Intrusion Detection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Intrusion Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 640 627 663
Rank change year-on-year -13 +36 -107
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 131 135 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.34% 1.22% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 107 85 144
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,512 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,656 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.93% +7.76% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Intrusion Detection is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,802 11,032 11,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.93% 17.99% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,115 4,853 6,547
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +26 50 £50,000 -33.33% 7
North of England +61 41 £63,750 +15.91% 8
Yorkshire +109 25 £70,000 - 4
Midlands +11 25 £42,000 -8.70% 10
West Midlands +24 19 £42,000 -16.00% 3
North West +8 19 £47,500 -13.64% 2
South West -30 10 £55,000 -26.67% 5
East Midlands -20 6 £46,000 +48.39% 7
Scotland -63 5 £75,000 +28.46% 2
Isle of Man -13 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
East of England +17 3 £62,500 +31.58% 4
North East - 3 £62,500 - 3
Wales +6 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
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 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.05%) IIS
4 3 (2.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 70 (53.44%) Azure
2 32 (24.43%) AWS
3 28 (21.37%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (5.34%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (5.34%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.82%) GCP
7 3 (2.29%) SaaS
7 3 (2.29%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 116 (88.55%) Firewall
2 36 (27.48%) Network Security
3 24 (18.32%) VPN
3 24 (18.32%) WAN
4 21 (16.03%) LAN
5 9 (6.87%) BGP
5 9 (6.87%) OSPF
5 9 (6.87%) TCP/IP
6 8 (6.11%) DNS
6 8 (6.11%) IPsec
6 8 (6.11%) SSL
6 8 (6.11%) VLAN
7 7 (5.34%) Internet
8 6 (4.58%) SD-WAN
9 5 (3.82%) DMZ
9 5 (3.82%) NGFW
9 5 (3.82%) Wireless
10 4 (3.05%) MPLS
10 4 (3.05%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (2.29%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.82%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.53%) Big Data
3 2 (1.53%) MySQL
3 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.76%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.05%) GitLab
3 3 (2.29%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.53%) Git
General
1 50 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 37 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Law
4 11 (8.40%) Legal
5 9 (6.87%) Finance
6 6 (4.58%) Retail
7 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.53%) Games
9 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (29.77%) Analyst
2 21 (16.03%) Lead
3 19 (14.50%) SOC Analyst
4 17 (12.98%) Team Leader
5 16 (12.21%) Security Analyst
6 15 (11.45%) Senior
7 12 (9.16%) Administrator
7 12 (9.16%) Systems Administrator
8 11 (8.40%) Architect
8 11 (8.40%) Security Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) IT Administrator
9 10 (7.63%) IT Systems Administrator
10 9 (6.87%) IT Engineer
10 9 (6.87%) Security Architect
11 7 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.58%) Network Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Security Manager
12 6 (4.58%) Security Specialist
13 5 (3.82%) Information Analyst
13 5 (3.82%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) Keycloak
1 4 (3.05%) Web Services
2 3 (2.29%) LDAP
3 2 (1.53%) SAML
3 2 (1.53%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (32.82%) Management Information System
2 39 (29.77%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (19.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (14.50%) Security Posture
5 13 (9.92%) Client/Server
6 11 (8.40%) Data Centre
6 11 (8.40%) Wiki
7 9 (6.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (5.34%) Cyberattack
9 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
9 5 (3.82%) Data Structures
9 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (3.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (3.05%) Operational Technology
10 4 (3.05%) PKI
11 3 (2.29%) Life Science
11 3 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (2.29%) Smart Energy
12 2 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 31 (23.66%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Kali Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.82%) Android
5 5 (3.82%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.82%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.05%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.53%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.76%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (68.70%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (54.96%) Incident Response
3 68 (51.91%) SIEM
4 55 (41.98%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (29.01%) Security Operations
6 36 (27.48%) Computer Science
7 29 (22.14%) Information Security
8 23 (17.56%) Kalman Filter
9 22 (16.79%) Migration
10 21 (16.03%) Cryptography
10 21 (16.03%) ISMS
11 20 (15.27%) Risk Analysis
12 19 (14.50%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (14.50%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (12.98%) Social Engineering
14 16 (12.21%) Patch Management
14 16 (12.21%) Risk Management
15 15 (11.45%) ITIL
16 14 (10.69%) Project Management
16 14 (10.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.32%) Python
2 18 (13.74%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.40%) Perl
4 6 (4.58%) SQL
5 3 (2.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (30.53%) CISSP
2 38 (29.01%) Degree
3 25 (19.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (17.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (11.45%) Security Cleared
6 13 (9.92%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (9.92%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.87%) CISA
8 8 (6.11%) CISM
9 7 (5.34%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (4.58%) AWS Certification
11 5 (3.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (3.82%) CCIE
11 5 (3.82%) JNCIE
12 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
12 4 (3.05%) CCSP
12 4 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (2.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.29%) CCNA
13 3 (2.29%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (26.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (16.79%) NIST
3 14 (10.69%) GDPR
4 13 (9.92%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.63%) SOC 2
6 9 (6.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.34%) NCSC
8 5 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (3.05%) HIPAA
9 4 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.76%) COBIT
10 1 (0.76%) FISMA
10 1 (0.76%) GRC
10 1 (0.76%) HITRUST
10 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (12.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.05%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.53%) vSphere
6 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.58%) Nessus
3 5 (3.82%) Ansible
3 5 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.05%) Suricata
5 3 (2.29%) SELinux
6 2 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.53%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.53%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.53%) Terraform
7 1 (0.76%) CASB
7 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 39 (29.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.74%) VMware
3 17 (12.98%) Cisco
4 8 (6.11%) Splunk
5 6 (4.58%) Juniper
6 5 (3.82%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.05%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.29%) Citrix
8 3 (2.29%) F5
8 3 (2.29%) Meraki
9 1 (0.76%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.76%) Avaya
9 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.76%) Google
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.76%) Spotify
9 1 (0.76%) Sun
9 1 (0.76%) Trustwave