Intrusion Detection Contracts in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 106 147
Rank change year-on-year -8 +41 +36
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 13 31 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.60% 1.05% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.12% 6.51% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 12
10th Percentile £545 £555 £463
25th Percentile £613 £575 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +20.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £800 £581
90th Percentile £728 £850 £668
England median daily rate £500 £634 £600
% change year-on-year -21.10% +5.63% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.35 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.38 - -
90th Percentile £51.65 - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -42.83% +16.61% +12.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 254 476 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.63% 16.10% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 291 337
10th Percentile £190 £200 £249
25th Percentile £275 £308 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.39%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £588
90th Percentile £683 £675 £704
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 15
10th Percentile - £12.28 £13.50
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.88 £19.13
Median hourly rate £24.61 £14.27 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.46% -32.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.55 £28.13
90th Percentile £42.36 £28.75 £28.75
England median hourly rate £37.07 £45.88 £19.00
% change year-on-year -19.20% +141.47% -24.00%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
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 Intrusion Detection within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 June 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 Midlands -10 9 £625 -3.85% 8
East Midlands -1 4 - - 1
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (15.38%) AutoCAD
1 2 (15.38%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Communications Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Governance Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Communications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (38.46%) Security Posture
3 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
4 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (15.38%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
3 4 (30.77%) Change Control
3 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
3 4 (30.77%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) SIEM
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Business Process Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Bash
2 2 (15.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CISM
1 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) CEH
2 2 (15.38%) CRISC
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) RIBA
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE Security
3 1 (7.69%) CCSE
3 1 (7.69%) CCSM
3 1 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) GRC
1 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Proofpoint
3 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) F5
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Zscaler