Intrusion Detection Job Trends in South Wales

Intrusion Detection
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.070% - 0.069%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £49,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £48,500 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 132 110 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 9.28% 24.02% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 87 87 108
10th Percentile £24,125 £23,504 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 - £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £25,087 £40,784
Median % change year-on-year +71.40% -38.49% +4.57%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £45,898
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,150 £60,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £27,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +63.64% -32.10% +3.85%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in South Wales

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Bridgend - 1 £48,500 -
Intrusion Detection
Wales

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Converged Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco