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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 463 505
Rank change year-on-year +32 +42 +184
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 54 79 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 1.58% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 34 113
10th Percentile £310 £454 £370
25th Percentile £430 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £788 £666
90th Percentile £686 £850 £736
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -18.37% +2.08% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 £81.88 £62.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £87.46 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +16.61% +13.98%
75th Percentile £92.50 £87.53 £77.50
90th Percentile - - £78.20
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year +2.90% +16.61% +13.98%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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 1 May 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
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 1 May 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
North of England +33 15 £523 -19.62% 14
North West +31 15 £523 -19.62% 7
London +38 14 £500 -20.00% 40
South East +24 12 £388 -13.89% 18
Midlands +8 6 £625 -3.85% 9
West Midlands 0 6 £625 -3.85% 9
East of England +30 3 £413 -37.74% 7
South West +44 1 £600 +9.09% 10
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 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) IIS
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.19%) Azure
2 17 (31.48%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 11 (20.37%) IaaS
5 10 (18.52%) AWS
6 4 (7.41%) GCP
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 42 (77.78%) Firewall
2 17 (31.48%) Network Security
3 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.11%) VPN
4 4 (7.41%) Ethernet
5 3 (5.56%) DHCP
5 3 (5.56%) Wireless
6 2 (3.70%) DNS
6 2 (3.70%) LAN
6 2 (3.70%) WAN
7 1 (1.85%) BGP
7 1 (1.85%) Internet
7 1 (1.85%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.85%) IPsec
7 1 (1.85%) MPLS
7 1 (1.85%) OSPF
7 1 (1.85%) SAN
7 1 (1.85%) VoIP
7 1 (1.85%) VRRP
7 1 (1.85%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) Hadoop
2 2 (3.70%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
1 12 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.41%) Automotive
2 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.56%) Finance
3 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.85%) Local Government
5 1 (1.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Security Engineer
2 8 (14.81%) Senior
3 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 5 (9.26%) Architect
4 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Lead
4 5 (9.26%) Security Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Security Advisor
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Junior
6 2 (3.70%) Junior Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (11.11%) JBoss Seam
3 2 (3.70%) .NET
3 2 (3.70%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.07%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.26%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.26%) Security Posture
3 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.56%) PKI
5 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) NHS
5 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 16 (29.63%) Windows Server
3 5 (9.26%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (70.37%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (27.78%) Information Security
3 15 (27.78%) Risk Assessment
4 13 (24.07%) Change Management
4 13 (24.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 12 (22.22%) High Availability
5 12 (22.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 11 (20.37%) Business Continuity
6 11 (20.37%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (20.37%) Incident Response
7 10 (18.52%) SIEM
8 9 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (16.67%) Security Architecture
8 9 (16.67%) Security Operations
9 8 (14.81%) BCP
9 8 (14.81%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (14.81%) DevOps
10 7 (12.96%) Analytics
10 7 (12.96%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.63%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.96%) Python
3 3 (5.56%) SQL
4 2 (3.70%) Bash
4 2 (3.70%) C#
4 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.70%) VB
5 1 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (18.52%) CISSP
4 8 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (12.96%) Degree
5 7 (12.96%) DV Cleared
6 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 5 (9.26%) CEH
8 4 (7.41%) CISM
8 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
10 2 (3.70%) CCNA
10 2 (3.70%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (3.70%) GCIH
10 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
10 2 (3.70%) SANS
11 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.85%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) GDPR
1 6 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.41%) NCSC
2 4 (7.41%) NIST
3 3 (5.56%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.85%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (24.07%) vSphere
4 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.85%) Firmware
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) CASB
3 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.85%) OPNET
3 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (31.48%) VMware
3 7 (12.96%) Darktrace
4 5 (9.26%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.70%) Google
5 2 (3.70%) Proofpoint
5 2 (3.70%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.85%) Citrix
6 1 (1.85%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.85%) F5
6 1 (1.85%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.85%) HP
6 1 (1.85%) Juniper
6 1 (1.85%) Meraki
6 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.85%) Splunk
6 1 (1.85%) Tenable