Threat Intelligence Jobs

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 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 628 563 414
Rank change year-on-year -65 -149 +228
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 293 387 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.41% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.43% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 184 171 317
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,350 £34,500
25th Percentile £46,969 £51,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 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%

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 8 June 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 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 -85 241 £58,750 -16.07% 59
UK excluding London -36 183 £50,000 -9.09% 38
Work from Home -66 109 £60,750 -10.66% 26
London -26 83 £67,500 -12.90% 24
North of England +44 77 £50,000 -15.61% 18
North West +10 46 £50,000 -15.61% 10
Scotland -35 29 £47,557 -0.21% 2
South East -46 27 £59,000 +2.61% 5
Yorkshire +77 25 £50,000 -49.24% 8
Midlands -24 23 £52,500 -22.79% 5
South West -64 22 £52,500 -27.59% 7
West Midlands +2 12 £36,300 -46.62% 4
East Midlands -24 11 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North East -11 6 £42,500 -3.41%
Wales +8 3 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East of England -12 2 £57,500 +27.78%

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 (4.44%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.43%) Azure
2 44 (15.02%) AWS
2 44 (15.02%) SaaS
3 36 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.83%) GCP
5 17 (5.80%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.44%) Amazon S3
6 13 (4.44%) Amazon SQS
6 13 (4.44%) Google Docs
6 13 (4.44%) Lucidchart
6 13 (4.44%) Miro
6 13 (4.44%) Slack
7 7 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.71%) IaaS
8 5 (1.71%) PaaS
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.84%) Firewall
2 27 (9.22%) Network Security
3 21 (7.17%) Internet
3 21 (7.17%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (4.78%) WAN
6 13 (4.44%) DNS
7 10 (3.41%) LAN
8 9 (3.07%) SSL
9 8 (2.73%) VPN
10 7 (2.39%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.05%) HTTP
11 6 (2.05%) SMTP
12 4 (1.37%) 5G
12 4 (1.37%) GSM
12 4 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.68%) DMZ
14 2 (0.68%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.12%) Big Data
2 13 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (4.44%) Hadoop
2 13 (4.44%) Redis
2 13 (4.44%) Scylla
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Subversion
2 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 100 (34.13%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.99%) Finance
3 51 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.87%) Legal
5 21 (7.17%) Banking
6 18 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.14%) Military
7 13 (4.44%) Law
7 13 (4.44%) Marketing
8 9 (3.07%) Retail
9 5 (1.71%) Games
9 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.37%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.37%) International Banking
10 4 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 118 (40.27%) Analyst
2 66 (22.53%) Senior
3 55 (18.77%) Security Analyst
4 33 (11.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 26 (8.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 24 (8.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 24 (8.19%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 24 (8.19%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 22 (7.51%) SOC Analyst
8 21 (7.17%) Lead
9 20 (6.83%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (6.14%) Consultant
10 18 (6.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 17 (5.80%) Security Consultant
12 15 (5.12%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
13 14 (4.78%) Information Security Consultant
13 14 (4.78%) Risk Manager
13 14 (4.78%) Security Engineer
14 13 (4.44%) Principal Software Engineer
14 13 (4.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.44%) GraphQL
1 13 (4.44%) Kafka
2 3 (1.02%) EDI
2 3 (1.02%) Sass
3 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.34%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 94 (32.08%) Cyber Threat
2 62 (21.16%) Cyberattack
3 30 (10.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 29 (9.90%) Cyber Defence
5 28 (9.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 26 (8.87%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.78%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (4.44%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.44%) Data Structures
8 13 (4.44%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.71%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.37%) CSOC
11 4 (1.37%) PKI
11 4 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.02%) Smart Energy
13 2 (0.68%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.68%) IoT
13 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (24.57%) Windows
2 49 (16.72%) Linux
3 26 (8.87%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.19%) Unix
5 18 (6.14%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.73%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.37%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.02%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.34%) Android
10 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (94.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 220 (75.09%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (62.46%) Incident Response
4 114 (38.91%) Security Operations
5 95 (32.42%) SIEM
6 84 (28.67%) Information Security
7 76 (25.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 60 (20.48%) Cyber Intelligence
9 51 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (15.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 43 (14.68%) Incident Management
12 40 (13.65%) Risk Management
13 35 (11.95%) Penetration Testing
14 33 (11.26%) Threat Modelling
15 32 (10.92%) Roadmaps
15 32 (10.92%) Threat Detection
16 30 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
17 28 (9.56%) Security Monitoring
17 28 (9.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 27 (9.22%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.24%) Python
2 18 (6.14%) Java
3 15 (5.12%) Bash
4 13 (4.44%) Go
4 13 (4.44%) Scala
5 12 (4.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.34%) Perl
6 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (16.04%) CISSP
2 45 (15.36%) Degree
3 40 (13.65%) CISM
4 36 (12.29%) GIAC
4 36 (12.29%) Security Cleared
5 23 (7.85%) CREST Certified
6 19 (6.48%) GCIA
6 19 (6.48%) GCIH
6 19 (6.48%) SC Cleared
7 16 (5.46%) CRISC
8 13 (4.44%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.44%) GREM
9 10 (3.41%) CEH
10 8 (2.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.39%) ISACA
11 7 (2.39%) OSCP
12 6 (2.05%) CISA
12 6 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.05%) GCFA
13 5 (1.71%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (23.55%) NIST
2 64 (21.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (9.90%) GDPR
4 28 (9.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (6.83%) PCI DSS
6 14 (4.78%) COBIT
7 13 (4.44%) NCSC
8 12 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.07%) GRC
10 7 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.71%) ISO 9001
11 5 (1.71%) QA
12 4 (1.37%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
12 4 (1.37%) SLA
13 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 38 (12.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.73%) QRadar
3 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.37%) Ansible
4 4 (1.37%) CASB
4 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.02%) SELinux
6 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.34%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.34%) Kibana
7 1 (0.34%) logstash
7 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.31%) Dell
3 16 (5.46%) Splunk
4 15 (5.12%) Google
5 12 (4.10%) Cisco
5 12 (4.10%) IBM
5 12 (4.10%) Intel
6 10 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (3.41%) VMware
7 9 (3.07%) Qualys
8 5 (1.71%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.71%) Citrix
9 4 (1.37%) Alibaba
9 4 (1.37%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.02%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.68%) Facebook
12 1 (0.34%) McAfee
12 1 (0.34%) Meraki
12 1 (0.34%) Rapid7