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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 465 486
Rank change year-on-year -110 +21 +143
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 34 63 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 1.56% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 32 48
10th Percentile £404 £313 £459
25th Percentile £460 £380 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £594 £700
90th Percentile £750 £716 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
10th Percentile - - £78.51
25th Percentile - £71.25 £81.88
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £85.38
Median % change year-on-year - -15.09% +21.54%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £87.53
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.50 £85.38
% change year-on-year - -15.09% +21.54%

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 4,125 4,044 6,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.34% 13.18% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,708 2,390 3,584
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.63% -7.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £681 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 126 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.85 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.59 £21.46 £20.82
Median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +138.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £26.00 £52.21
% change year-on-year +55.92% -50.20% +161.03%

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 16 February 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 12 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 16 February 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 -83 29 £475 -9.31% 19
UK excluding London -83 22 £475 -9.52% 16
Work from Home -31 14 £750 +57.89% 9
South East -23 11 £458 +40.92% 6
Midlands -47 10 £458 -34.64% 2
West Midlands -41 9 £458 -34.64% 2
London -47 7 £600 +50.00% 6
East of England -24 2 £475 -13.64% 1
Scotland +7 1 - -
East Midlands -22 1 - -
Yorkshire -58 1 - - 2
North of England -74 1 - - 5

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 (2.94%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (73.53%) Firewall
2 18 (52.94%) Network Security
3 9 (26.47%) VPN
4 7 (20.59%) LAN
4 7 (20.59%) TCP/IP
4 7 (20.59%) VLAN
5 5 (14.71%) Internet
5 5 (14.71%) WAN
6 4 (11.76%) WLAN
7 3 (8.82%) BGP
7 3 (8.82%) DHCP
7 3 (8.82%) DNS
7 3 (8.82%) OSPF
8 2 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (5.88%) Wireless
9 1 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (2.94%) IPv4
9 1 (2.94%) NAS
9 1 (2.94%) NGFW
9 1 (2.94%) SSL
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Security Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Lead
4 4 (11.76%) Administrator
4 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Lead Network Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.94%) AWS Security Architect
6 1 (2.94%) CCTV Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) JAAS
1 1 (2.94%) JSSE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
1 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
2 4 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.88%) CCTV
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.88%) CSOC
4 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.88%) PKI
4 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Linux
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) VMS
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Incident Response
2 15 (44.12%) SIEM
3 12 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Security Architecture
5 6 (17.65%) Security Operations
5 6 (17.65%) Zero Trust
6 5 (14.71%) Change Management
6 5 (14.71%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (14.71%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (14.71%) Information Security
6 5 (14.71%) Network Architecture
7 4 (11.76%) Agile
7 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
7 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
8 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.82%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (8.82%) Patch Management
8 3 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.94%) Java
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 13 (38.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) CCNP
3 11 (32.35%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (29.41%) CISSP
5 7 (20.59%) CISM
6 3 (8.82%) Degree
6 3 (8.82%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (5.88%) CCNA
7 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.94%) CEH
8 1 (2.94%) ISSMP
8 1 (2.94%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.94%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.94%) MCSE
8 1 (2.94%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (14.71%) NIST
3 4 (11.76%) GDPR
4 2 (5.88%) NCSC
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.94%) GxP
5 1 (2.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.88%) Snort
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.94%) KVM
3 1 (2.94%) RHEV
3 1 (2.94%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Nagios
2 2 (5.88%) CSIRT
2 2 (5.88%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Cisco
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
4 4 (11.76%) Fortinet
4 4 (11.76%) Juniper
4 4 (11.76%) SolarWinds
4 4 (11.76%) Zscaler
5 3 (8.82%) VMware
6 2 (5.88%) Proofpoint
6 2 (5.88%) Splunk
7 1 (2.94%) BMC
7 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.94%) F5
7 1 (2.94%) Intel
7 1 (2.94%) McAfee
7 1 (2.94%) QinetiQ
7 1 (2.94%) Sparx
7 1 (2.94%) Tripwire
7 1 (2.94%) Veeam
7 1 (2.94%) WSO2