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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 458 444
Rank change year-on-year -68 -14 +244
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 61 97 191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.26% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 2.20% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 43 124
10th Percentile £410 £388 £463
25th Percentile £450 £479 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £681 £688 £678
90th Percentile £750 £735 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -14.44% -6.25% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £44.15 - £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% +5.83%
75th Percentile £48.13 £73.75 £79.39
90th Percentile £50.75 - £84.11
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £72.50 £75.67
% change year-on-year -35.17% -4.19% +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 3,961 4,417 6,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.33% 12.03% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,569 2,545 4,073
10th Percentile £207 £222 £213
25th Percentile £360 £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 £681 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 160 343
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.99 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.00 £26.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £47.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -10.38% +29.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.14 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £51.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -17.07% -9.28% +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 7 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 7 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 -67 46 £475 -13.64% 79
UK excluding London -63 33 £481 -14.44% 66
Work from Home +12 25 £550 +6.02% 30
London -11 16 £525 -4.55% 35
Midlands -37 9 £750 +15.38% 7
South East +4 8 £725 +42.81% 42
North West -31 8 £435 -30.40% 2
North of England -43 8 £435 -17.14% 4
East Midlands -22 5 - - 3
West Midlands -42 4 £750 +15.38% 3
East of England -15 3 £475 -13.64% 5
Scotland +11 2 - - 1
South West -3 2 £619 +3.13% 6
Wales - 1 £500 - 3

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 (1.64%) Apache
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) AutoCAD
1 5 (8.20%) Navisworks
1 5 (8.20%) Revit
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.20%) Azure
2 4 (6.56%) AWS
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.28%) GCP
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.64%) Stackdriver
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (83.61%) Firewall
2 30 (49.18%) Network Security
3 11 (18.03%) Internet
3 11 (18.03%) VPN
4 5 (8.20%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
5 4 (6.56%) BGP
5 4 (6.56%) OSPF
6 3 (4.92%) Modbus
6 3 (4.92%) MPLS
6 3 (4.92%) VLAN
6 3 (4.92%) WAN
7 2 (3.28%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (3.28%) LAN
7 2 (3.28%) NGFW
7 2 (3.28%) SSL
8 1 (1.64%) DNS
8 1 (1.64%) VoIP
8 1 (1.64%) Wireless
8 1 (1.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.64%) MySQL
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 22 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.92%) Finance
3 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (29.51%) Security Engineer
2 16 (26.23%) Network Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Network Security Engineer
4 12 (19.67%) Senior
5 11 (18.03%) Lead
6 8 (13.11%) Consultant
7 6 (9.84%) Analyst
7 6 (9.84%) Lead Network Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Communications Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Security Analyst
8 5 (8.20%) Senior Communications Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Architect
9 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
9 4 (6.56%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Security Architect
10 3 (4.92%) Security Consultant
11 2 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 2 (3.28%) Governance Analyst
11 2 (3.28%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (4.92%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (1.64%) Fluent Bit
2 1 (1.64%) JSON
2 1 (1.64%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Management Information System
2 12 (19.67%) Security Posture
3 7 (11.48%) Operational Technology
4 5 (8.20%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (6.56%) SCADA
6 3 (4.92%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.92%) Insider Threat
6 3 (4.92%) Life Science
6 3 (4.92%) PKI
6 3 (4.92%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (3.28%) CCTV
7 2 (3.28%) CMDB
7 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Linux
2 3 (4.92%) Windows
3 2 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.28%) VMS
4 1 (1.64%) CentOS
4 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Incident Response
2 25 (40.98%) SIEM
3 23 (37.70%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (19.67%) Information Security
6 11 (18.03%) Network Architecture
6 11 (18.03%) Zero Trust
7 10 (16.39%) Network Design
7 10 (16.39%) Security Architecture
7 10 (16.39%) Security Operations
7 10 (16.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Automation
8 8 (13.11%) ITSM
8 8 (13.11%) Penetration Testing
8 8 (13.11%) Risk Management
9 7 (11.48%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (11.48%) Project Management
10 6 (9.84%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (9.84%) Network Monitoring
10 6 (9.84%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) Python
2 5 (8.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.56%) Bash
4 2 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (27.87%) CISSP
2 16 (26.23%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (24.59%) Degree
4 13 (21.31%) CCNP
4 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
5 12 (19.67%) CISM
6 8 (13.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.20%) RIBA
8 4 (6.56%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (4.92%) CCNA
9 3 (4.92%) CEH
9 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
10 2 (3.28%) CCSE
10 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.28%) CRISC
10 2 (3.28%) GCIH
10 2 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (1.64%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.75%) NIST
3 6 (9.84%) GDPR
4 4 (6.56%) GRC
5 3 (4.92%) HIPAA
5 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (4.92%) SLA
6 1 (1.64%) COBIT
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.28%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) Ansible
2 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.28%) Nagios
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
3 1 (1.64%) Demisto
3 1 (1.64%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.64%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.64%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Cisco
1 17 (27.87%) Palo Alto
2 16 (26.23%) Zscaler
3 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
4 7 (11.48%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.56%) CheckPoint
6 3 (4.92%) Darktrace
6 3 (4.92%) Proofpoint
6 3 (4.92%) Rockwell
7 2 (3.28%) VMware
8 1 (1.64%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.64%) F5
8 1 (1.64%) Google
8 1 (1.64%) Huawei
8 1 (1.64%) Intel
8 1 (1.64%) Juniper
8 1 (1.64%) McAfee
8 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.64%) Veeam