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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 634 578 414
Rank change year-on-year -56 -164 +220
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 286 408 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.43% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.45% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 181 175 311
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,210 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £91,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
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 1 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 1 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 -86 233 £60,000 -14.29% 69
UK excluding London -50 178 £51,250 -6.82% 43
Work from Home -79 107 £63,750 -6.25% 23
London +7 80 £67,500 -12.90% 31
North of England +58 72 £50,000 -24.81% 17
North West +7 40 £50,000 -24.81% 9
Scotland -41 31 £47,557 -0.21% 2
Yorkshire +72 26 £50,000 -49.24% 8
South East -64 25 £59,500 +3.48% 8
South West -56 23 £52,500 -27.59% 8
Midlands -1 22 £52,500 -22.79% 6
East Midlands -9 11 £52,500 - 1
West Midlands -10 11 £36,300 -46.62% 5
North East -5 6 £42,500 -3.41%
Wales +9 3 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East of England -2 2 £57,500 +27.78% 1

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 14 (4.90%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 53 (18.53%) Azure
2 46 (16.08%) SaaS
3 45 (15.73%) AWS
4 34 (11.89%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (7.34%) GCP
6 17 (5.94%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.90%) Amazon S3
7 14 (4.90%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (4.90%) Google Docs
7 14 (4.90%) Lucidchart
7 14 (4.90%) Miro
7 14 (4.90%) Slack
8 8 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.75%) IaaS
9 5 (1.75%) PaaS
10 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.38%) Firewall
2 27 (9.44%) Network Security
3 21 (7.34%) Internet
3 21 (7.34%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (4.55%) DNS
5 13 (4.55%) WAN
6 9 (3.15%) LAN
7 8 (2.80%) SSL
7 8 (2.80%) VPN
8 6 (2.10%) HTTP
8 6 (2.10%) SMTP
8 6 (2.10%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.40%) 5G
9 4 (1.40%) GSM
9 4 (1.40%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (1.40%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.70%) DMZ
11 2 (0.70%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.59%) Big Data
2 14 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (4.90%) Hadoop
2 14 (4.90%) Redis
2 14 (4.90%) Scylla
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.35%) Git
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Subversion
2 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 80 (27.97%) Finance
3 50 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.09%) Legal
5 21 (7.34%) Banking
6 19 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.64%) Military
7 13 (4.55%) Law
7 13 (4.55%) Marketing
8 8 (2.80%) Retail
9 6 (2.10%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.75%) Games
10 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.40%) International Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 117 (40.91%) Analyst
2 63 (22.03%) Senior
3 52 (18.18%) Security Analyst
4 31 (10.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 28 (9.79%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 21 (7.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 21 (7.34%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 21 (7.34%) Lead
6 21 (7.34%) SOC Analyst
6 21 (7.34%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 20 (6.99%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (6.29%) Consultant
9 17 (5.94%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.24%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 14 (4.90%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Principal Software Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Risk Manager
11 14 (4.90%) Security Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Software Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.90%) GraphQL
1 14 (4.90%) Kafka
2 3 (1.05%) EDI
2 3 (1.05%) Sass
3 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.35%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 87 (30.42%) Cyber Threat
2 60 (20.98%) Cyberattack
3 29 (10.14%) Cyber Defence
3 29 (10.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 28 (9.79%) Management Information System
5 26 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (4.90%) Algorithms
6 14 (4.90%) Data Structures
6 14 (4.90%) Security Posture
7 13 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.75%) Insider Threat
10 4 (1.40%) CSOC
10 4 (1.40%) PKI
10 4 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.05%) Smart Energy
12 2 (0.70%) Cybercrime
12 2 (0.70%) IoT
12 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.48%) Windows
2 47 (16.43%) Linux
3 26 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.39%) Unix
5 19 (6.64%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.80%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.40%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.05%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (94.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 216 (75.52%) Cybersecurity
3 175 (61.19%) Incident Response
4 111 (38.81%) Security Operations
5 94 (32.87%) SIEM
6 83 (29.02%) Information Security
7 70 (24.48%) Vulnerability Management
8 57 (19.93%) Cyber Intelligence
9 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (15.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 42 (14.69%) Incident Management
12 40 (13.99%) Risk Management
13 34 (11.89%) Penetration Testing
13 34 (11.89%) Roadmaps
14 32 (11.19%) Actionable Insight
15 31 (10.84%) Threat Detection
15 31 (10.84%) Threat Modelling
16 27 (9.44%) SOAR
16 27 (9.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 26 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.84%) Python
2 19 (6.64%) Java
3 16 (5.59%) Bash
4 14 (4.90%) Go
4 14 (4.90%) Scala
5 12 (4.20%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
6 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (16.78%) CISSP
2 45 (15.73%) Degree
3 41 (14.34%) CISM
4 37 (12.94%) Security Cleared
5 33 (11.54%) GIAC
6 21 (7.34%) CREST Certified
7 20 (6.99%) SC Cleared
8 19 (6.64%) GCIA
8 19 (6.64%) GCIH
9 18 (6.29%) CRISC
10 14 (4.90%) DV Cleared
10 14 (4.90%) GREM
11 10 (3.50%) CEH
12 8 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.45%) ISACA
14 6 (2.10%) CISA
14 6 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (2.10%) OSCP
15 5 (1.75%) CCSP
15 5 (1.75%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (23.78%) NIST
2 62 (21.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (10.49%) GDPR
4 27 (9.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (7.34%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.55%) COBIT
6 13 (4.55%) NCSC
7 11 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (3.15%) GRC
9 7 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.75%) QA
11 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
12 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
12 3 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.05%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.80%) QRadar
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.40%) Ansible
4 4 (1.40%) CASB
4 4 (1.40%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.05%) SELinux
6 2 (0.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.35%) Kibana
7 1 (0.35%) logstash
7 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.34%) Dell
3 17 (5.94%) Splunk
4 16 (5.59%) Google
5 12 (4.20%) IBM
6 11 (3.85%) Cisco
6 11 (3.85%) Intel
7 10 (3.50%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.15%) Qualys
8 9 (3.15%) VMware
9 5 (1.75%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.75%) Citrix
10 4 (1.40%) Alibaba
10 4 (1.40%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.70%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.70%) Facebook
11 2 (0.70%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.35%) iManage
12 1 (0.35%) Meraki
12 1 (0.35%) Tanium