Intrusion Detection Job Trends in Edinburgh

Intrusion Detection
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 86 103
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +55
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 0 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh - 0.83% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 9.26% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £63,125 £48,161
25th Percentile - £85,000 £52,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £90,000 £59,805
Median % change year-on-year - +50.49% -7.99%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £66,427
90th Percentile - - £69,771
Scotland median annual salary - £90,000 £46,305
% change year-on-year - +94.36% -36.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 97 108 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.72% 8.96% 12.27%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 108
10th Percentile £26,092 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £52,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +30.63% -29.20%
75th Percentile £54,000 £74,144 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,790 £86,000 £78,400
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £47,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -35.79% +69.64% -41.36%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Intrusion Detection