Intrusion Detection Contracts with Work from Home Options

Intrusion Detection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Intrusion Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 399 582
Rank change year-on-year +92 +183 -123
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 34 69 33
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.28% 0.075%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 2.39% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 49 21
10th Percentile £450 £443 £450
25th Percentile £463 £486 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £700 £688 £588
90th Percentile £763 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.46 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £87.53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £87.46 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year +24.50% +6.76% +258.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Intrusion Detection is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,567 2,884 4,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.39% 11.50% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,907 2,899
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

Intrusion Detection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection trend for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Intrusion Detection daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (17.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (2.94%) AWS KMS
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) IaaS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (85.29%) Firewall
2 5 (14.71%) Network Security
2 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.76%) tcpdump
3 4 (11.76%) Wireshark
4 3 (8.82%) LAN
5 2 (5.88%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.88%) VoIP
5 2 (5.88%) VPN
5 2 (5.88%) WAN
5 2 (5.88%) Wireless
6 1 (2.94%) BGP
6 1 (2.94%) MPLS
6 1 (2.94%) OSPF
6 1 (2.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Apache Hive
1 4 (11.76%) Hadoop
1 4 (11.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
2 4 (11.76%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 15 (44.12%) Public Sector
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Advertising
6 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Architect
2 16 (47.06%) Security Architect
3 10 (29.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Senior
5 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Security Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Network Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Operations Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.94%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) OLE
2 1 (2.94%) JSON
2 1 (2.94%) OAuth
2 1 (2.94%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
2 1 (2.94%) XML
2 1 (2.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) YARA
3 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.94%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Linux
2 8 (23.53%) Windows
3 2 (5.88%) Unix
4 1 (2.94%) CentOS
4 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (73.53%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (55.88%) Security Architecture
3 12 (35.29%) DevOps
3 12 (35.29%) Incident Response
4 9 (26.47%) SIEM
5 8 (23.53%) Security Operations
5 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (20.59%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security
9 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
9 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
9 4 (11.76%) Inversion of Control
9 4 (11.76%) Malware Reverse Engineering
9 4 (11.76%) Reverse Engineering
9 4 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Bash
2 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.94%) Ruby
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 11 (32.35%) DV Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) Degree
4 3 (8.82%) CISSP
4 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.94%) CEH
6 1 (2.94%) CISA
6 1 (2.94%) CISM
6 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (38.24%) NIST
2 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.76%) GDPR
3 4 (11.76%) NCSC
4 3 (8.82%) GPG13
4 3 (8.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Snort
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Kibana
2 2 (5.88%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Splunk
2 4 (11.76%) Google
2 4 (11.76%) Palo Alto
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.94%) Cadence
4 1 (2.94%) Qualys
4 1 (2.94%) Red Hat