Intrusion Detection Job Trends in England

Intrusion Detection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 379 602
Rank change year-on-year -214 +223 +136
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 57 263 195
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.087% 0.67% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 4.94% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 32 121 168
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.13% -6.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,389 5,323 10,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.27% 13.53% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 3,346 8,313
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £36,864 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -5.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £40,866 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.89% +9.28% -7.62%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in England

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in England over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in England

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
London -62 29 £85,000 +23.19% 6
East of England -14 8 £40,000 -36.00%
West Midlands -13 7 £62,500 +13.64%
Midlands -38 7 £62,500 +13.64%
South East -38 4 £52,500 -25.00% 3
North West -34 2 £58,750 -21.67% 2
North of England -83 2 £58,750 -21.67% 2
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) AWS
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (19.30%) Mimecast
4 6 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.77%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (7.02%) GCP
6 4 (7.02%) GitHub
6 4 (7.02%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (7.02%) SaaS
7 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.75%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 48 (84.21%) Firewall
2 33 (57.89%) Network Security
3 13 (22.81%) VPN
4 10 (17.54%) LAN
4 10 (17.54%) WAN
5 8 (14.04%) Wireless
6 6 (10.53%) DHCP
6 6 (10.53%) DNS
6 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 6 (10.53%) VLAN
7 5 (8.77%) EIGRP
7 5 (8.77%) IMAP
7 5 (8.77%) OSPF
7 5 (8.77%) POP3
7 5 (8.77%) SMTP
7 5 (8.77%) Wireshark
8 3 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.75%) NAS
9 1 (1.75%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (45.61%) Finance
2 21 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Legal
5 5 (8.77%) Banking
6 4 (7.02%) Back Office
6 4 (7.02%) Financial Institution
6 4 (7.02%) Retail
7 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.51%) Advertising
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
2 12 (21.05%) Security Analyst
2 12 (21.05%) Security Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Senior
4 7 (12.28%) Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Information Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Security Specialist
6 5 (8.77%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (8.77%) Digital Architect
6 5 (8.77%) IT Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) IT Security Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Security Manager
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Manager
7 4 (7.02%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Driving Licence
2 10 (17.54%) Management Information System
3 9 (15.79%) Blog
4 8 (14.04%) Security Posture
5 5 (8.77%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
7 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (5.26%) Life Science
8 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.75%) CMDB
9 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.75%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (1.75%) IoT
9 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.75%) PKI
9 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) Incident Response
2 33 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (50.88%) Information Security
4 22 (38.60%) SIEM
5 20 (35.09%) Security Operations
6 19 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (28.07%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (24.56%) ITIL
10 13 (22.81%) Security Monitoring
11 12 (21.05%) Security Architecture
12 11 (19.30%) Cloud Security
13 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
13 10 (17.54%) Kalman Filter
14 9 (15.79%) Project Delivery
14 9 (15.79%) Risk Management
14 9 (15.79%) Risk Register
15 8 (14.04%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 8 (14.04%) Threat Detection
15 8 (14.04%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 6 (10.53%) Python
2 4 (7.02%) Bash
2 4 (7.02%) Go
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (28.07%) CCNA
3 15 (26.32%) CISSP
4 14 (24.56%) DBS Check
5 13 (22.81%) CCNP
5 13 (22.81%) Degree
5 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
5 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
6 8 (14.04%) CISM
6 8 (14.04%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.77%) AWS Certification
7 5 (8.77%) CRISC
7 5 (8.77%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (8.77%) GSEC
8 4 (7.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (7.02%) GIAC
8 4 (7.02%) Postgraduate
9 3 (5.26%) GCIH
9 3 (5.26%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (26.32%) NIST
3 9 (15.79%) GDPR
4 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
5 5 (8.77%) Government Security Classifications
5 5 (8.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (8.77%) JSP 440
6 4 (7.02%) GRC
6 4 (7.02%) SOC 2
7 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
7 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (5.26%) ITGC
8 2 (3.51%) HIPAA
8 2 (3.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.75%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (19.30%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Cilium
1 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.02%) Terraform
2 3 (5.26%) ArcSight ESM
2 3 (5.26%) QRadar
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (1.75%) Grafana
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) Cisco
2 17 (29.82%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.79%) Tenable
4 8 (14.04%) Juniper
5 7 (12.28%) Qualys
5 7 (12.28%) Splunk
5 7 (12.28%) VMware
6 6 (10.53%) CheckPoint
6 6 (10.53%) Fortinet
6 6 (10.53%) SolarWinds
7 5 (8.77%) Google
7 5 (8.77%) HP
7 5 (8.77%) Zscaler
8 3 (5.26%) ArcSight
8 3 (5.26%) F5
8 3 (5.26%) LogLogic
8 3 (5.26%) McAfee
8 3 (5.26%) Okta
8 3 (5.26%) Palo Alto
8 3 (5.26%) Sophos