Intrusion Detection Contracts in Berkshire

Intrusion Detection
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 97 93
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 +39
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 11 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.92% 0.53% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.50% 3.04% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 13
10th Percentile - £416 £480
25th Percentile £525 £422 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -27.08% -
75th Percentile £575 £447 -
90th Percentile - £449 £683
South East median daily rate £550 £491 £615
% change year-on-year +11.96% -20.12% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £84.67 £73.21
25th Percentile - - £75.17
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £75.67
Median % change year-on-year - +15.58% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £80.64
South East median hourly rate - £87.46 £75.67
% change year-on-year - +15.58% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Intrusion Detection falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 200 296 393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.72% 17.46% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 123 215
10th Percentile £267 £267 £205
25th Percentile £350 £388 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -0.59%
75th Percentile £537 £608 £595
90th Percentile £600 £648 £658
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 16
10th Percentile - £56.25 £16.25
25th Percentile - £71.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.17
Median % change year-on-year -34.13% +14.12% +232.58%
75th Percentile - £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile - - £76.55
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £58.91
% change year-on-year -4.21% -2.64% +30.90%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in Berkshire

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Wokingham - 4 - - 2
Reading +12 1 - -
Intrusion Detection
South East

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Advisor
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (54.55%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) CESG
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
2 6 (54.55%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Assessment
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
2 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (27.27%) Data Security
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) SIEM
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Darktrace
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Proofpoint
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet