Intrusion Detection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 523 692
Rank change year-on-year -77 +169 -38
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 107 158 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.33% 1.74% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 86 101 141
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,313 £41,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £85,977 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,750 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.80% -3.85% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +6 41 £55,000 -26.67% 10
North of England +25 37 £62,500 - 4
Yorkshire +77 24 £70,000 -6.67% 1
North West -6 16 £46,250 -26.00% 2
Midlands -50 15 £44,000 +1.73% 7
South West -12 12 £46,250 -38.33% 3
West Midlands -23 12 £42,000 -2.89% 6
Isle of Man -12 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Scotland -44 4 £75,000 +41.52% 4
East of England -6 3 £62,500 +28.21% 3
North East -10 3 £62,500 +40.45% 1
East Midlands -36 3 £46,000 +41.54% 1
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 63 (58.88%) Azure
2 28 (26.17%) AWS
3 26 (24.30%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (10.28%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (9.35%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (9.35%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.67%) GCP
7 3 (2.80%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.87%) SaaS
9 1 (0.93%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 92 (85.98%) Firewall
2 27 (25.23%) Network Security
3 20 (18.69%) VPN
3 20 (18.69%) WAN
4 16 (14.95%) LAN
5 8 (7.48%) VLAN
6 7 (6.54%) BGP
6 7 (6.54%) IPsec
6 7 (6.54%) OSPF
6 7 (6.54%) SD-WAN
6 7 (6.54%) SSL
7 6 (5.61%) DNS
8 5 (4.67%) Internet
8 5 (4.67%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (3.74%) NGFW
9 4 (3.74%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.74%) Wireless
10 3 (2.80%) DMZ
10 3 (2.80%) MPLS
10 3 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.80%) MySQL
2 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.87%) Big Data
3 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) GitLab
1 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.74%) SonarQube
General
1 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.17%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (14.02%) Law
4 10 (9.35%) Finance
4 10 (9.35%) Legal
5 5 (4.67%) Retail
6 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.93%) Aviation
7 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (27.10%) Analyst
2 19 (17.76%) Lead
3 16 (14.95%) Team Leader
4 15 (14.02%) Senior
5 13 (12.15%) Security Analyst
5 13 (12.15%) SOC Analyst
6 11 (10.28%) Architect
7 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.41%) IT Engineer
7 9 (8.41%) Security Architect
7 9 (8.41%) Security Engineer
8 7 (6.54%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.61%) Administrator
9 6 (5.61%) Systems Administrator
10 5 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 4 (3.74%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.74%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (3.74%) IT Systems Administrator
11 4 (3.74%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) Keycloak
1 5 (4.67%) Web Services
2 2 (1.87%) LDAP
2 2 (1.87%) SAML
2 2 (1.87%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.93%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 31 (28.97%) Management Information System
2 30 (28.04%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (17.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (14.95%) Security Posture
5 12 (11.21%) Data Centre
6 11 (10.28%) Client/Server
7 9 (8.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (7.48%) Wiki
9 6 (5.61%) Cyberattack
10 5 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (4.67%) Operational Technology
11 4 (3.74%) Algorithms
11 4 (3.74%) Data Structures
11 4 (3.74%) PKI
12 2 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.87%) Smart Energy
13 1 (0.93%) CSOC
13 1 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
13 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (25.23%) Windows
2 9 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.54%) Kali Linux
4 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.74%) Android
5 4 (3.74%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.74%) Linux
6 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.80%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.80%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.87%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.93%) Unix
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (66.36%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (55.14%) Incident Response
3 57 (53.27%) SIEM
4 36 (33.64%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (27.10%) Security Operations
6 27 (25.23%) Computer Science
7 24 (22.43%) Information Security
8 22 (20.56%) Migration
9 21 (19.63%) Cryptography
10 20 (18.69%) Kalman Filter
11 18 (16.82%) ISMS
12 16 (14.95%) Risk Analysis
12 16 (14.95%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (14.02%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (13.08%) Patch Management
14 14 (13.08%) Social Engineering
15 13 (12.15%) Risk Management
16 11 (10.28%) Identity Access Management
16 11 (10.28%) ITIL
17 10 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.69%) Python
2 16 (14.95%) PowerShell
3 9 (8.41%) Perl
4 3 (2.80%) Bash
4 3 (2.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) CISSP
1 29 (27.10%) Degree
2 17 (15.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (13.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (11.21%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.61%) CISA
5 6 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (5.61%) CISM
6 5 (4.67%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.67%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.74%) CCIE
7 4 (3.74%) JNCIE
8 3 (2.80%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.87%) CCSP
9 2 (1.87%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.93%) CCNP
10 1 (0.93%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (15.89%) NIST
3 11 (10.28%) PCI DSS
4 7 (6.54%) SOC 2
5 6 (5.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (5.61%) GDPR
6 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (2.80%) NCSC
8 1 (0.93%) COBIT
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.93%) GRC
8 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (17.76%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.61%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.80%) vSphere
5 2 (1.87%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.93%) NFS
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.61%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (4.67%) Suricata
4 4 (3.74%) Ansible
4 4 (3.74%) Nessus
5 2 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.87%) SELinux
6 1 (0.93%) cPanel
6 1 (0.93%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 35 (32.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.89%) VMware
3 12 (11.21%) Cisco
4 7 (6.54%) Splunk
5 5 (4.67%) Juniper
5 5 (4.67%) Meraki
5 5 (4.67%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.67%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.74%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.87%) Aruba
7 2 (1.87%) F5
8 1 (0.93%) Avaya
8 1 (0.93%) Google
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle
8 1 (0.93%) Sage
8 1 (0.93%) SAP
8 1 (0.93%) Spotify
8 1 (0.93%) Veeam