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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 456 497
Rank change year-on-year -136 +41 +44
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 33 63 90
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.069% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 1.71% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 35 41
10th Percentile £457 £300 £463
25th Percentile £462 £396 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.50% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £750 £584 £750
90th Percentile £796 £683 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £523 £593
% change year-on-year -5.26% -11.81% +18.50%
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 4,553 3,694 5,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.55% 12.71% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,819 2,276 3,232
10th Percentile £263 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -5.41%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 164 416
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £39.02 £31.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.74% -20.53% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £57.80 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £24.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year +71.33% -46.25% +151.88%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -145 27 £653 +28.04% 12
UK excluding London -111 22 £495 -5.26% 11
Work from Home -46 12 £725 +45.00%
West Midlands -58 9 £750 +20.00% 3
Midlands -63 9 £750 +20.00% 3
London -72 7 £725 +45.00% 4
South East -64 5 £478 +23.23% 3
North of England -74 4 £580 +11.00% 3
North West -45 3 £580 +11.00% 3
Wales - 3 £468 - 2
South West - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

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 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 12 (36.36%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Firewall
2 9 (27.27%) WAN
3 7 (21.21%) Network Security
4 6 (18.18%) LAN
4 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 6 (18.18%) VLAN
4 6 (18.18%) VPN
5 4 (12.12%) BGP
5 4 (12.12%) OSPF
6 3 (9.09%) DHCP
6 3 (9.09%) DNS
6 3 (9.09%) WLAN
7 2 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (6.06%) NGFW
7 2 (6.06%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (3.03%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (3.03%) NAS
8 1 (3.03%) tcpdump
8 1 (3.03%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Network Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Administrator
3 4 (12.12%) Architect
3 4 (12.12%) SOC Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 1 (3.03%) Chief Security Officer
5 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.03%) JAAS
2 1 (3.03%) JSSE
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 6 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 5 (15.15%) CSOC
3 5 (15.15%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (15.15%) Operational Technology
4 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
5 3 (9.09%) SCADA
6 2 (6.06%) PKI
7 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Linux
2 10 (30.30%) Windows
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (51.52%) Incident Response
3 16 (48.48%) SIEM
4 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (36.36%) Security Operations
5 9 (27.27%) ITIL
5 9 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (24.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 6 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 6 (18.18%) Security Architecture
7 6 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (15.15%) AI
8 5 (15.15%) Information Security
8 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 5 (15.15%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (9.09%) SQL
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) Security Cleared
2 17 (51.52%) SC Cleared
3 11 (33.33%) CISSP
4 8 (24.24%) CISM
5 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (18.18%) CCNP
7 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
7 3 (9.09%) CCNA
7 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 1 (3.03%) CLAS
9 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
9 1 (3.03%) GCIA
9 1 (3.03%) HND
9 1 (3.03%) IISP
9 1 (3.03%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) NIST
3 3 (9.09%) NCSC
3 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.06%) COBIT
4 2 (6.06%) GDPR
4 2 (6.06%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) GxP
5 1 (3.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Snort
2 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.03%) KVM
4 1 (3.03%) RHEV
4 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
4 1 (3.03%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) CSIRT
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
1 4 (12.12%) Nagios
2 2 (6.06%) Suricata
3 1 (3.03%) CASB
3 1 (3.03%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (3.03%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (3.03%) Proxmox
3 1 (3.03%) SCCM
3 1 (3.03%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Cisco
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Juniper
3 4 (12.12%) Palo Alto
3 4 (12.12%) SolarWinds
3 4 (12.12%) Splunk
4 2 (6.06%) F5
4 2 (6.06%) VMware
5 1 (3.03%) Dell
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Intel
5 1 (3.03%) Meraki
5 1 (3.03%) Okta
5 1 (3.03%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.03%) QinetiQ
5 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.03%) Sparx
5 1 (3.03%) Tripwire
5 1 (3.03%) WSO2
5 1 (3.03%) Zscaler