Intrusion Detection Contract Job Trends in London

Intrusion Detection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 364 415
Rank change year-on-year +22 +51 +169
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 22 22 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.59% 1.45% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 34
10th Percentile £366 £482 £449
25th Percentile £450 £525 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £713 £684 £750
90th Percentile £745 £729 £819
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -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 1,380 1,521 2,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.32% 9.39% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 984 1,648
10th Percentile £285 £256 £251
25th Percentile £400 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £711 £713 £750
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 39
10th Percentile £19.01 £20.00 £18.46
25th Percentile - £20.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -33.83% +52.82%
75th Percentile £49.38 £51.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £61.95 £65.00 £80.60
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -23.76% -1.32% +42.47%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in London over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 29 August 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 - 3 £600 - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) Firewall
2 9 (40.91%) Network Security
3 7 (31.82%) VPN
4 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
5 4 (18.18%) BGP
5 4 (18.18%) OSPF
6 3 (13.64%) MPLS
7 2 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (9.09%) DHCP
7 2 (9.09%) DNS
7 2 (9.09%) Modbus
7 2 (9.09%) WAN
8 1 (4.55%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (4.55%) IPsec
8 1 (4.55%) Junos
8 1 (4.55%) VLAN
8 1 (4.55%) VoIP
8 1 (4.55%) VRRP
8 1 (4.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Hadoop
1 2 (9.09%) MongoDB
1 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) Security Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Security Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Junior
3 2 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Junior Security Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Network Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Juniper Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) .NET
1 2 (9.09%) .NET Framework
1 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET
1 2 (9.09%) React
2 1 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.55%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 3 (13.64%) Insider Threat
3 3 (13.64%) PKI
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (9.09%) Life Science
4 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 2 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (9.09%) SCADA
4 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (45.45%) Incident Response
3 8 (36.36%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) ITIL
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 4 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 4 (18.18%) SIEM
5 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.64%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (13.64%) Network Design
6 3 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) C#
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) VB
3 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) CISSP
1 6 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) CCNA
3 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.09%) CCNP
5 2 (9.09%) CISM
6 1 (4.55%) CEH
6 1 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) ISSMP
6 1 (4.55%) JNCIA
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (9.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco
3 2 (9.09%) Juniper
3 2 (9.09%) Rockwell
3 2 (9.09%) VMware
4 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.55%) Darktrace
4 1 (4.55%) Meraki
4 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds