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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 110 149
Rank change year-on-year +2 +39 +47
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 7 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.35% 0.85% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.08% 4.96% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 11
10th Percentile £545 £533 £463
25th Percentile £613 £566 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £617 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +14.77% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £825 £638
90th Percentile £728 £850 £688
England median daily rate £516 £634 £569
% change year-on-year -18.54% +11.43% +3.41%

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 227 464 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.32% 17.23% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 281 331
10th Percentile £162 £200 £248
25th Percentile £263 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £678 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 16
10th Percentile £13.79 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £15.94
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.11%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.13
90th Percentile £24.69 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%

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 17 May 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 17 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 -6 7 £625 -3.85% 15
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 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Change Control
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CEH
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE Security
2 1 (14.29%) CCSE
2 1 (14.29%) CCSM
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Proofpoint
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) Zscaler