Intrusion Detection Job Trends in the City of London

Intrusion Detection
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 141 157
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 +83
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 7 22 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.32% 0.83% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.74% 5.34% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile - £46,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £46,063 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £53,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% -26.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £84,375 £72,063 £95,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £76,750 -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £53,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +50.94% -26.90% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 187 412 369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.59% 15.46% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 149 237 335
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,000 £94,500
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the City of London

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Information Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Security Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Kalman Filter
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (57.14%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
4 4 (57.14%) SIEM
5 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) Analytics
6 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
6 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
6 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) Key Management
6 2 (28.57%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) GSEC
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) GCIH
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) Postgraduate
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) ITGC
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (28.57%) QRadar
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) ArcSight
2 2 (28.57%) LogLogic
2 2 (28.57%) McAfee
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk
3 1 (14.29%) Aruba
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (14.29%) Forcepoint
3 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
3 1 (14.29%) Stonesoft
3 1 (14.29%) Tenable
3 1 (14.29%) VMware