Intrusion Detection Job Trends in the South East

Intrusion Detection
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 276 283
Rank change year-on-year -47 +7 -18
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 19 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.10% 0.17% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.28% 1.20% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 16
10th Percentile £59,750 - -
25th Percentile £63,125 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +21.05% -24.00%
75th Percentile - £63,250 £61,188
90th Percentile - - £70,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,368 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.21% +10.79% -1.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,482 1,252 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.83% 13.87% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 717 871
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the South East

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Hampshire -41 15 - - 1
Berkshire +6 4 £65,000 -0.56% 1
Thames Valley -1 4 £65,000 -0.56% 2
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) AWS
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) Firewall
1 12 (63.16%) Network Security
2 2 (10.53%) 4G
2 2 (10.53%) 5G
2 2 (10.53%) MPLS
2 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Wireless
General
1 15 (78.95%) Aerospace
2 10 (52.63%) Military
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Aviation
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Lead
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Security Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (63.16%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Social Media
2 10 (52.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 10 (52.63%) Security Posture
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Warfare
3 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.79%) Robotics
4 2 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Incident Response
1 13 (68.42%) SIEM
2 12 (63.16%) Decision-Making
2 12 (63.16%) Security Architecture
2 12 (63.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 12 (63.16%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 10 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (52.63%) Customer Engagement
3 10 (52.63%) DDoS Mitigation
3 10 (52.63%) Incident Management
3 10 (52.63%) Kalman Filter
3 10 (52.63%) Resource Allocation
3 10 (52.63%) Security Monitoring
3 10 (52.63%) Security Operations
3 10 (52.63%) Service Delivery
3 10 (52.63%) Service Management
3 10 (52.63%) Threat Analysis
3 10 (52.63%) Threat Detection
4 5 (26.32%) Network Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) CISSP
1 15 (78.95%) DV Cleared
1 15 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (63.16%) CCNP
2 12 (63.16%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) CEH
4 3 (15.79%) CISA
4 3 (15.79%) CISM
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
5 2 (10.53%) AWS Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
5 2 (10.53%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) SLA
2 3 (15.79%) Def Stans
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 3 (15.79%) GRC
2 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) NIST
2 3 (15.79%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Cisco
1 10 (52.63%) Fortinet
1 10 (52.63%) Palo Alto