Intrusion Detection Job Trends in Cheshire

Intrusion Detection
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.056% - 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% - 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.32%
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% +28.57% -46.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 93 159 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.23% 21.40% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 77 78 118
10th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £28,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -34.12% -9.57%
75th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,038 £61,250
North West median annual salary £42,000 £33,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -29.03% -9.71%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Intrusion Detection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington - 1 £70,000 -
Intrusion Detection
North West

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity