Intrusion Detection Contracts in England

Intrusion Detection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 455 474
Rank change year-on-year +28 +19 +193
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 63 94 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 1.95% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 37 130
10th Percentile £311 £445 £361
25th Percentile £410 £525 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £634 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +5.63% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £738 £650
90th Percentile £685 £850 £741
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 8
10th Percentile £44.70 - £72.18
25th Percentile £45.75 £81.88 £72.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £87.46 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.83% +16.61% +12.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £87.53 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.50 - £77.58
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -47.12% +16.61% +12.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,222 4,814 5,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.78% 12.89% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,985 2,865 3,876
10th Percentile £231 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £736
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 395 411
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.07 £45.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +141.47% -24.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.60
90th Percentile £81.32 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.45 £45.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -7.89% +136.84% -33.33%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in England.

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in England over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in England.

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Intrusion Detection in England over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
South East +19 16 £450 - 12
North of England +29 15 £510 -29.66% 18
North West +26 15 £510 -29.66% 13
London +54 14 £500 -18.37% 42
Midlands -8 13 £625 -3.85% 9
West Midlands -10 9 £625 -3.85% 8
East Midlands -1 4 - - 1
East of England +26 3 £400 -30.43% 6
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) Apache
2 1 (1.59%) IIS
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) AutoCAD
1 2 (3.17%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.81%) Azure
2 13 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.46%) AWS
3 11 (17.46%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.70%) IaaS
5 3 (4.76%) GCP
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (76.19%) Firewall
2 22 (34.92%) Network Security
3 7 (11.11%) VPN
4 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (6.35%) Ethernet
6 3 (4.76%) BGP
6 3 (4.76%) DHCP
6 3 (4.76%) Internet
6 3 (4.76%) OSPF
6 3 (4.76%) Wireless
7 2 (3.17%) DNS
7 2 (3.17%) LAN
7 2 (3.17%) MPLS
7 2 (3.17%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (3.17%) VLAN
7 2 (3.17%) VoIP
7 2 (3.17%) WAN
8 1 (1.59%) SAN
8 1 (1.59%) Skype
8 1 (1.59%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.87%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) Hadoop
2 2 (3.17%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.59%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.35%) Automotive
3 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
4 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.59%) Local Government
6 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Analyst
2 13 (20.63%) Senior
3 11 (17.46%) Security Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Security Analyst
5 8 (12.70%) Lead
6 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Network Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Architect
9 4 (6.35%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Security Operations Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 3 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 3 (4.76%) Security Advisor
10 3 (4.76%) Technical Architect
11 2 (3.17%) Business Analyst
11 2 (3.17%) Consultant
11 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 2 (3.17%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (14.29%) JBoss Seam
3 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 2 (3.17%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (31.75%) Management Information System
2 9 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (6.35%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.35%) PKI
5 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.17%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (3.17%) NHS
6 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.59%) CESG
7 1 (1.59%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 12 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.35%) Linux
4 1 (1.59%) CentOS
4 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (63.49%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (28.57%) Information Security
4 17 (26.98%) Risk Assessment
4 17 (26.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 15 (23.81%) Incident Response
6 14 (22.22%) SIEM
7 13 (20.63%) Change Management
7 13 (20.63%) Security Architecture
8 12 (19.05%) DevOps
8 12 (19.05%) Risk Management
9 11 (17.46%) Security Operations
10 10 (15.87%) Decision-Making
10 10 (15.87%) High Availability
11 9 (14.29%) Analytics
11 9 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (12.70%) Business Continuity
12 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 7 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.29%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) Bash
4 3 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (4.76%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) C#
5 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.17%) VB
6 1 (1.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (26.98%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) CISSP
3 10 (15.87%) DV Cleared
4 9 (14.29%) Degree
4 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (12.70%) Azure Certification
6 7 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (7.94%) CEH
7 5 (7.94%) CISM
7 5 (7.94%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.76%) CCNA
8 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.17%) CCNP
9 2 (3.17%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (3.17%) CRISC
9 2 (3.17%) GCIH
9 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.17%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) GDPR
2 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.35%) NCSC
2 4 (6.35%) SLA
3 3 (4.76%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (4.76%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.17%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (3.17%) GRC
4 2 (3.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (3.17%) NIST
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (17.46%) Active Directory
1 11 (17.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (14.29%) vSphere
3 2 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.59%) Firmware
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.76%) Ansible
3 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) CASB
4 1 (1.59%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.59%) Nagios
4 1 (1.59%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.63%) VMware
3 10 (15.87%) Darktrace
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco
5 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
5 4 (6.35%) Zscaler
6 3 (4.76%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.17%) F5
7 2 (3.17%) Juniper
7 2 (3.17%) Proofpoint
7 2 (3.17%) Rapid7
7 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.59%) Citrix
8 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.59%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.59%) Google
8 1 (1.59%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Huawei
8 1 (1.59%) Meraki