Intrusion Detection Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Intrusion Detection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 313 411
Rank change year-on-year +42 +98 +187
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 33 32 66
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.16% 1.99% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 45
10th Percentile £301 £450 £450
25th Percentile £381 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £551 £706 £700
90th Percentile £638 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -18.37% +2.08% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year +2.90% +16.61% +13.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Intrusion Detection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Intrusion Detection daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 6 (18.18%) IaaS
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (75.76%) Firewall
2 14 (42.42%) Network Security
3 6 (18.18%) VPN
4 2 (6.06%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.03%) Modbus
5 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.03%) VLAN
5 1 (3.03%) Wireless
5 1 (3.03%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.03%) Local Government
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (15.15%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Technical Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Information Officer
5 2 (6.06%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Security Officer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) Operational Technology
2 5 (15.15%) Private Cloud
3 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 2 (6.06%) NHS
4 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (27.27%) High Availability
3 8 (24.24%) Change Management
3 8 (24.24%) Information Security
4 7 (21.21%) Incident Response
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) SIEM
4 7 (21.21%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity
6 5 (15.15%) Change Control
6 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (12.12%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (12.12%) Network Architecture
7 4 (12.12%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) Bash
4 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) Azure Certification
3 6 (18.18%) CISSP
3 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.06%) CISM
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.03%) CEH
7 1 (3.03%) CISA
7 1 (3.03%) GCIH
7 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.03%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) GDPR
2 3 (9.09%) NCSC
3 2 (6.06%) HIPAA
3 2 (6.06%) NIST
4 1 (3.03%) COBIT
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
3 5 (15.15%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (15.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) VMware
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.18%) Fortinet
4 2 (6.06%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco
5 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Tenable