Intrusion Detection Jobs in the North of England

Intrusion Detection
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 347 408
Rank change year-on-year +32 +61 0
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 24 41 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 1.88% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 20 34 19
10th Percentile £53,063 £35,000 £45,405
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% +20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile - - £82,500
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
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,079 2,178 3,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.72% 12.32% 18.79%
Number of salaries quoted 891 1,666 1,261
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £34,723
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% -0.55%
75th Percentile £52,750 £61,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the North of England

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the North of England.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the North of England

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the North of England

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West -11 16 £75,000 +57.89% 6
North East +44 6 £57,500 -8.00% 3
Yorkshire +48 2 £57,750 -17.50% 5
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) Firewall
2 8 (33.33%) Network Security
3 7 (29.17%) VPN
4 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 2 (8.33%) HTTP
4 2 (8.33%) SMTP
4 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.17%) LAN
5 1 (4.17%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.17%) WAN
5 1 (4.17%) WebEx
5 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) MySQL
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 5 (20.83%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Architect
2 13 (54.17%) Security Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) DevOps Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 14 (58.33%) Security Posture
3 13 (54.17%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (54.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 12 (50.00%) Social Media
5 2 (8.33%) Cyberattack
5 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (4.17%) Learning Management System
6 1 (4.17%) PKI
6 1 (4.17%) Replication
6 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) SIEM
2 17 (70.83%) Information Security
3 16 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (62.50%) Risk Management
4 15 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (58.33%) Cloud Security
5 14 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (58.33%) Ethical Hacking
6 13 (54.17%) Computer Science
6 13 (54.17%) Data Protection
6 13 (54.17%) Security Architecture
7 12 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (50.00%) DevSecOps
7 12 (50.00%) Identity Management
7 12 (50.00%) Information Assurance
7 12 (50.00%) Proactive Management
7 12 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
7 12 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) CISM
1 15 (62.50%) CISSP
2 14 (58.33%) CEH
3 13 (54.17%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (54.17%) Degree
4 12 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (50.00%) CISA
4 12 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (50.00%) DBS Check
4 12 (50.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (91.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (91.67%) NIST
2 18 (75.00%) GDPR
3 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.17%) NCSC
4 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) NFS
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) cPanel
1 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco
2 1 (4.17%) Meraki
2 1 (4.17%) Zscaler