Intrusion Detection Contract Job Trends

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 460 510
Rank change year-on-year -141 +50 +37
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 29 63 85
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 1.67% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 38
10th Percentile £406 £300 £459
25th Percentile £458 £425 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £738 £625 £700
90th Percentile £750 £680 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £583
% change year-on-year +2.38% -9.95% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £87.50 £81.88
Median hourly rate - £90.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year - +2.90% +16.61%
75th Percentile - £92.50 £87.53
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £90.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year - +2.90% +16.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,519 3,771 5,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 12.90% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,852 2,341 3,526
10th Percentile £231 £213 £205
25th Percentile £398 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -6.74%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £468 £475
% change year-on-year +1.60% -1.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 164 421
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £61.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +92.86% -38.97% +148.00%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Intrusion Detection
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
England -124 28 £600 +14.83% 15
UK excluding London -115 22 £538 +2.38% 8
West Midlands -56 12 £600 -4.00% 1
Midlands -58 12 £600 -4.00% 1
Work from Home -56 10 £750 +50.00% 8
South East -56 9 £458 +1.78% 2
London -80 5 £620 +24.00% 8
North of England -78 4 £580 +11.00% 4
North West -41 3 £580 +11.00% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (55.17%) Firewall
2 11 (37.93%) Network Security
3 8 (27.59%) LAN
4 7 (24.14%) VPN
5 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (20.69%) VLAN
5 6 (20.69%) WAN
6 4 (13.79%) BGP
6 4 (13.79%) OSPF
6 4 (13.79%) WLAN
7 3 (10.34%) DHCP
7 3 (10.34%) DNS
7 3 (10.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (6.90%) NGFW
8 2 (6.90%) Wireless
9 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.45%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (3.45%) NAS
9 1 (3.45%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Administrator
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Architect
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Linux Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.45%) JAAS
2 1 (3.45%) JSSE
2 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cloud Native
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) CSOC
2 4 (13.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) PKI
5 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Incident Response
2 13 (44.83%) SIEM
3 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (31.03%) Security Operations
5 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) AI
6 5 (17.24%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (17.24%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (17.24%) Security Architecture
6 5 (17.24%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Analytics
7 4 (13.79%) Change Management
7 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Generative AI
7 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 4 (13.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 4 (13.79%) Use Case
8 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (10.34%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 17 (58.62%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (24.14%) CCNP
5 6 (20.69%) CISSP
6 3 (10.34%) CCNA
6 3 (10.34%) CISM
6 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.45%) CLAS
8 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
8 1 (3.45%) GCIA
8 1 (3.45%) GCIH
8 1 (3.45%) IISP
8 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.45%) OSCP
8 1 (3.45%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (13.79%) NIST
3 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.90%) COBIT
4 2 (6.90%) GDPR
4 2 (6.90%) NCSC
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.45%) GxP
5 1 (3.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Snort
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) KVM
3 1 (3.45%) RHEV
3 1 (3.45%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) CSIRT
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
1 4 (13.79%) Nagios
2 2 (6.90%) Suricata
3 1 (3.45%) CASB
3 1 (3.45%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (3.45%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Juniper
3 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
3 4 (13.79%) SolarWinds
3 4 (13.79%) Splunk
4 2 (6.90%) F5
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) BMC
5 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) Dell
5 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.45%) Intel
5 1 (3.45%) Meraki
5 1 (3.45%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.45%) QinetiQ
5 1 (3.45%) Sparx
5 1 (3.45%) Tripwire
5 1 (3.45%) WSO2