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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 468 445
Rank change year-on-year -49 -23 +232
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 62 96 178
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 2.17% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 43 113
10th Percentile £391 £388 £463
25th Percentile £450 £474 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £675 £700
90th Percentile £743 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £73.19
25th Percentile £44.38 £71.25 £74.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £72.50 £75.67
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -4.19% +7.72%
75th Percentile £49.22 £73.75 £79.39
90th Percentile £51.19 - £84.11
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £72.50 £75.67
% change year-on-year -31.03% -4.19% +7.72%

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 4,034 4,418 6,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.24% 12.11% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,600 2,555 4,046
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £357 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £684 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 170 343
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.80 £24.18 £22.88
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% -20.21% +28.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.48% -14.04% +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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -56 47 £475 -13.64% 29
UK excluding London -60 34 £475 -13.64% 20
Work from Home +2 25 £550 +12.82% 7
London -19 16 £525 -4.55% 13
South East +6 12 £450 -11.33% 11
Midlands -43 10 £350 -46.15% 1
North West -22 8 £435 -30.40% 1
North of England -53 8 £435 -17.14% 2
East Midlands -17 5 - -
West Midlands -33 5 £350 -46.15% 1
Scotland -5 2 - - 3
South West -6 2 £619 +3.13% 2
East of England -15 2 £475 -13.64% 2
Wales - 1 £500 -

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 (1.61%) Apache
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.45%) AutoCAD
1 4 (6.45%) Navisworks
1 4 (6.45%) Revit
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Azure
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.84%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.23%) GCP
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.61%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 49 (79.03%) Firewall
2 30 (48.39%) Network Security
3 11 (17.74%) Internet
4 10 (16.13%) VPN
5 5 (8.06%) TCP/IP
6 4 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (4.84%) BGP
7 3 (4.84%) Modbus
7 3 (4.84%) MPLS
7 3 (4.84%) OSPF
7 3 (4.84%) WAN
8 2 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (3.23%) LAN
8 2 (3.23%) NGFW
8 2 (3.23%) SSL
8 2 (3.23%) VLAN
9 1 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.61%) Junos
9 1 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.61%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.61%) MySQL
1 1 (1.61%) Power BI
1 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 24 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.84%) Finance
3 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (29.03%) Security Engineer
2 15 (24.19%) Network Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Network Security Engineer
4 11 (17.74%) Lead
4 11 (17.74%) Senior
5 7 (11.29%) Consultant
6 6 (9.68%) Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Lead Network Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Architect
8 4 (6.45%) Communications Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Communications Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Administrator
9 3 (4.84%) Security Architect
10 2 (3.23%) Network Consultant
10 2 (3.23%) Programme Manager
10 2 (3.23%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (4.84%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (1.61%) Fluent Bit
2 1 (1.61%) JSON
2 1 (1.61%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 11 (17.74%) Security Posture
3 7 (11.29%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.45%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (6.45%) SCADA
5 3 (4.84%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.84%) Insider Threat
5 3 (4.84%) Life Science
5 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.84%) PKI
5 3 (4.84%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.23%) CCTV
6 2 (3.23%) CMDB
6 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Linux
1 6 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.23%) VMS
3 1 (1.61%) CentOS
3 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) Incident Response
2 25 (40.32%) SIEM
3 22 (35.48%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (19.35%) Information Security
4 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (17.74%) Security Operations
5 11 (17.74%) Zero Trust
6 10 (16.13%) Network Architecture
6 10 (16.13%) Network Design
6 10 (16.13%) Security Architecture
6 10 (16.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (12.90%) Infrastructure Automation
7 8 (12.90%) ITSM
7 8 (12.90%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (12.90%) Risk Management
8 7 (11.29%) Change Management
8 7 (11.29%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (9.68%) Project Management
9 6 (9.68%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Python
2 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
4 2 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) CISSP
2 16 (25.81%) Security Cleared
3 15 (24.19%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (20.97%) CCNP
4 13 (20.97%) Degree
5 12 (19.35%) CISM
6 7 (11.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
7 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
8 4 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.45%) RIBA
9 3 (4.84%) CCNA
9 3 (4.84%) CEH
9 3 (4.84%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.23%) CRISC
10 2 (3.23%) GCIH
10 2 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (1.61%) OSCP
11 1 (1.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.52%) NIST
3 6 (9.68%) GDPR
4 4 (6.45%) GRC
5 3 (4.84%) HIPAA
5 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (4.84%) SLA
6 1 (1.61%) COBIT
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.61%) Demisto
3 1 (1.61%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.61%) Nagios
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (25.81%) Cisco
1 16 (25.81%) Palo Alto
2 15 (24.19%) Zscaler
3 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.68%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.84%) CheckPoint
5 3 (4.84%) Darktrace
5 3 (4.84%) Proofpoint
5 3 (4.84%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.23%) VMware
7 1 (1.61%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.61%) BMC
7 1 (1.61%) Google
7 1 (1.61%) Intel
7 1 (1.61%) Juniper
7 1 (1.61%) McAfee
7 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.61%) Veeam