Intrusion Detection Jobs in the North West

Intrusion Detection
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 269 270
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +17
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 12 18 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.15% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.89% 1.53% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 18
10th Percentile - - £45,136
25th Percentile £72,500 £35,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.37% +22.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £53,000 £72,000
90th Percentile - £63,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.38% +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,350 1,174 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.38% 11.48% 21.01%
Number of salaries quoted 421 896 671
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the North West

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the North West

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester +73 10 £75,000 +50.00% 5
Merseyside +35 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (8.33%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) HTTP
2 2 (16.67%) SMTP
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Architect
1 8 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) Management Information System
2 10 (83.33%) Security Posture
3 8 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (66.67%) Social Media
3 8 (66.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (16.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (8.33%) PKI
5 1 (8.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Information Security
2 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (91.67%) Incident Response
2 11 (91.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (83.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (83.33%) Risk Management
3 10 (83.33%) SIEM
4 9 (75.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (75.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (66.67%) Cloud Security
5 8 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (66.67%) DevSecOps
5 8 (66.67%) Identity Management
5 8 (66.67%) Information Assurance
5 8 (66.67%) Proactive Management
5 8 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
5 8 (66.67%) Security Architecture
5 8 (66.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) CEH
1 10 (83.33%) CISM
1 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 9 (75.00%) Degree
3 8 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (66.67%) CISA
3 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (66.67%) DBS Check
3 8 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (100.00%) NIST
2 8 (66.67%) GDPR
3 1 (8.33%) NCSC
3 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) cPanel
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft