Intrusion Detection Job Trends in the East of England

Intrusion Detection
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 144 149 131
Rank change year-on-year +5 -18 +95
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 8 33 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.19% 0.94% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 5.04% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 6
10th Percentile - £52,000 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +72.66%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £66,125
90th Percentile - £72,000 £68,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -6.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 739 655 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.76% 18.67% 18.53%
Number of salaries quoted 291 332 294
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +5.21% +12.94%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the East of England

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Norfolk - 5 £40,000 -
Hertfordshire -16 3 - -
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) IMAP
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) Network Security
1 5 (62.50%) OSPF
1 5 (62.50%) POP3
1 5 (62.50%) SMTP
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
1 5 (62.50%) VLAN
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
1 5 (62.50%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Information Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (37.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (62.50%) Time Management
3 3 (37.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) ISMS
3 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
3 3 (37.50%) SIEM
3 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) SolarWinds