Network Intrusion Detection System Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Intrusion Detection System skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Intrusion Detection System over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 383 427
Rank change year-on-year +49 +44 +80
Contract jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System 1 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.010% 0.048%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.052% 0.086% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £510
25th Percentile £763 - £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £644
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.96%
75th Percentile £788 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +19.15%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

Network Intrusion Detection System falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,927 2,325 3,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.90% 11.45% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 1,721 2,526
10th Percentile £230 £213 £297
25th Percentile £378 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £619
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £523 £513 £558
% change year-on-year +2.05% -8.15% -1.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 72 129
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £21.39 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £28.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -32.35% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.40 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.27 £70.93 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £25.77 £54.18
% change year-on-year +5.76% -52.44% +146.25%

Network Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Intrusion Detection System in the UK excluding London

Network Intrusion Detection System
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Intrusion Detection System in the UK excluding London

Network Intrusion Detection System
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 Network Intrusion Detection System within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Midlands - 1 £775 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £775 - 3
Network Intrusion Detection System
UK

Network Intrusion Detection System
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler