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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 452 429
Rank change year-on-year -32 -23 +283
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 73 110 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.29% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.92% 2.40% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 51 139
10th Percentile £410 £413 £463
25th Percentile £452 £483 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £681
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -15.22% -4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
10th Percentile £44.15 £77.63 £73.19
25th Percentile £44.38 £84.67 £74.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £87.46 £75.67
Median % change year-on-year -47.12% +15.58% +5.83%
75th Percentile £48.13 - £79.39
90th Percentile £50.75 - £84.11
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £87.46 £75.67
% change year-on-year -46.26% +15.58% +5.83%

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 3,805 4,583 6,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.55% 11.89% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,363 2,666 4,180
10th Percentile £225 £225 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.50% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 252 305
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £16.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.37 £23.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%

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
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 19 September 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 14 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 19 September 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 -47 53 £563 -2.17% 41
UK excluding London -21 41 £488 -15.22% 30
Work from Home +21 30 £550 - 29
London -10 16 £600 +9.09% 19
South East +16 12 £725 +47.53% 15
North West -8 11 £450 -37.93% 6
North of England -30 11 £450 -16.28% 6
Midlands -42 9 £750 +15.38%
East Midlands -12 5 - -
West Midlands -28 4 £750 +1.69%
East of England -1 3 £475 -13.64% 6
Scotland -3 3 - - 1
South West +13 2 £619 -14.66% 3
Wales - 1 £500 -

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 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) AutoCAD
1 5 (6.85%) Navisworks
1 5 (6.85%) Revit
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) AWS
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.22%) Azure
4 4 (5.48%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.74%) GCP
5 2 (2.74%) IaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.37%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.37%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (82.19%) Firewall
2 33 (45.21%) Network Security
3 13 (17.81%) VPN
4 11 (15.07%) Internet
5 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
6 5 (6.85%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (5.48%) BGP
7 4 (5.48%) Modbus
7 4 (5.48%) MPLS
7 4 (5.48%) OSPF
7 4 (5.48%) VLAN
8 3 (4.11%) DNS
8 3 (4.11%) WAN
9 2 (2.74%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (2.74%) DHCP
9 2 (2.74%) Ethernet
9 2 (2.74%) SSL
10 1 (1.37%) LAN
10 1 (1.37%) SAN
10 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.74%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.37%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.37%) MySQL
3 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Git
1 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.11%) Finance
4 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.37%) Automotive
5 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (24.66%) Security Engineer
2 16 (21.92%) Senior
3 15 (20.55%) Network Engineer
4 13 (17.81%) Lead
5 12 (16.44%) Network Security Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Analyst
6 9 (12.33%) Architect
6 9 (12.33%) Consultant
7 6 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Lead Network Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Communications Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Security Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Communications Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Technical Architect
9 4 (5.48%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) Network Consultant
10 3 (4.11%) Security Architect
10 3 (4.11%) Security Consultant
10 3 (4.11%) Security Manager
10 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.59%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (9.59%) JBoss Seam
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
2 2 (2.74%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.74%) React
3 1 (1.37%) Fluent Bit
3 1 (1.37%) JSON
3 1 (1.37%) Regular Expression
3 1 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Management Information System
2 10 (13.70%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.59%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (9.59%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.85%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (6.85%) PKI
4 5 (6.85%) SCADA
5 3 (4.11%) Insider Threat
5 3 (4.11%) Life Science
5 3 (4.11%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.11%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.74%) CCTV
6 2 (2.74%) CMDB
6 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.37%) CESG
7 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Windows
2 6 (8.22%) Linux
3 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.74%) VMS
5 1 (1.37%) CentOS
5 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (36.99%) Incident Response
3 22 (30.14%) SIEM
4 17 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (19.18%) Information Security
5 14 (19.18%) Network Architecture
6 13 (17.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 12 (16.44%) Security Architecture
8 11 (15.07%) Risk Assessment
8 11 (15.07%) Risk Management
8 11 (15.07%) Zero Trust
9 10 (13.70%) DevOps
9 10 (13.70%) Network Design
9 10 (13.70%) Security Operations
10 9 (12.33%) High Availability
11 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Automation
11 8 (10.96%) ITSM
12 7 (9.59%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (9.59%) Project Management
13 6 (8.22%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.70%) Python
2 7 (9.59%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.48%) Bash
4 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 2 (2.74%) C#
5 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.74%) VB
6 1 (1.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.92%) CISSP
2 16 (21.92%) Degree
3 15 (20.55%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.44%) CCNP
5 11 (15.07%) CISM
6 9 (12.33%) DV Cleared
7 8 (10.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (6.85%) RIBA
9 4 (5.48%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.11%) CCNA
10 3 (4.11%) CEH
10 3 (4.11%) CRISC
10 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
11 2 (2.74%) CCSE
11 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (2.74%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.59%) NIST
3 5 (6.85%) GDPR
4 4 (5.48%) GRC
5 3 (4.11%) HIPAA
5 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (4.11%) SLA
6 2 (2.74%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (2.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.37%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (1.37%) COBIT
7 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (10.96%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (8.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (8.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.11%) vSphere
5 1 (1.37%) Docker
5 1 (1.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) Ansible
2 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) Nagios
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
3 1 (1.37%) Demisto
3 1 (1.37%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.37%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Cisco
2 16 (21.92%) Zscaler
3 15 (20.55%) Palo Alto
4 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
5 10 (13.70%) VMware
6 8 (10.96%) Fortinet
7 7 (9.59%) Darktrace
8 3 (4.11%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.11%) Proofpoint
8 3 (4.11%) Rockwell
9 2 (2.74%) F5
10 1 (1.37%) ArcSight
10 1 (1.37%) Citrix
10 1 (1.37%) Google
10 1 (1.37%) Huawei
10 1 (1.37%) Intel
10 1 (1.37%) Juniper
10 1 (1.37%) McAfee
10 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.37%) Veeam