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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 469 491
Rank change year-on-year -153 +22 -6
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 42 83 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.25% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 2.10% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 41
10th Percentile £421 £310 £438
25th Percentile £457 £450 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £500 £585
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -14.53% -2.50%
75th Percentile £750 £638 £725
90th Percentile £799 £738 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £513 £584
% change year-on-year +10.24% -12.24% +6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 17
10th Percentile - £44.19 -
25th Percentile - £44.38 £81.88
Median hourly rate - £46.25 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year - -47.12% +16.61%
75th Percentile - £51.41 £87.53
90th Percentile - £72.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year - -42.83% +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 5,032 3,950 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.51% 12.14% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,041 2,407 3,109
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +2.53% -4.04% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 192 405
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.11 £17.63
Median hourly rate £26.22 £48.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.22% +21.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.90 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.22 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.31% -10.53% -0.87%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -151 36 £613 +22.50% 14
UK excluding London -130 32 £565 +10.24% 11
Work from Home -75 16 £620 +24.00% 7
Midlands -55 12 £550 -12.00% 2
West Midlands -56 12 £550 -12.00% 2
South East -65 7 £603 +20.50% 4
London -69 7 £763 +52.50% 5
North of England -89 5 £500 - 1
Wales -10 4 £468 -6.50%
South West -35 4 £613 +25.64% 1
North West -62 4 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 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 (2.38%) Confluence
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) GCP
3 2 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (45.24%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) Network Security
2 7 (16.67%) VPN
2 7 (16.67%) WAN
3 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.52%) BGP
5 3 (7.14%) NGFW
5 3 (7.14%) VLAN
6 2 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (4.76%) DNS
6 2 (4.76%) LAN
6 2 (4.76%) OSPF
6 2 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (4.76%) SSL
6 2 (4.76%) VXLAN
7 1 (2.38%) Internet
7 1 (2.38%) Kerberos
7 1 (2.38%) SAN
7 1 (2.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.38%) Banking
3 1 (2.38%) Finance
3 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Security Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Administrator
4 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Security Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.52%) Network Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Senior
5 4 (9.52%) SOC Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Lead
7 2 (4.76%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Linux Administrator
8 1 (2.38%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (4.76%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.38%) REST
3 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (21.43%) Operational Technology
3 8 (19.05%) CSOC
3 8 (19.05%) Management Information System
3 8 (19.05%) Security Posture
4 7 (16.67%) SCADA
5 6 (14.29%) Cloud Native
5 6 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 3 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (4.76%) PKI
8 1 (2.38%) Clustering
8 1 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (2.38%) IoT
8 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) Linux
2 15 (35.71%) Windows
3 3 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (80.95%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (59.52%) SIEM
3 20 (47.62%) Incident Response
4 17 (40.48%) Security Operations
5 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (30.95%) Threat Intelligence
7 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (26.19%) ITIL
8 11 (26.19%) Security Monitoring
9 8 (19.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 8 (19.05%) Threat Detection
9 8 (19.05%) Use Case
9 8 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (16.67%) Data Protection
10 7 (16.67%) Incident Management
10 7 (16.67%) Service Management
11 6 (14.29%) AI
11 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) Python
2 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.52%) Bash
3 4 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (9.52%) SQL
4 3 (7.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (59.52%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 14 (33.33%) CISSP
4 11 (26.19%) CISM
5 5 (11.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (9.52%) CEH
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (7.14%) Degree
7 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 2 (4.76%) CCNA
8 2 (4.76%) CCNP
8 2 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.38%) HND
9 1 (2.38%) IISP
9 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.52%) GDPR
2 4 (9.52%) NIST
2 4 (9.52%) PCI DSS
3 3 (7.14%) HIPAA
4 2 (4.76%) COBIT
4 2 (4.76%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.38%) GRC
5 1 (2.38%) GxP
5 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.38%) NCSC
5 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 6 (14.29%) Snort
2 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.52%) CSIRT
3 2 (4.76%) Grafana
3 2 (4.76%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.76%) Suricata
4 1 (2.38%) CASB
4 1 (2.38%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.38%) Rancher
4 1 (2.38%) SCCM
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Cisco
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.90%) F5
4 4 (9.52%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.52%) SolarWinds
4 4 (9.52%) Splunk
4 4 (9.52%) Tripwire
5 3 (7.14%) Clearswift
5 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
5 3 (7.14%) Tanium
5 3 (7.14%) Trend Micro
5 3 (7.14%) VMware
6 2 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 2 (4.76%) Google
7 1 (2.38%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.38%) Meraki
7 1 (2.38%) Okta
7 1 (2.38%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.38%) Zscaler