Intrusion Detection Jobs in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 298 281
Rank change year-on-year +62 -17 +48
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 21 23 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.32% 1.47% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 23
10th Percentile £37,300 £29,750 £35,375
25th Percentile £45,500 £36,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -2.89% -38.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 £45,500 £66,004
90th Percentile - £63,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 906 1,568 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.64% 13.01% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 484 1,282 724
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -2.31% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,600 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +47 18 £55,000 +30.95% 14
East Midlands +22 3 £55,000 +31.74% 4
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Retail
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Head of Operations
2 3 (14.29%) Head of Security
2 3 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Senior IT Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.76%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 10 (47.62%) Private Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) SIEM
2 15 (71.43%) Information Security
3 14 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 13 (61.90%) ITIL
5 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (52.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (47.62%) Change Control
7 10 (47.62%) CI/CD
7 10 (47.62%) Commercial Awareness
7 10 (47.62%) IT Governance
7 10 (47.62%) Kalman Filter
7 10 (47.62%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
9 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
10 3 (14.29%) Agile
10 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
10 3 (14.29%) Malware Analysis
10 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
10 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
2 10 (47.62%) Bash
2 10 (47.62%) C#
2 10 (47.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISM
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) SANS
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) IISP
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (52.38%) COBIT
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) VMware