Threat Intelligence Contracts in the North West

Threat Intelligence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 120 170
Rank change year-on-year +34 +50 -32
Contract jobs citing Threat Intelligence 49 30 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.76% 1.00% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.11% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 10
10th Percentile £470 £524 £741
25th Percentile £775 £585 £773
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £603 £800
Median % change year-on-year +41.08% -24.69% +37.34%
75th Percentile - £622 -
90th Percentile - £1,279 £818
England median daily rate £600 £622 £575
% change year-on-year -3.54% +8.17% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Threat Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence in the North West

Threat Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +51 46 £850 -34.62% 7
Cheshire -19 2 £549 -9.49%
Lancashire -2 1 £975 +62.36%
Threat Intelligence
England

Threat Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
1 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.04%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (83.67%) Firewall
2 40 (81.63%) VPN
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 6 (12.24%) Legal
1 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.04%) Banking
3 1 (2.04%) Finance
3 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (83.67%) Architect
2 36 (73.47%) Technical Architect
3 29 (59.18%) Lead
3 29 (59.18%) Lead Architect
4 28 (57.14%) Technical Leader
5 7 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Digital Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Digital Technical Architect
7 4 (8.16%) Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (4.08%) Lead Cloud Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Lead Security Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Security Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
10 1 (2.04%) Firewall Architect
10 1 (2.04%) IT Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow Developer
10 1 (2.04%) SOC Analyst
10 1 (2.04%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (81.63%) Node.js
2 1 (2.04%) Ajax
2 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.04%) CSS
2 1 (2.04%) HTML
2 1 (2.04%) JSON
2 1 (2.04%) SOAP
2 1 (2.04%) Web Services
2 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (55.10%) Public Cloud
2 9 (18.37%) Product Ownership
3 5 (10.20%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.08%) Cyberattack
4 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) CMDB
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (85.71%) Windows
2 40 (81.63%) Android
2 40 (81.63%) Apple iOS
2 40 (81.63%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.12%) Linux
4 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 41 (83.67%) Risk Management
2 41 (83.67%) Security Architecture
3 40 (81.63%) CI/CD
3 40 (81.63%) Mobile Device Management
3 40 (81.63%) Zero Trust
4 29 (59.18%) Agile
5 28 (57.14%) Design Patterns
5 28 (57.14%) DevOps
6 12 (24.49%) Microservices
7 10 (20.41%) Roadmaps
8 9 (18.37%) Product Strategy
8 9 (18.37%) Strategic Roadmap
9 7 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
9 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (14.29%) User Experience
10 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
11 4 (8.16%) Containerisation
11 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (8.16%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.04%) Bash
2 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (46.94%) Security Cleared
2 22 (44.90%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (6.12%) CISM
4 3 (6.12%) CISSP
5 1 (2.04%) Degree
5 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.08%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.04%) NCSC
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Apple
1 5 (10.20%) Google
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.04%) Intel
3 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow