Threat Intelligence Jobs

Threat Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Threat Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 633 627 399
Rank change year-on-year -6 -228 +252
Permanent jobs citing Threat Intelligence 293 325 1,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.35% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.37% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 184 170 313
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,245 £34,500
25th Percentile £46,969 £51,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90,509 88,622 165,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.69% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,528 53,835 83,218
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,950 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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% +8.81%

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 11 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 11 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 -6 243 £58,750 -16.07% 58
UK excluding London -10 184 £50,000 -9.09% 37
Work from Home -35 108 £62,500 -8.09% 27
London +2 84 £67,250 -13.23% 24
North of England +65 79 £50,000 -15.61% 15
North West +7 48 £50,000 -15.61% 6
Scotland -41 28 £47,557 -0.21% 2
South East -53 27 £59,000 +2.61% 7
Yorkshire +70 25 £50,000 -49.24% 9
Midlands -11 23 £52,500 -22.79% 5
South West -39 22 £52,500 -27.59% 7
West Midlands -7 12 £36,300 -46.62% 4
East Midlands -28 11 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North East -13 6 £42,500 -3.41%
Wales +12 3 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East of England -8 2 £57,500 +27.78%

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 12 (4.10%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.43%) Azure
2 43 (14.68%) AWS
3 42 (14.33%) SaaS
4 36 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (6.48%) GCP
6 17 (5.80%) Entra ID
7 12 (4.10%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.10%) Amazon SQS
7 12 (4.10%) Google Docs
7 12 (4.10%) Lucidchart
7 12 (4.10%) Miro
7 12 (4.10%) Slack
8 7 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.71%) IaaS
9 5 (1.71%) PaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.84%) Firewall
2 27 (9.22%) Network Security
3 21 (7.17%) Internet
3 21 (7.17%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (4.78%) WAN
6 13 (4.44%) DNS
7 10 (3.41%) LAN
8 9 (3.07%) SSL
9 8 (2.73%) VPN
10 7 (2.39%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.05%) HTTP
11 6 (2.05%) SMTP
12 4 (1.37%) 5G
12 4 (1.37%) GSM
12 4 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.68%) DMZ
14 2 (0.68%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.78%) Big Data
2 12 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (4.10%) Hadoop
2 12 (4.10%) Redis
2 12 (4.10%) Scylla
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.37%) 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 98 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 81 (27.65%) Finance
3 51 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.53%) Legal
5 21 (7.17%) Banking
6 18 (6.14%) Military
7 17 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.78%) Law
9 12 (4.10%) Marketing
10 9 (3.07%) Retail
11 5 (1.71%) Games
11 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.37%) International Banking
12 4 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 119 (40.61%) Analyst
2 68 (23.21%) Senior
3 55 (18.77%) Security Analyst
4 33 (11.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 26 (8.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 26 (8.87%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 26 (8.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 26 (8.87%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 23 (7.85%) SOC Analyst
7 21 (7.17%) Lead
7 21 (7.17%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (6.83%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 17 (5.80%) Consultant
9 17 (5.80%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
10 16 (5.46%) Security Consultant
11 14 (4.78%) Information Security Consultant
11 14 (4.78%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.44%) Risk Manager
12 13 (4.44%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.10%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.10%) GraphQL
1 12 (4.10%) Kafka
2 3 (1.02%) EDI
2 3 (1.02%) Sass
3 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.34%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 96 (32.76%) Cyber Threat
2 62 (21.16%) Cyberattack
3 30 (10.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 29 (9.90%) Cyber Defence
5 28 (9.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 27 (9.22%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.78%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (4.44%) Security Posture
9 12 (4.10%) Algorithms
9 12 (4.10%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.71%) CSOC
11 5 (1.71%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.37%) PKI
12 4 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.02%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.02%) Smart Energy
14 2 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
14 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (24.57%) Windows
2 49 (16.72%) Linux
3 26 (8.87%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.19%) Unix
5 18 (6.14%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.73%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.37%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.02%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.34%) Android
10 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (94.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 218 (74.40%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (62.46%) Incident Response
4 115 (39.25%) Security Operations
5 96 (32.76%) SIEM
6 84 (28.67%) Information Security
7 76 (25.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 62 (21.16%) Cyber Intelligence
9 50 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (15.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 43 (14.68%) Incident Management
12 39 (13.31%) Risk Management
13 36 (12.29%) Penetration Testing
14 33 (11.26%) Threat Modelling
15 32 (10.92%) Threat Detection
16 31 (10.58%) Roadmaps
17 30 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
18 29 (9.90%) Security Monitoring
19 28 (9.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
20 27 (9.22%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.90%) Python
2 17 (5.80%) Java
3 14 (4.78%) Bash
4 12 (4.10%) Go
4 12 (4.10%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.10%) Scala
5 1 (0.34%) C#
5 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.34%) Perl
5 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (15.70%) CISSP
2 44 (15.02%) Degree
3 39 (13.31%) CISM
4 37 (12.63%) Security Cleared
5 36 (12.29%) GIAC
6 23 (7.85%) CREST Certified
7 20 (6.83%) SC Cleared
8 19 (6.48%) GCIA
8 19 (6.48%) GCIH
9 15 (5.12%) CRISC
10 13 (4.44%) DV Cleared
10 13 (4.44%) GREM
11 10 (3.41%) CEH
12 8 (2.73%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.39%) ISACA
13 7 (2.39%) OSCP
14 6 (2.05%) CISA
14 6 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (2.05%) GCFA
15 5 (1.71%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (23.21%) NIST
2 63 (21.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (9.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (9.56%) GDPR
4 19 (6.48%) PCI DSS
5 14 (4.78%) COBIT
6 13 (4.44%) NCSC
7 12 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (3.07%) GRC
9 7 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.71%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.71%) QA
11 4 (1.37%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.37%) SLA
12 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 38 (12.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.02%) 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 12 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.73%) QRadar
3 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.37%) Ansible
4 4 (1.37%) CASB
4 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.02%) SELinux
6 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.34%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.34%) Kibana
7 1 (0.34%) logstash
7 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.63%) Dell
3 16 (5.46%) Splunk
4 14 (4.78%) Google
5 12 (4.10%) Cisco
5 12 (4.10%) IBM
5 12 (4.10%) Intel
6 10 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (3.41%) VMware
7 9 (3.07%) Qualys
8 5 (1.71%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.71%) Citrix
9 4 (1.37%) Alibaba
9 4 (1.37%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.02%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.68%) Facebook
12 1 (0.34%) McAfee
12 1 (0.34%) Meraki
12 1 (0.34%) Rapid7