Intrusion Detection Job Trends in London

Intrusion Detection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 315 394
Rank change year-on-year -25 +79 +195
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 29 127 59
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.21% 0.81% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 6.37% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 19 27 48
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,600 £50,530
25th Percentile £72,500 £51,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £96,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -6.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,704 1,995 2,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.36% 12.74% 12.65%
Number of salaries quoted 909 1,111 1,778
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in London

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in London

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +32 7 £80,000 +50.94%
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) AWS
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) SaaS
3 4 (13.79%) GCP
3 4 (13.79%) GitHub
3 4 (13.79%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.90%) Mimecast
5 2 (6.90%) Rubrik
5 2 (6.90%) SecurityScorecard
6 1 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (86.21%) Firewall
2 14 (48.28%) Network Security
3 3 (10.34%) VPN
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.90%) WAN
4 2 (6.90%) Wireless
5 1 (3.45%) DHCP
5 1 (3.45%) DNS
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) LAN
5 1 (3.45%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.45%) NGFW
5 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) TeamCity
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Back Office
3 4 (13.79%) Financial Institution
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Advertising
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Analyst
2 12 (41.38%) Security Analyst
3 9 (31.03%) Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Senior
5 4 (13.79%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) IT Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) IT Security Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Lead
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Security Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Information Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Information Security Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Technical Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (13.79%) Blog
3 4 (13.79%) Cloud Native
3 4 (13.79%) Insider Threat
4 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (3.45%) CMDB
6 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (3.45%) IoT
6 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Linux
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (65.52%) Incident Response
3 14 (48.28%) SIEM
4 13 (44.83%) Information Security
5 11 (37.93%) Kalman Filter
5 11 (37.93%) Security Operations
6 10 (34.48%) Computer Science
6 10 (34.48%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (27.59%) ITIL
7 8 (27.59%) Risk Register
8 7 (24.14%) Malware Analysis
8 7 (24.14%) SDLC
8 7 (24.14%) Security Architecture
8 7 (24.14%) Threat Detection
9 6 (20.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (20.69%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (17.24%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 4 (13.79%) Bash
2 4 (13.79%) Go
3 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) CISSP
2 8 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (24.14%) CCNA
4 5 (17.24%) Degree
4 5 (17.24%) GIAC
5 4 (13.79%) AWS Certification
5 4 (13.79%) CCNP
5 4 (13.79%) CISM
5 4 (13.79%) DBS Check
5 4 (13.79%) GCIH
5 4 (13.79%) GSEC
6 3 (10.34%) CEH
6 3 (10.34%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (10.34%) Postgraduate
7 2 (6.90%) SANS
8 1 (3.45%) CCNA CyberOps
8 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (20.69%) GDPR
3 5 (17.24%) NIST
4 4 (13.79%) GRC
4 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
4 4 (13.79%) SOC 2
5 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
5 3 (10.34%) ITGC
6 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) EMC RecoverPoint
1 2 (6.90%) pfSense
1 2 (6.90%) Squid
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Cilium
1 4 (13.79%) CSIRT
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
1 4 (13.79%) Terraform
2 3 (10.34%) ArcSight ESM
2 3 (10.34%) QRadar
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (6.90%) VxRail
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (3.45%) Grafana
4 1 (3.45%) Nessus
4 1 (3.45%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Splunk
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco
3 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) ArcSight
4 3 (10.34%) LogLogic
4 3 (10.34%) McAfee
4 3 (10.34%) Zscaler
5 2 (6.90%) Dell
5 2 (6.90%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (6.90%) Okta
5 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.90%) Sophos
6 1 (3.45%) Aruba
6 1 (3.45%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.45%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.45%) Tenable