Cyber Intelligence Contracts

Cyber Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cyber Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber 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 532 663 834
Rank change year-on-year +131 +171 -135
Contract jobs citing Cyber Intelligence 52 34 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.061% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.068% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 7 12
10th Percentile £490 £505 -
25th Percentile £540 £528 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% -2.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £580 £663 £650
90th Percentile £585 £810 £754
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £560 £575
% change year-on-year +1.34% -2.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Cyber Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Intelligence.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Intelligence over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Intelligence
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Intelligence within the UK 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
England +108 49 £568 +1.34% 25
UK excluding London +46 39 £568 +1.34% 13
South West - 26 £569 - 2
London +83 10 £613 - 11
Work from Home +105 5 £725 - 21
South East +19 5 £540 -28.00% 3
Midlands +16 5 £538 +2.48%
East Midlands +4 3 - -
Scotland +45 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £538 -
North of England +10 1 £530 -4.29% 8
North West +9 1 £530 -0.47% 5

Cyber 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 2 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) Wireless
2 6 (11.54%) Network Security
3 4 (7.69%) Firewall
4 1 (1.92%) DHCP
4 1 (1.92%) DNS
4 1 (1.92%) FTP
4 1 (1.92%) HTTP
4 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.92%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.92%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Banking
4 7 (13.46%) Military
5 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 5 (9.62%) Finance
7 4 (7.69%) Retail
7 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.92%) Electronics
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (61.54%) Analyst
2 28 (53.85%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 17 (32.69%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 17 (32.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (5.77%) Security Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Senior
5 3 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Incident Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Lead
6 2 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (3.85%) Security Advisor
6 2 (3.85%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 48 (92.31%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.46%) Operational Technology
2 7 (13.46%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.62%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.85%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.92%) CSOC
6 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.46%) Linux
2 3 (5.77%) Windows
3 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (88.46%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (86.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 45 (86.54%) Threat Intelligence
3 34 (65.38%) Security Operations
4 30 (57.69%) OSINT
5 28 (53.85%) SIEM
6 24 (46.15%) Open Source
7 20 (38.46%) Malware Analysis
8 18 (34.62%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 17 (32.69%) SOAR
10 15 (28.85%) Incident Response
10 15 (28.85%) Risk Management
11 14 (26.92%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (25.00%) Information Security
12 13 (25.00%) Mentoring
13 9 (17.31%) Red Team
14 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
14 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Management
15 6 (11.54%) Behavioural Analysis
15 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) Python
2 5 (9.62%) Perl
3 2 (3.85%) C
3 2 (3.85%) C++
3 2 (3.85%) Java
3 2 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.85%) Ruby
3 2 (3.85%) Search Processing Language
3 2 (3.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (59.62%) Security Cleared
2 29 (55.77%) DV Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) GIAC
5 3 (5.77%) Degree
5 3 (5.77%) GCIH
5 3 (5.77%) OSCP
6 2 (3.85%) CEH
6 2 (3.85%) CISM
6 2 (3.85%) CISSP
6 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.85%) CREST Certified
6 2 (3.85%) GSEC
6 2 (3.85%) Linux+ Certification
6 2 (3.85%) Server+ Certification
7 1 (1.92%) ECSA
7 1 (1.92%) GAWN
7 1 (1.92%) GCFE
7 1 (1.92%) GPPA
7 1 (1.92%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) NIST
2 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.62%) NIST 800
4 4 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.85%) GDPR
5 2 (3.85%) SLA
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Docker
2 2 (3.85%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.85%) logstash
1 2 (3.85%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.92%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Splunk
3 2 (3.85%) Atlassian
3 2 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (3.85%) Cybereason
3 2 (3.85%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco
4 1 (1.92%) Intel
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) Salesforce