Intrusion Detection Contracts in Manchester

Intrusion Detection
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 68 95 114
Rank change year-on-year +27 +19 +27
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 11 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.19% 0.066% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.22% 0.49% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £399 - -
25th Percentile £451 £625 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +36.84% -24.00%
75th Percentile £520 £675 £506
90th Percentile £544 - £517
North West median daily rate £523 £650 £375
% change year-on-year -19.62% +73.33% -28.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 98 205 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.58% 13.51% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 158 177
10th Percentile £193 £262 £313
25th Percentile £288 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -8.75% +7.76%
75th Percentile £491 £750 £575
90th Percentile £582 £850 £668
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - £14.29 £15.00
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year - -14.42% +16.65%
75th Percentile - £100.00 £28.75
90th Percentile - £102.40 £32.50
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in Manchester

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in Manchester

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in Manchester

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
1 11 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (90.91%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
1 11 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 11 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 10 (90.91%) Change Management
3 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (72.73%) BCP
4 8 (72.73%) Business Continuity Planning
4 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (72.73%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (72.73%) Information Security
4 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (72.73%) Risk Assessment
5 7 (63.64%) High Availability
5 7 (63.64%) Line Management
5 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
5 7 (63.64%) Web Operations
6 5 (45.45%) Analytics
6 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
7 1 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 11 (100.00%) vSphere
2 9 (81.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 11 (100.00%) VMware