Intrusion Detection Contracts in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 113 99
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +71
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 13 9 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.79% 0.40% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.12% 2.41% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 33
10th Percentile - £416 £528
25th Percentile £525 £422 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £619
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -29.32% -4.77%
75th Percentile £575 £447 £650
90th Percentile - £449 £700
South East median daily rate £550 £491 £615
% change year-on-year +11.96% -20.12% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £84.67 £73.21
25th Percentile - - £75.17
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £75.67
Median % change year-on-year - +15.58% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £80.64
South East median hourly rate - £87.46 £75.67
% change year-on-year - +15.58% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 254 374 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.34% 16.54% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 181 312
10th Percentile £293 £281 £205
25th Percentile £375 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.05% +0.12%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £668
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £457
% change year-on-year - +9.36% -0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 20
10th Percentile - £39.42 £16.93
25th Percentile £14.20 £62.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.05 £75.24 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.01% +14.00% +300.00%
75th Percentile £84.66 £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile £89.63 - £76.19
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £58.20
% change year-on-year -4.21% -1.46% +29.34%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
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

Intrusion Detection
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

Intrusion Detection
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +18 12 £550 +25.71% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Intrusion Detection
South East

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) IP Telephony
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) MPLS
2 1 (7.69%) NAS
2 1 (7.69%) NetScaler
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) SAN
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Skype
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Senior
2 6 (46.15%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Security Advisor
3 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (53.85%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) CESG
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Decision-Making
2 7 (53.85%) DevOps
2 7 (53.85%) Risk Assessment
2 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
2 7 (53.85%) Security Architecture
2 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Data Security
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 2 (15.38%) Threat Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
6 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (7.69%) Proactive Management
6 1 (7.69%) Server Management
6 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) DV Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) CISM
2 3 (23.08%) CISSP
3 2 (15.38%) CEH
4 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) MCP
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.69%) vSphere
1 1 (7.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Darktrace
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Citrix
4 1 (7.69%) F5
4 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.69%) VMware