Intrusion Detection Contracts in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 298 338 370
Rank change year-on-year +40 +32 +94
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 38 61 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.93% 1.77% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 63
10th Percentile £313 £451 £325
25th Percentile £450 £553 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £642 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% +16.70% +3.77%
75th Percentile £581 £788 £627
90th Percentile £638 £850 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -18.37% +2.08% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 £81.88 £62.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £87.46 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +16.61% +13.98%
75th Percentile £92.50 £87.53 £77.50
90th Percentile - - £78.20
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year +2.90% +16.61% +13.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +33 15 £523 -19.62% 18
North West +31 15 £523 -19.62% 9
South East +24 12 £388 -13.89% 18
Midlands +8 6 £625 -3.85% 14
West Midlands 0 6 £625 -3.85% 13
East of England +30 3 £413 -37.74% 7
Scotland - 2 £475 - 5
South West +44 1 £600 +9.09% 11
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) IIS
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (42.11%) Azure
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (31.58%) Entra ID
3 11 (28.95%) IaaS
4 3 (7.89%) AWS
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.26%) GCP
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 28 (73.68%) Firewall
2 15 (39.47%) Network Security
3 4 (10.53%) Ethernet
4 3 (7.89%) VPN
4 3 (7.89%) Wireless
5 2 (5.26%) LAN
5 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.26%) WAN
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) Internet
6 1 (2.63%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.63%) MPLS
6 1 (2.63%) NAS
6 1 (2.63%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.63%) SAN
6 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.63%) Skype
6 1 (2.63%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.63%) VoIP
6 1 (2.63%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (31.58%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Automotive
5 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.26%) Finance
6 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Local Government
7 1 (2.63%) Military
7 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (18.42%) Security Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Senior
4 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Lead
6 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Security Advisor
7 2 (5.26%) Architect
7 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.63%) IT Support Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Operations Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Project Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.63%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (13.16%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.53%) Operational Technology
3 3 (7.89%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) NHS
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.63%) CESG
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.63%) PKI
5 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 15 (39.47%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Linux
4 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (81.58%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (34.21%) Change Management
3 13 (34.21%) Risk Assessment
4 11 (28.95%) Business Continuity
4 11 (28.95%) Information Security
4 11 (28.95%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 10 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (26.32%) High Availability
5 10 (26.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (23.68%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (21.05%) BCP
7 8 (21.05%) Business Continuity Planning
8 7 (18.42%) Line Management
8 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
8 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
8 7 (18.42%) SIEM
8 7 (18.42%) Web Operations
9 6 (15.79%) Analytics
9 6 (15.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) Azure Certification
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) CISSP
6 4 (10.53%) CEH
6 4 (10.53%) Degree
7 3 (7.89%) CISM
7 3 (7.89%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
8 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (5.26%) SANS
8 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.63%) CCSK
9 1 (2.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.63%) GIAC
9 1 (2.63%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) GDPR
2 3 (7.89%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.26%) NCSC
3 2 (5.26%) NIST
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.63%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (34.21%) Active Directory
1 13 (34.21%) vSphere
2 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.63%) CASB
3 1 (2.63%) OPNET
3 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (36.84%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) Darktrace
4 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.26%) Proofpoint
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco
5 1 (2.63%) Citrix
5 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.63%) F5
5 1 (2.63%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) HP