Threat Intelligence Analyst Contracts

Threat Intelligence Analyst
UK

The median Threat Intelligence Analyst daily rate in the UK is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 687 844
Rank change year-on-year +147 +157 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Threat Intelligence Analyst 44 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.018% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.019% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 6 3
10th Percentile £490 £463 £387
25th Percentile £559 £475 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £648 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +44.00% +9.76%
75th Percentile £588 £789 £620
90th Percentile £625 £792 £707
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 - £378
% change year-on-year - - -49.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Threat Intelligence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Threat Intelligence Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Intelligence Analyst 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 +121 44 £570 +8.57%
UK excluding London - 41 £570 -
South West - 31 £570 -
Midlands - 5 £538 -
Work from Home +117 4 £450 -43.15%
London +78 3 £575 +15.00%
East Midlands - 3 - -
North West - 3 £450 -
North of England - 3 £450 -
South East - 2 £475 -
West Midlands - 2 £538 -

Threat Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Threat Intelligence Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Threat Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 38 (86.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 35 (79.55%) DV Cleared
3 35 (79.55%) Security Cleared
4 33 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (65.91%) Security Operations
5 29 (65.91%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (63.64%) OSINT
6 28 (63.64%) Cyber Intelligence
6 28 (63.64%) Open Source
7 25 (56.82%) SIEM
8 23 (52.27%) SOAR
9 22 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 20 (45.45%) Malware Analysis
11 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
12 9 (20.45%) Actionable Insight
13 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (15.91%) Military
14 7 (15.91%) Management Information System
14 7 (15.91%) Wireless
14 7 (15.91%) Risk Management
14 7 (15.91%) Operational Technology
15 6 (13.64%) Network Security
16 5 (11.36%) Azure
16 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
16 5 (11.36%) Linux
16 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
16 5 (11.36%) Information Security
16 5 (11.36%) Azure Sentinel

Threat Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) Azure
1 5 (11.36%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) Wireless
2 6 (13.64%) Network Security
3 1 (2.27%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) Internet
3 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Military
4 3 (6.82%) Finance
4 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (65.91%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (15.91%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.91%) Operational Technology
3 4 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.55%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Cybercrime
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 38 (86.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 33 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (65.91%) Security Operations
5 28 (63.64%) Cyber Intelligence
5 28 (63.64%) Open Source
5 28 (63.64%) OSINT
6 25 (56.82%) SIEM
7 23 (52.27%) SOAR
8 22 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 20 (45.45%) Malware Analysis
10 9 (20.45%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (15.91%) Risk Management
12 5 (11.36%) Information Security
12 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
13 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
14 3 (6.82%) Coaching
14 3 (6.82%) Threat Detection
14 3 (6.82%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (6.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 35 (79.55%) DV Cleared
1 35 (79.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) CISSP
2 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) CISM
3 2 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.27%) CEH
4 1 (2.27%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Red Hat