Intrusion Detection Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 456 618
Rank change year-on-year -91 +162 -15
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 35 77 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.52% 1.55% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16 64 102
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £62,131 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +18.18% -14.93%

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 6,701 4,977 9,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.11% 17.04% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 2,673 7,070
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intrusion Detection

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 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 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
North of England -49 15 £55,000 -26.67% 5
East of England -17 9 - -
Yorkshire -42 9 - - 2
North West -7 6 £55,000 -26.67% 4
West Midlands -41 6 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Midlands -46 6 £62,500 +13.64% 3
South East -29 4 £65,000 -7.14% 3
Scotland - 1 - -
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.14%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.43%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 8 (22.86%) Network Security
3 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.43%) Wireless
3 4 (11.43%) Wireshark
4 3 (8.57%) DHCP
4 3 (8.57%) DNS
4 3 (8.57%) EIGRP
4 3 (8.57%) IMAP
4 3 (8.57%) LAN
4 3 (8.57%) OSPF
4 3 (8.57%) POP3
4 3 (8.57%) SMTP
4 3 (8.57%) VLAN
4 3 (8.57%) VPN
4 3 (8.57%) WAN
5 1 (2.86%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.86%) NAS
5 1 (2.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 11 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (31.43%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Security Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Senior
2 10 (28.57%) Senior Security Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Information Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Information Security Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Security Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (14.29%) Digital Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Manager
6 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.57%) SIEM Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) AWS Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) CCTV Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Control Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Data Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Field Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Driving Licence
2 11 (31.43%) CCTV
3 6 (17.14%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 10 (28.57%) SIEM
3 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (17.14%) Information Security
3 6 (17.14%) ISMS
3 6 (17.14%) Security Operations
3 6 (17.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (14.29%) ITIL
4 5 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.57%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.57%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (8.57%) Time Management
7 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.86%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.86%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) DBS Check
2 5 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) CCNA
3 3 (8.57%) CCNP
3 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) GDPR
1 7 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Cisco
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (14.29%) HP
3 5 (14.29%) Juniper
3 5 (14.29%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.57%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.86%) Tanium
5 1 (2.86%) Tenable
5 1 (2.86%) Zscaler