Intrusion Detection Contract Job Trends in Central London

Intrusion Detection
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing Intrusion Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 123 130
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +20
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.088% 0.27% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.80% 2.87% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £525 £556 -
90th Percentile - £598 -
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -15.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 251 174 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.00% 9.35% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 123 171
10th Percentile £268 £265 £321
25th Percentile £379 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +2.10% +0.48%
75th Percentile £616 £664 £638
90th Percentile £718 £738 £738
London median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 1
10th Percentile £27.10 £21.96 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £31.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.47 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.39% -21.63% +44.44%
75th Percentile £155.34 £41.99 £33.75
90th Percentile - £56.54 -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £37.25
% change year-on-year +108.75% -32.48% +21.14%

Intrusion Detection Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Intrusion Detection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in Central London

Intrusion Detection Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 2 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -27 2 £500 +5.26% 1
Intrusion Detection
London

Intrusion Detection Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1BGP100.0%2
1DHCP100.0%2
1DNS100.0%2
1Firewall100.0%2
1IPsec100.0%2
1MPLS100.0%2
1OSPF100.0%2
1SD-WAN100.0%2
1TCP/IP100.0%2
1VLAN100.0%2
1VPN100.0%2
1WAN100.0%2
1Wireless100.0%2
14Wi-Fi50.0%1