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 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 105 113 155
Rank change year-on-year +8 +42 +47
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 6 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.31% 0.73% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.80% 4.07% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 12
10th Percentile £534 £550 £463
25th Percentile £584 £579 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +19.54% -1.14%
75th Percentile £638 £850 £656
90th Percentile - - £686
England median daily rate £516 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -20.58% +8.33% +9.09%

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 214 492 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.18% 17.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 294 337
10th Percentile £162 £200 £250
25th Percentile £249 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £594
90th Percentile £693 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 17
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.31%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.50
90th Percentile £24.21 £28.75 £40.25
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 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
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 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 Midlands 0 6 £625 -3.85% 9
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Control
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CEH
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Proofpoint