Intrusion Detection Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 119 120
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +52
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 11 1 21
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.049% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.65% 0.26% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 15
10th Percentile - - £549
25th Percentile £350 £713 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £725 £645
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% +12.40% -0.39%
75th Percentile £460 £738 £650
90th Percentile £754 - £700
South East median daily rate £458 £529 £608
% change year-on-year -13.38% -12.96% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £74.76
25th Percentile - - £75.35
Median hourly rate - - £77.21
75th Percentile - - £83.74
90th Percentile - - £84.86
South East median hourly rate - - £77.21

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 301 381 562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.56% 18.84% 22.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 190 351
10th Percentile £225 £231 £180
25th Percentile £325 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% +7.53% -7.00%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £588
90th Percentile £611 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 24
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.28 £23.74
25th Percentile £45.50 £27.94 £24.19
Median hourly rate £77.00 £38.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.31% +27.50% +50.00%
75th Percentile £89.63 £48.94 £75.36
90th Percentile - £54.83 £81.01
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Intrusion Detection

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Intrusion Detection

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Berkshire - 11 £456 - 3
Intrusion Detection
South East

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) BGP
3 3 (27.27%) DHCP
3 3 (27.27%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) OSPF
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 3 (27.27%) VLAN
3 3 (27.27%) VPN
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 3 (27.27%) WLAN
General
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Administrator
1 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Security
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) Data Security
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM
4 1 (9.09%) Application Security
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Juniper
1 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
2 2 (18.18%) Proofpoint
3 1 (9.09%) BMC
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft