8 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.54%) ISACA
10 7 (2.54%) OSCP
11 6 (2.17%) CISA
11 6 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.17%) GCFA
12 5 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.81%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (23.55%) NIST
2 60 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (9.06%) GDPR
4 24 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (5.80%) PCI DSS
6 14 (5.07%) COBIT
7 13 (4.71%) NCSC
8 12 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.26%) GRC
10 7 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.81%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.45%) NIST 800
12 4 (1.45%) QA
12 4 (1.45%) SLA
13 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 32 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.09%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.90%) QRadar
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.45%) Ansible
4 4 (1.45%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.09%) SELinux
6 2 (0.72%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.36%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.36%) Kibana
7 1 (0.36%) logstash
7 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (22.46%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.13%) Dell
3 15 (5.43%) Google
3 15 (5.43%) Splunk
4 12 (4.35%) IBM
5 10 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (3.26%) Cisco
6 9 (3.26%) Qualys
6 9 (3.26%) VMware
7 7 (2.54%) Intel
8 4 (1.45%) Alibaba
9 3 (1.09%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.72%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.72%) Facebook
11 1 (0.36%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.36%) iManage
11 1 (0.36%) Meraki
11 1 (0.36%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.36%) Rapid7