Host Intrusion Detection System Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Host Intrusion Detection System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Host Intrusion Detection System 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.029% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £590
% change year-on-year - - -4.07%

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

Host 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 534 233 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.67% 10.91% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 146 212
10th Percentile £213 £185 £185
25th Percentile £404 £315 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +15.29% -11.46%
75th Percentile £569 £563 £527
90th Percentile £649 £679 £650
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile - £12.18 £15.34
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.94 £16.24
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.19 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +122.36% -8.63% -12.93%
75th Percentile £77.25 £17.89 £36.36
90th Percentile £77.40 £18.13 £47.54
England median hourly rate £48.00 £26.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +81.13% -39.43% -5.11%

Host Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Host Intrusion Detection System job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Host Intrusion Detection System
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Host Intrusion Detection System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Host Intrusion Detection System

Host Intrusion Detection System
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Host Intrusion Detection System within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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 Midlands - 1 £475 -
Host Intrusion Detection System
England

Host Intrusion Detection System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tripwire