Intrusion Detection Jobs in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 216 232
Rank change year-on-year +38 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 6 29 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.43% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% 3.02% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 5
10th Percentile £56,875 - £76,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £37,500 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -41.18% +120.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £87,500
90th Percentile - £69,000 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -33.33% +20.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 539 960 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.97% 14.27% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 218 679 541
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,450 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,563 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,375 £70,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the Thames Valley

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire +33 6 £67,500 +8.00% 4
Intrusion Detection
South East

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (50.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (66.67%) High Availability
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 4 (66.67%) Server Management
1 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Security Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) VMware