Network Intrusion Detection System Contract Job Trends in England

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Network Intrusion Detection System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 521 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.004% 0.003% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.022% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

Network Intrusion Detection System falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,587 4,451 5,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.16% 14.10% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,020 2,922 4,326
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 51 160
10th Percentile £17.90 £19.95 £19.17
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.80 £26.69
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.17 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -29.43% +114.35%
75th Percentile £63.40 £59.38 £74.53
90th Percentile £78.63 £74.44 £78.08
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £34.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -23.53% -36.74% +124.80%

Network Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Intrusion Detection System job vacancy trend in England

Network Intrusion Detection System
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Intrusion Detection System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Intrusion Detection System

Network Intrusion Detection System
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Intrusion Detection System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Intrusion Detection System

Network Intrusion Detection System
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 Network Intrusion Detection System within the England region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Midlands - 1 £775 -
West Midlands - 1 £775 -
Network Intrusion Detection System
UK

Network Intrusion Detection System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler