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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 586 420
Rank change year-on-year -16 -166 +222
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 296 435 1,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.44% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.46% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 178 177 310
10th Percentile £40,875 £41,640 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.15% -3.99%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -62 230 £60,000 -15.79% 82
UK excluding London -35 193 £50,000 -9.09% 59
Work from Home -30 118 £66,000 -4.35% 35
London -7 75 £70,000 -12.50% 34
North of England +55 69 £50,000 -24.81% 22
Scotland -27 44 £47,557 -0.21% 3
North West +5 36 £50,000 -23.08% 7
South East -60 30 £59,000 +4.89% 11
Yorkshire +90 27 £50,000 -40.24% 15
South West -50 25 £52,500 -27.59% 12
Midlands +3 20 £52,500 -22.79% 5
West Midlands +16 10 £36,300 -46.62% 4
East Midlands -10 10 £52,500 - 1
North East +4 6 £42,500 -3.41%
Wales +9 3 £52,500 -4.55% 4
East of England +5 2 £57,500 +27.78% 3

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 22 (7.43%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (22.30%) SaaS
2 58 (19.59%) Azure
3 55 (18.58%) AWS
4 35 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (9.46%) GCP
6 22 (7.43%) Amazon S3
6 22 (7.43%) Amazon SQS
6 22 (7.43%) Google Docs
6 22 (7.43%) Lucidchart
6 22 (7.43%) Miro
6 22 (7.43%) Slack
7 17 (5.74%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.72%) IaaS
8 11 (3.72%) PaaS
9 10 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 61 (20.61%) Firewall
2 33 (11.15%) Network Security
3 22 (7.43%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.09%) Internet
5 19 (6.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (4.73%) DNS
7 8 (2.70%) VPN
7 8 (2.70%) WAN
8 6 (2.03%) HTTP
8 6 (2.03%) SMTP
8 6 (2.03%) SSL
9 5 (1.69%) LAN
10 4 (1.35%) 5G
10 4 (1.35%) GSM
10 4 (1.35%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (1.35%) Wireshark
11 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.68%) DMZ
12 2 (0.68%) tcpdump
12 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.11%) Big Data
2 22 (7.43%) Elasticsearch
2 22 (7.43%) Hadoop
2 22 (7.43%) Redis
2 22 (7.43%) Scylla
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.35%) 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
1 111 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 79 (26.69%) Finance
3 49 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.80%) Legal
5 27 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.42%) Banking
6 19 (6.42%) Military
7 14 (4.73%) Marketing
8 13 (4.39%) Law
9 8 (2.70%) Retail
10 7 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.69%) Games
11 5 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.35%) International Banking
12 4 (1.35%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (37.50%) Analyst
2 65 (21.96%) Senior
3 46 (15.54%) Security Analyst
4 28 (9.46%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 27 (9.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 27 (9.12%) Principal Engineer
5 27 (9.12%) Principal Software Engineer
5 27 (9.12%) Software Engineer
6 22 (7.43%) Lead
6 22 (7.43%) Senior Analyst
6 22 (7.43%) SOC Analyst
7 17 (5.74%) Consultant
7 17 (5.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 17 (5.74%) Cyber Threat Specialist
7 17 (5.74%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 16 (5.41%) Security Consultant
9 15 (5.07%) Risk Manager
10 14 (4.73%) Alliance Manager
10 14 (4.73%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.39%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.43%) GraphQL
1 22 (7.43%) Kafka
2 6 (2.03%) Middleware
2 6 (2.03%) Web Services
3 3 (1.01%) EDI
3 3 (1.01%) Sass
4 1 (0.34%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 81 (27.36%) Cyber Threat
2 59 (19.93%) Cyberattack
3 32 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 26 (8.78%) Cyber Defence
5 25 (8.45%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 22 (7.43%) Algorithms
7 22 (7.43%) Data Structures
8 17 (5.74%) Security Posture
9 12 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.03%) Insider Threat
11 6 (2.03%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.69%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.69%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.35%) CSOC
13 4 (1.35%) PKI
13 4 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (1.01%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (23.31%) Windows
2 49 (16.55%) Linux
3 24 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.76%) Unix
5 19 (6.42%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.36%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.01%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.68%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.34%) Android
11 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (92.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 232 (78.38%) Cybersecurity
3 171 (57.77%) Incident Response
4 112 (37.84%) Security Operations
5 92 (31.08%) SIEM
6 81 (27.36%) Information Security
7 75 (25.34%) Vulnerability Management
8 60 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (17.91%) Cyber Intelligence
10 42 (14.19%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 38 (12.84%) Incident Management
11 38 (12.84%) Risk Management
12 36 (12.16%) Roadmaps
13 34 (11.49%) Threat Detection
14 33 (11.15%) Actionable Insight
14 33 (11.15%) Software Engineering
15 32 (10.81%) Security Architecture
16 31 (10.47%) ITIL
16 31 (10.47%) Penetration Testing
17 30 (10.14%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.51%) Python
2 27 (9.12%) Java
3 24 (8.11%) Bash
4 22 (7.43%) Go
4 22 (7.43%) Scala
5 12 (4.05%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.34%) Perl
6 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (15.88%) CISSP
2 45 (15.20%) Degree
3 40 (13.51%) CISM
4 36 (12.16%) Security Cleared
5 33 (11.15%) GIAC
6 21 (7.09%) CREST Certified
6 21 (7.09%) SC Cleared
7 18 (6.08%) CRISC
8 17 (5.74%) GCIA
8 17 (5.74%) GCIH
9 14 (4.73%) GREM
10 13 (4.39%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.72%) CEH
12 9 (3.04%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.36%) ISACA
14 6 (2.03%) CISA
14 6 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (1.69%) CCSP
15 5 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (23.65%) NIST
2 66 (22.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (10.14%) GDPR
4 28 (9.46%) PCI DSS
5 27 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (5.74%) COBIT
7 13 (4.39%) NCSC
8 10 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.04%) GRC
10 7 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.69%) ISO 9001
11 5 (1.69%) QA
12 4 (1.35%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.01%) SLA
14 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (11.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.01%) 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 22 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.70%) QRadar
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.35%) Ansible
5 4 (1.35%) CASB
5 4 (1.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.01%) SELinux
7 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 55 (18.58%) Dell
3 24 (8.11%) Google
4 20 (6.76%) Splunk
5 12 (4.05%) IBM
6 11 (3.72%) Intel
7 10 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.04%) Qualys
9 8 (2.70%) Cisco
10 7 (2.36%) VMware
11 5 (1.69%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.69%) Citrix
12 4 (1.35%) Alibaba
13 3 (1.01%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.68%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.68%) Facebook
14 2 (0.68%) Tanium
15 1 (0.34%) iManage
15 1 (0.34%) Meraki
15 1 (0.34%) Zscaler