Intrusion Detection Jobs in the South West

Intrusion Detection
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 172 289 255
Rank change year-on-year +117 -34 +50
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 6 7 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.072% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 0.56% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 16
10th Percentile £31,750 £44,000 £46,010
25th Percentile £31,813 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% -33.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 -
90th Percentile £63,125 - £78,750
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
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 547 1,244 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.75% 12.88% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 329 934 534
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,257 £57,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £72,750 £71,250 £77,529
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the South West

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the South West

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the South West

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Wiltshire +45 4 £33,750 -46.00% 3
Bristol +60 1 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Somerset - 1 £67,500 -
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) VLAN
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) SSL
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) IT Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 4 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Coaching
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) GCIA
2 1 (16.67%) GCIH
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) SANS
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) LogRhythm
2 1 (16.67%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk