Host Intrusion Detection System Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Host Intrusion Detection System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Host Intrusion Detection System 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.041% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £590
% change year-on-year - - -4.07%

All Systems Management Skills
West Midlands

Host 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 451 191 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.36% 12.31% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 121 141
10th Percentile £269 £185 £190
25th Percentile £420 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +17.65% -15.84%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £525
90th Percentile £665 £689 £645
England median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £43.30 £12.18 -
25th Percentile £54.25 £12.94 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £16.19 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +363.25% -70.56% +210.38%
75th Percentile £77.38 £17.89 -
90th Percentile £77.45 £18.13 -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £26.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +84.62% -43.70% +0.16%

Host Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Host Intrusion Detection System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Host Intrusion Detection System job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Host Intrusion Detection System
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Host Intrusion Detection System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Host Intrusion Detection System

Host Intrusion Detection System
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Host Intrusion Detection System within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Warwickshire - 1 £475 -
Host Intrusion Detection System
England

Host Intrusion Detection System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tripwire