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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 455 453
Rank change year-on-year -75 -2 +227
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 52 88 156
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.25% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 1.99% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 100
10th Percentile £382 £399 £474
25th Percentile £450 £476 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £700
90th Percentile £745 £726 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £74.76
25th Percentile £44.38 £71.25 £75.35
Median hourly rate £46.25 £72.50 £77.21
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -6.09% +17.87%
75th Percentile £48.13 £73.75 £83.74
90th Percentile - - £84.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.50 £77.21
% change year-on-year - -6.09% +17.87%

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 3,946 4,427 6,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.88% 12.40% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,569 2,561 3,890
10th Percentile £206 £220 £211
25th Percentile £356 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 165 349
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.95 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.04 £22.50 £22.75
Median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.03 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.51% -14.98% +25.53%

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 12 December 2025.

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 13 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 12 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
England -79 40 £475 -13.64% 63
UK excluding London -68 26 £475 -13.64% 56
Work from Home -7 23 £550 +6.02% 14
London -13 16 £525 -4.55% 15
South East -11 10 £350 -31.03% 15
North West -22 8 £435 -30.40% 6
North of England -51 8 £435 -17.14% 10
Midlands -48 5 £350 -46.15% 13
West Midlands -34 4 £350 -50.88% 9
Scotland +5 2 - - 3
East of England -16 2 £475 -13.64% 6
South West -19 2 £619 +3.13% 5
East Midlands -25 1 - - 3

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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.92%) Navisworks
1 1 (1.92%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.85%) GCP
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.92%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.92%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 43 (82.69%) Firewall
2 26 (50.00%) Network Security
3 11 (21.15%) Internet
4 10 (19.23%) VPN
5 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.77%) BGP
6 3 (5.77%) Modbus
6 3 (5.77%) MPLS
6 3 (5.77%) OSPF
6 3 (5.77%) WAN
7 2 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (3.85%) LAN
7 2 (3.85%) VLAN
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.92%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (1.92%) NGFW
8 1 (1.92%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (1.92%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (1.92%) VXLAN
8 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.92%) MySQL
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
1 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Git
1 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.77%) Finance
3 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Security Engineer
2 14 (26.92%) Network Engineer
3 12 (23.08%) Network Security Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Lead
5 7 (13.46%) Consultant
6 6 (11.54%) Lead Network Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Senior
7 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) Security Manager
8 4 (7.69%) Architect
9 3 (5.77%) Administrator
9 3 (5.77%) Security Architect
9 3 (5.77%) Senior Security Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) Analyst
10 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 2 (3.85%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) IT Security Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) Network Consultant
10 2 (3.85%) Programme Manager
10 2 (3.85%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (3.85%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (1.92%) Fluent Bit
2 1 (1.92%) JSON
2 1 (1.92%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.92%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 9 (17.31%) Security Posture
3 7 (13.46%) Operational Technology
4 4 (7.69%) SCADA
5 3 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.77%) Insider Threat
5 3 (5.77%) Life Science
5 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.77%) PKI
5 3 (5.77%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.85%) CCTV
6 2 (3.85%) CMDB
6 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (9.62%) Linux
3 2 (3.85%) VMS
4 1 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (51.92%) Incident Response
2 24 (46.15%) SIEM
3 19 (36.54%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (21.15%) Information Security
4 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.23%) Network Architecture
5 10 (19.23%) Network Design
5 10 (19.23%) Zero Trust
6 9 (17.31%) Security Operations
6 9 (17.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (13.46%) Change Management
8 7 (13.46%) Security Architecture
9 6 (11.54%) Cloud Security
9 6 (11.54%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
9 6 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (9.62%) Patch Management
10 5 (9.62%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) Python
2 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.92%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
1 15 (28.85%) CISSP
2 13 (25.00%) CCNP
3 11 (21.15%) CISM
3 11 (21.15%) Degree
3 11 (21.15%) Security Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (5.77%) CCNA
6 3 (5.77%) CEH
6 3 (5.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.92%) CCNA CyberOps
8 1 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.92%) ISSMP
8 1 (1.92%) OSCP
8 1 (1.92%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (17.31%) NIST
3 4 (7.69%) GDPR
4 3 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.85%) GRC
6 1 (1.92%) COBIT
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Ansible
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.92%) Demisto
3 1 (1.92%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.92%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.92%) Nagios
3 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) Cisco
1 15 (28.85%) Palo Alto
2 13 (25.00%) Zscaler
3 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.77%) Proofpoint
5 3 (5.77%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.85%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.85%) VMware
7 1 (1.92%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.92%) BMC
7 1 (1.92%) Google
7 1 (1.92%) Intel
7 1 (1.92%) Juniper
7 1 (1.92%) McAfee
7 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.92%) Veeam