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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 462 495
Rank change year-on-year -136 +33 +48
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 29 65 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.062% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 1.73% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 37 40
10th Percentile £420 £300 £461
25th Percentile £460 £425 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -18.37% +2.08%
75th Percentile £750 £588 £741
90th Percentile - £680 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £523 £642
% change year-on-year -5.26% -18.60% +16.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 17
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 4,501 3,759 5,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.65% 12.74% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 2,321 3,431
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% - -5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 173 427
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.71
25th Percentile £20.79 £20.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.25 £62.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £46.95
% change year-on-year +90.91% -41.42% +153.76%

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 25 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 11 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 25 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 -125 27 £608 +17.68% 18
UK excluding London -104 23 £495 -5.26% 17
West Midlands -51 12 £600 -4.00% 1
Midlands -52 12 £600 -4.00% 1
Work from Home -44 10 £702 +40.30% 9
South East -67 9 £458 +18.19% 9
London -75 4 £660 +32.00% 6
North of England -80 4 £580 +11.00% 3
North West -51 3 £580 +11.00% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £475 - 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%) Microsoft Exchange
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 15 (51.72%) Firewall
2 9 (31.03%) Network Security
3 7 (24.14%) WAN
4 6 (20.69%) LAN
4 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
4 6 (20.69%) VLAN
4 6 (20.69%) VPN
5 4 (13.79%) BGP
5 4 (13.79%) OSPF
6 3 (10.34%) DHCP
6 3 (10.34%) DNS
6 3 (10.34%) WLAN
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (6.90%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (3.45%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (3.45%) NGFW
8 1 (3.45%) VXLAN
8 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) 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 5 (17.24%) Administrator
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Architect
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead
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%) 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
2 4 (13.79%) CSOC
2 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
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
5 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Linux
1 11 (37.93%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Incident Response
2 11 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (37.93%) SIEM
3 10 (34.48%) 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%) Mentoring
6 5 (17.24%) Security Architecture
6 5 (17.24%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Analytics
7 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Generative AI
7 4 (13.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 4 (13.79%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (13.79%) Use Case
7 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (75.86%) Security Cleared
2 17 (58.62%) SC Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (20.69%) CCNP
5 5 (17.24%) CISSP
6 3 (10.34%) CCNA
6 3 (10.34%) CISM
6 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
6 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.45%) CEH
7 1 (3.45%) Degree
7 1 (3.45%) GCIA
7 1 (3.45%) GCIH
7 1 (3.45%) IISP
7 1 (3.45%) JNCIA
7 1 (3.45%) JNCIS
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.45%) OSCP
7 1 (3.45%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) NIST
2 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.90%) COBIT
3 2 (6.90%) NCSC
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.45%) GDPR
4 1 (3.45%) GxP
4 1 (3.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Snort
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
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%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (3.45%) Proxmox
3 1 (3.45%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Cisco
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Juniper
3 4 (13.79%) SolarWinds
3 4 (13.79%) Splunk
4 3 (10.34%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.90%) F5
5 2 (6.90%) VMware
6 1 (3.45%) BMC
6 1 (3.45%) Dell
6 1 (3.45%) Intel
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) Proofpoint
6 1 (3.45%) QinetiQ
6 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.45%) Sparx
6 1 (3.45%) Tripwire
6 1 (3.45%) WSO2