Intrusion Detection Jobs in Birmingham

Intrusion Detection
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 131 128
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 +55
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 7 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.50% 0.58% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.03% 4.23% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 7
10th Percentile £39,025 £29,000 £51,800
25th Percentile £40,938 £35,625 £58,154
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £64,656
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -35.04% +17.56%
75th Percentile £50,500 £44,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £53,200 £63,750 -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £42,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +30.95% -8.70% -34.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Intrusion Detection falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 231 378 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.46% 13.63% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 141 308 199
10th Percentile £35,500 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £32,750 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -15.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £42,864 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.82% -4.75% -

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in Birmingham

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in Birmingham

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in Birmingham

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Head of Operations
1 3 (42.86%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) IT Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
3 3 (42.86%) Malware Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) SANS
3 2 (28.57%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) COBIT
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper