Intrusion Detection Contracts

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 475 469
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +270
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 83 95 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.24% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.08% 1.99% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 48 154
10th Percentile £396 £446 £412
25th Percentile £450 £525 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £665
90th Percentile £739 £815 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £575 £555
% change year-on-year -10.87% +3.60% +0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £44.19 £81.88 £71.96
25th Percentile £44.38 £86.07 £72.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £87.46 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.12% +16.61% +10.29%
75th Percentile £51.41 - £77.04
90th Percentile £72.50 £87.48 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -42.83% +16.61% +10.29%

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 3,992 4,765 6,774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.12% 12.15% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,409 2,893 4,386
10th Percentile £235 £220 £230
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £716
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 327 265
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.27 £18.57
Median hourly rate £46.25 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £73.75 £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £53.69 £57.50
% change year-on-year -20.84% -6.63% +118.71%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection.

Daily rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection.

Hourly rate trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 14 Contract 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 4 August 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 -10 68 £525 -12.50% 56
UK excluding London -9 49 £513 -10.87% 38
Work from Home +27 32 £525 -4.55% 24
London 0 19 £538 -6.52% 25
North West +8 16 £475 -34.48% 3
North of England -3 16 £475 -11.63% 7
South East +24 15 £550 +11.96% 10
Midlands -24 13 £625 -3.85% 6
West Midlands -17 9 £625 -7.41% 4
East Midlands -9 4 - - 2
East of England +3 3 £400 -30.43% 1
South West +19 1 £488 -30.36% 8
Wales - 1 £500 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 8

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.20%) Apache
2 1 (1.20%) IIS
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) AutoCAD
1 5 (6.02%) Revit
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.87%) Azure
2 13 (15.66%) AWS
3 11 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.43%) Entra ID
5 5 (6.02%) GCP
5 5 (6.02%) IaaS
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.20%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.20%) Stackdriver
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (78.31%) Firewall
2 35 (42.17%) Network Security
3 17 (20.48%) VPN
4 8 (9.64%) TCP/IP
5 7 (8.43%) Internet
6 5 (6.02%) BGP
6 5 (6.02%) OSPF
6 5 (6.02%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (4.82%) Ethernet
7 4 (4.82%) MPLS
7 4 (4.82%) WAN
8 3 (3.61%) DHCP
8 3 (3.61%) DNS
8 3 (3.61%) VLAN
9 2 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (2.41%) LAN
9 2 (2.41%) Modbus
9 2 (2.41%) VoIP
9 2 (2.41%) Wireless
10 1 (1.20%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.41%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.20%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Git
1 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.23%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.61%) Automotive
6 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Military
7 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (21.69%) Analyst
2 17 (20.48%) Security Engineer
2 17 (20.48%) Senior
3 11 (13.25%) Network Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Lead
5 9 (10.84%) Security Analyst
6 8 (9.64%) Consultant
6 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Network Security Engineer
7 7 (8.43%) Technical Architect
8 5 (6.02%) Communications Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Communications Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.82%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.61%) Network Consultant
10 3 (3.61%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (3.61%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.05%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (10.84%) JBoss Seam
3 2 (2.41%) .NET
3 2 (2.41%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.41%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.41%) React
4 1 (1.20%) Fluent Bit
4 1 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (1.20%) Regular Expression
4 1 (1.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.10%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.84%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (10.84%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.23%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.02%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.02%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (6.02%) PKI
4 5 (6.02%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.61%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.41%) CMDB
6 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.41%) SCADA
6 2 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.20%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.82%) Linux
4 1 (1.20%) CentOS
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (50.60%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (31.33%) Incident Response
3 23 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (24.10%) SIEM
5 18 (21.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 16 (19.28%) Information Security
7 15 (18.07%) High Availability
7 15 (18.07%) Risk Assessment
7 15 (18.07%) Security Architecture
8 13 (15.66%) DevOps
8 13 (15.66%) Risk Management
8 13 (15.66%) Security Operations
9 10 (12.05%) Analytics
9 10 (12.05%) Change Management
10 9 (10.84%) Decision-Making
10 9 (10.84%) Network Architecture
11 8 (9.64%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (9.64%) Security Monitoring
11 8 (9.64%) Threat Intelligence
11 8 (9.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) PowerShell
1 12 (14.46%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) Bash
3 3 (3.61%) SQL
4 2 (2.41%) C#
4 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.41%) VB
5 1 (1.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.48%) CISSP
3 14 (16.87%) Degree
4 11 (13.25%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (13.25%) CISM
4 11 (13.25%) DV Cleared
5 9 (10.84%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (7.23%) CEH
6 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
7 5 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (6.02%) CCNP
7 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (6.02%) RIBA
7 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.82%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) CCNA
9 3 (3.61%) CRISC
9 3 (3.61%) GCIH
10 2 (2.41%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) GDPR
1 7 (8.43%) NIST
2 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.82%) NCSC
3 4 (4.82%) SLA
4 3 (3.61%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (3.61%) GRC
4 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.41%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (2.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.20%) COBIT
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (15.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.64%) Active Directory
3 6 (7.23%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.23%) vSphere
4 5 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (1.20%) Firmware
5 1 (1.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) Ansible
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.41%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.20%) CASB
3 1 (1.20%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.20%) Demisto
3 1 (1.20%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.20%) Nagios
3 1 (1.20%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.69%) Cisco
3 13 (15.66%) VMware
4 12 (14.46%) Zscaler
5 11 (13.25%) Palo Alto
6 10 (12.05%) Darktrace
6 10 (12.05%) Fortinet
7 4 (4.82%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.61%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.41%) F5
9 2 (2.41%) Google
9 2 (2.41%) Juniper
9 2 (2.41%) Rapid7
9 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.20%) Citrix
10 1 (1.20%) Forcepoint
10 1 (1.20%) HP
10 1 (1.20%) Intel
10 1 (1.20%) Meraki
10 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow