Intrusion Detection Contracts

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 455 495 547
Rank change year-on-year +40 +52 +206
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 65 87 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 1.55% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 40 123
10th Percentile £300 £461 £370
25th Percentile £425 £544 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £759 £669
90th Percentile £680 £850 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £642 £550
% change year-on-year -18.60% +16.70% +3.77%
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 excluding London 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

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 3,722 5,629 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,285 3,368 4,786
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection.

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection.

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 12 Contract 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 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
England +32 54 £516 -20.58% 91
UK excluding London +40 38 £523 -18.60% 62
Work from Home +42 33 £500 -5.66% 54
North of England +33 15 £523 -19.62% 14
North West +31 15 £523 -19.62% 7
London +38 14 £500 -20.00% 44
South East +24 12 £388 -13.89% 18
Midlands +8 6 £625 -3.85% 9
West Midlands 0 6 £625 -3.85% 9
East of England +30 3 £413 -37.74% 4
Scotland - 2 £475 - 4
South West +44 1 £600 +9.09% 8

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.54%) IIS
2 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.85%) Azure
2 19 (29.23%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 12 (18.46%) IaaS
5 10 (15.38%) AWS
6 4 (6.15%) GCP
7 3 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 51 (78.46%) Firewall
2 25 (38.46%) Network Security
3 10 (15.38%) VPN
4 6 (9.23%) TCP/IP
5 5 (7.69%) Ethernet
6 3 (4.62%) DHCP
6 3 (4.62%) Wireless
7 2 (3.08%) DNS
7 2 (3.08%) LAN
7 2 (3.08%) VLAN
7 2 (3.08%) WAN
8 1 (1.54%) BGP
8 1 (1.54%) Internet
8 1 (1.54%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.54%) IPsec
8 1 (1.54%) MPLS
8 1 (1.54%) OSPF
8 1 (1.54%) SAN
8 1 (1.54%) VoIP
8 1 (1.54%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.08%) Hadoop
2 2 (3.08%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.08%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
1 12 (18.46%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.15%) Automotive
2 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.62%) Finance
3 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.54%) Local Government
5 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (21.54%) Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) Architect
3 9 (13.85%) Security Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 8 (12.31%) Senior
5 7 (10.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) Technical Architect
6 6 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Lead
7 5 (7.69%) Security Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.62%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.62%) Security Advisor
8 3 (4.62%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.08%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Information Officer
9 2 (3.08%) Junior Security Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (9.23%) JBoss Seam
3 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 2 (3.08%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.08%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.92%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.69%) Private Cloud
3 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 4 (6.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (4.62%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.62%) PKI
6 2 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.08%) NHS
6 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.54%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.31%) Windows
2 18 (27.69%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.23%) Linux
4 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (63.08%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (26.15%) High Availability
3 17 (26.15%) Information Security
4 15 (23.08%) Change Management
4 15 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
5 13 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 13 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 12 (18.46%) Business Continuity
6 12 (18.46%) Incident Response
6 12 (18.46%) SIEM
7 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (16.92%) Enterprise Architecture
8 10 (15.38%) Security Architecture
8 10 (15.38%) Security Operations
9 8 (12.31%) BCP
9 8 (12.31%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (12.31%) DevOps
9 8 (12.31%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (10.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.15%) PowerShell
2 7 (10.77%) Python
3 3 (4.62%) SQL
4 2 (3.08%) Bash
4 2 (3.08%) C#
4 2 (3.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.08%) VB
5 1 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.08%) Azure Certification
3 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (18.46%) CISSP
5 9 (13.85%) Degree
6 8 (12.31%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (10.77%) DV Cleared
8 6 (9.23%) CEH
8 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
9 5 (7.69%) CISM
9 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (3.08%) A+ Certification
11 2 (3.08%) CCNA
11 2 (3.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (3.08%) GCIH
11 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
11 2 (3.08%) SANS
12 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.54%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (12.31%) GDPR
3 5 (7.69%) NIST
4 4 (6.15%) NCSC
5 3 (4.62%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.08%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (3.08%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.54%) COBIT
7 1 (1.54%) GRC
7 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (27.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (24.62%) Active Directory
3 13 (20.00%) vSphere
4 6 (9.23%) Hyper-V
5 5 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.54%) Firmware
6 1 (1.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.54%) Ansible
3 1 (1.54%) CASB
3 1 (1.54%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.54%) OPNET
3 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (32.31%) VMware
3 7 (10.77%) Darktrace
3 7 (10.77%) Fortinet
4 6 (9.23%) Cisco
5 2 (3.08%) Google
5 2 (3.08%) Proofpoint
5 2 (3.08%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.54%) Citrix
6 1 (1.54%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.54%) F5
6 1 (1.54%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.54%) HP
6 1 (1.54%) Juniper
6 1 (1.54%) Meraki
6 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.54%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.54%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.54%) Splunk