Intrusion Detection Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 304 341
Rank change year-on-year -72 +37 +84
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 23 52 67
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 2.22% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 41
10th Percentile £351 £394 £463
25th Percentile £433 £479 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £615
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £573 £619 £688
90th Percentile £749 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £491 £550 £626
% change year-on-year -10.68% -12.14% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £74.63
25th Percentile - £71.25 £75.02
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £78.74
Median % change year-on-year - -7.92% +20.21%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £84.36
90th Percentile - - £85.11
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 £78.74
% change year-on-year - -7.92% +20.21%

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 2,228 2,341 3,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.18% 16.01% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,326 2,040
10th Percentile £200 £191 £205
25th Percentile £300 £313 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £474 £472
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +0.42% +4.83%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £596
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 110 266
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.20 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.59 £20.30 £25.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £57.99
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -43.96% +46.67%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.08 £71.25 £75.13
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +61.40%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection

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 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection

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 31 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
South East -10 12 £458 -16.73% 10
Midlands -44 5 £350 -47.17% 2
West Midlands -32 4 £350 -54.84% 2
North West -34 3 £375 -27.36%
North of England -68 3 £375 -26.47% 2
Scotland +10 2 - - 1
South West -9 2 £619 +3.13% 3
East of England -22 2 £475 -13.64% 5
East Midlands -23 1 - -
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) Firewall
2 13 (56.52%) Network Security
3 7 (30.43%) VPN
4 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (26.09%) VLAN
5 4 (17.39%) Internet
5 4 (17.39%) LAN
5 4 (17.39%) WAN
6 3 (13.04%) BGP
6 3 (13.04%) DHCP
6 3 (13.04%) DNS
6 3 (13.04%) OSPF
6 3 (13.04%) WLAN
7 1 (4.35%) IPv4
7 1 (4.35%) IPv6
7 1 (4.35%) SSL
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
1 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.70%) CCTV
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) PKI
3 1 (4.35%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.35%) SCADA
3 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) VMS
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Incident Response
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) SIEM
3 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (21.74%) Zero Trust
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (17.39%) Network Architecture
5 4 (17.39%) Network Design
5 4 (17.39%) Security Operations
6 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 3 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Data Security
7 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
7 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 2 (8.70%) Scrum
7 2 (8.70%) SDLC
7 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (8.70%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (34.78%) CCNP
3 8 (34.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) CISSP
5 4 (17.39%) CISM
5 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (8.70%) CEH
7 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (4.35%) CCNA CyberOps
8 1 (4.35%) CCSA
8 1 (4.35%) CCSE
8 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.35%) GCIH
8 1 (4.35%) GIAC
8 1 (4.35%) JNCIA
8 1 (4.35%) JNCIS
8 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.35%) KVM
3 1 (4.35%) RHEV
3 1 (4.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Nagios
2 1 (4.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (4.35%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) Juniper
2 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
2 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
2 4 (17.39%) Zscaler
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.70%) Proofpoint
5 1 (4.35%) BMC
5 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.35%) F5
5 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) McAfee
5 1 (4.35%) Rockwell
5 1 (4.35%) Veeam