Cyber Threat Intelligence Jobs

Cyber Threat Intelligence
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Threat Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber 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 621 625 453
Rank change year-on-year +4 -172 +256
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence 273 380 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.38% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.40% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 168 140 227
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,294 £34,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -1.23%
75th Percentile £72,188 £81,250 £79,125
90th Percentile £101,250 £98,200 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber 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%

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber Threat Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Intelligence over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK

Cyber 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 Cyber 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 -46 207 £60,000 -11.76% 74
UK excluding London -31 178 £52,500 -4.55% 52
Work from Home -7 111 £67,000 +7.20% 29
London +21 69 £70,000 -6.67% 31
North of England +55 60 £50,000 -26.47% 20
Scotland -27 44 £47,557 -0.21% 2
North West +13 36 £50,000 -26.47% 6
South West -49 25 £52,500 -28.81% 12
South East -61 24 £59,000 +2.61% 8
Yorkshire +86 22 £55,000 -20.08% 14
Midlands +5 20 £52,500 -22.79% 4
West Midlands +18 10 £36,300 -46.62% 3
East Midlands -10 10 £52,500 - 1
Wales +9 3 £52,500 -4.55% 4
East of England +7 2 £57,500 +27.78% 2
North East 0 2 £40,000 -9.09%

Cyber 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 (8.06%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.73%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.98%) SaaS
2 48 (17.58%) AWS
3 47 (17.22%) Azure
4 31 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (10.26%) GCP
6 22 (8.06%) Amazon S3
6 22 (8.06%) Amazon SQS
6 22 (8.06%) Google Docs
6 22 (8.06%) Lucidchart
6 22 (8.06%) Miro
6 22 (8.06%) Slack
7 13 (4.76%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.83%) IaaS
9 5 (1.83%) PaaS
10 2 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.95%) Firewall
2 24 (8.79%) Network Security
3 21 (7.69%) Internet
3 21 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (4.76%) DNS
6 6 (2.20%) HTTP
6 6 (2.20%) SMTP
6 6 (2.20%) SSL
7 5 (1.83%) WAN
8 4 (1.47%) 5G
8 4 (1.47%) GSM
8 4 (1.47%) LAN
8 4 (1.47%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.47%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.10%) VPN
10 2 (0.73%) DMZ
10 2 (0.73%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.37%) DHCP
11 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.79%) Big Data
2 22 (8.06%) Elasticsearch
2 22 (8.06%) Hadoop
2 22 (8.06%) Redis
2 22 (8.06%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.37%) Git
2 1 (0.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Subversion
2 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 79 (28.94%) Finance
3 46 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.62%) Legal
5 27 (9.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.96%) Banking
6 19 (6.96%) Military
7 14 (5.13%) Marketing
8 13 (4.76%) Law
9 8 (2.93%) Retail
10 7 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.83%) Games
11 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.47%) International Banking
12 4 (1.47%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (37.36%) Analyst
2 63 (23.08%) Senior
3 41 (15.02%) Security Analyst
4 27 (9.89%) Principal Engineer
4 27 (9.89%) Principal Software Engineer
4 27 (9.89%) Software Engineer
5 26 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 22 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 21 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (7.33%) Lead
9 19 (6.96%) SOC Analyst
10 17 (6.23%) Consultant
10 17 (6.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 17 (6.23%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 17 (6.23%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 16 (5.86%) Security Consultant
12 15 (5.49%) Risk Manager
13 14 (5.13%) Alliance Manager
13 14 (5.13%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.76%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.06%) GraphQL
1 22 (8.06%) Kafka
2 3 (1.10%) EDI
2 3 (1.10%) Sass
3 1 (0.37%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 81 (29.67%) Cyber Threat
2 59 (21.61%) Cyberattack
3 26 (9.52%) Cyber Defence
4 24 (8.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 24 (8.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 22 (8.06%) Algorithms
5 22 (8.06%) Data Structures
6 21 (7.69%) Management Information System
7 17 (6.23%) Security Posture
8 12 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.20%) Insider Threat
11 5 (1.83%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.47%) CSOC
12 4 (1.47%) PKI
12 4 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.10%) Smart Energy
14 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 63 (23.08%) Windows
2 47 (17.22%) Linux
3 20 (7.33%) Unix
4 19 (6.96%) Mac OS X
4 19 (6.96%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.56%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.10%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.73%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.37%) Android
9 1 (0.37%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 221 (80.95%) Cybersecurity
3 166 (60.81%) Incident Response
4 111 (40.66%) Security Operations
5 78 (28.57%) SIEM
6 73 (26.74%) Information Security
7 67 (24.54%) Vulnerability Management
8 56 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (19.41%) Cyber Intelligence
10 42 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 37 (13.55%) Incident Management
11 37 (13.55%) Risk Management
12 36 (13.19%) Roadmaps
13 33 (12.09%) Actionable Insight
13 33 (12.09%) Software Engineering
13 33 (12.09%) Threat Detection
14 31 (11.36%) Penetration Testing
15 30 (10.99%) Data Science
16 28 (10.26%) Computer Security
17 27 (9.89%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.92%) Python
2 27 (9.89%) Java
3 24 (8.79%) Bash
4 22 (8.06%) Go
4 22 (8.06%) Scala
5 12 (4.40%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.37%) C#
6 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (16.12%) Degree
2 42 (15.38%) CISSP
3 35 (12.82%) CISM
3 35 (12.82%) Security Cleared
4 33 (12.09%) GIAC
5 21 (7.69%) CREST Certified
6 20 (7.33%) SC Cleared
7 18 (6.59%) CRISC
8 17 (6.23%) GCIA
8 17 (6.23%) GCIH
9 14 (5.13%) GREM
10 12 (4.40%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (2.56%) ISACA
13 6 (2.20%) CEH
13 6 (2.20%) CISA
13 6 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (1.83%) CCSP
14 5 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (21.98%) NIST
2 56 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (9.52%) GDPR
4 23 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (6.59%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.76%) NCSC
7 11 (4.03%) COBIT
8 10 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.30%) GRC
10 7 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.83%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.47%) QA
13 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.10%) SLA
14 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (10.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.10%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.93%) QRadar
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.47%) Ansible
4 4 (1.47%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.10%) SELinux
6 2 (0.73%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 55 (20.15%) Dell
3 24 (8.79%) Google
4 17 (6.23%) Splunk
5 12 (4.40%) IBM
6 10 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (3.30%) Qualys
8 7 (2.56%) Intel
9 6 (2.20%) Cisco
9 6 (2.20%) VMware
10 4 (1.47%) Alibaba
11 2 (0.73%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.73%) Facebook
11 2 (0.73%) Tanium
12 1 (0.37%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.37%) iManage
12 1 (0.37%) Meraki
12 1 (0.37%) Proofpoint
12 1 (0.37%) Zscaler