Intrusion Detection Contracts in London

Intrusion Detection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 339 377 447
Rank change year-on-year +38 +70 +112
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 14 14 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.079% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 0.81% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 41
10th Percentile £294 £453 £370
25th Percentile £341 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £734 £725 £675
90th Percentile £754 £798 £750
England median daily rate £516 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -20.58% +8.33% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
West London - 3 £750 -
Central London +5 2 £620 -11.43% 3
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 3 (21.43%) Network Security
3 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) DHCP
4 2 (14.29%) DNS
5 1 (7.14%) BGP
5 1 (7.14%) IPsec
5 1 (7.14%) OSPF
5 1 (7.14%) VLAN
5 1 (7.14%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Hadoop
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 2 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Junior
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 2 (14.29%) React
2 1 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (7.14%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) PKI
1 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
3 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) Security Patching
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (14.29%) BPMN
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) High Availability
5 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Debt
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CISSP
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.14%) CCSP
5 1 (7.14%) CEH
5 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) GCIA
5 1 (7.14%) GCIH
5 1 (7.14%) JNCIA
5 1 (7.14%) OSCP
5 1 (7.14%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Darktrace
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper
3 1 (7.14%) Meraki
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.14%) Splunk