Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Network Intrusion Detection System skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Intrusion Detection System over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 588 | 688 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +100 | +141 |
Contract jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System | 0 | 2 | 17 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.005% | 0.029% |
As % of the Systems Management category | - | 0.039% | 0.18% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 13 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £531 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £600 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £700 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +19.15% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £725 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £735 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £644 |
% change year-on-year | - | - | +11.96% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Network Intrusion Detection System falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 4,644 | 5,102 | 9,284 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 15.80% | 11.85% | 16.01% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 3,175 | 3,660 | 6,681 |
10th Percentile | £313 | £263 | £356 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £515 | £563 |
Median % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -8.44% | -0.44% |
75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £675 |
90th Percentile | £719 | £700 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £498 | £494 | £525 |
% change year-on-year | +0.71% | -5.90% | +5.00% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 56 | 115 | 208 |
10th Percentile | £13.75 | £14.00 | £16.45 |
25th Percentile | £20.21 | £17.72 | £24.56 |
Median hourly rate | £26.48 | £25.77 | £57.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | +2.76% | -55.19% | +152.75% |
75th Percentile | £50.75 | £50.00 | £70.56 |
90th Percentile | £71.25 | £71.25 | £82.65 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.18 | £27.50 | £44.88 |
% change year-on-year | -12.07% | -38.72% | +124.38% |
Network Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Network Intrusion Detection System as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Intrusion Detection System
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System.
Network Intrusion Detection System
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System.