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 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 503 643 619
Rank change year-on-year +140 -24 +70
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 68 122 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.99% 1.25% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 56 97 87
10th Percentile £39,875 £36,250 £39,125
25th Percentile £52,188 £39,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -4.43%
75th Percentile £75,625 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £61,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.40% -3.85% +8.33%

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 6,874 9,783 10,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.68% 13.28% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 7,102 4,679
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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 28 May 2025.

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 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
South East +61 20 £61,500 +17.14% 18
Midlands +57 19 £55,000 +30.95% 9
North of England +19 19 £75,000 +15.38% 13
West Midlands +62 16 £55,000 +30.95% 7
North West -5 12 £75,000 +50.00% 7
South West +117 6 £34,500 -31.00% 8
North East +51 6 £57,500 -8.00% 3
East of England +44 4 £55,000 -12.00% 11
East Midlands +38 3 £55,000 +31.74% 2
Yorkshire +37 1 £45,500 -35.00% 3
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 (8.82%) Apache
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (38.24%) Azure
2 9 (13.24%) AWS
3 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (76.47%) Firewall
2 20 (29.41%) VPN
3 17 (25.00%) Network Security
4 16 (23.53%) LAN
4 16 (23.53%) WAN
5 10 (14.71%) TCP/IP
5 10 (14.71%) VLAN
6 6 (8.82%) BGP
6 6 (8.82%) OSPF
6 6 (8.82%) SD-WAN
7 5 (7.35%) HTTP
7 5 (7.35%) MPLS
7 5 (7.35%) SMTP
8 3 (4.41%) FTP
8 3 (4.41%) Internet
8 3 (4.41%) WLAN
9 2 (2.94%) DNS
10 1 (1.47%) EIGRP
10 1 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (1.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) MSI
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.18%) Finance
4 9 (13.24%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.82%) Retail
6 5 (7.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.41%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.47%) German Language
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Lead
2 10 (14.71%) IT Engineer
3 9 (13.24%) Architect
3 9 (13.24%) Security Architect
4 7 (10.29%) Security Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Analyst
5 6 (8.82%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Network Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Senior
7 4 (5.88%) Head of Operations
7 4 (5.88%) Head of Security
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (5.88%) IT Support
7 4 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Network Team Leader
7 4 (5.88%) Security Analyst
7 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) LDAP
2 1 (1.47%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.35%) Management Information System
2 15 (22.06%) Security Posture
3 10 (14.71%) Data Centre
3 10 (14.71%) Private Cloud
3 10 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (11.76%) Social Media
4 8 (11.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 4 (5.88%) Operational Technology
6 3 (4.41%) Client/Server
6 3 (4.41%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.41%) MISP
6 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.47%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.47%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.47%) PKI
7 1 (1.47%) Replication
7 1 (1.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 30 (44.12%) Windows
2 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (11.76%) Linux
3 8 (11.76%) Windows Vista
4 6 (8.82%) CentOS
4 6 (8.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (51.47%) SIEM
2 27 (39.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 25 (36.76%) Information Security
3 25 (36.76%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (32.35%) Incident Response
6 20 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 18 (26.47%) Security Operations
8 17 (25.00%) Business Continuity
9 15 (22.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (20.59%) Network Monitoring
11 12 (17.65%) ITIL
11 12 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (14.71%) BCP
12 10 (14.71%) Business Continuity Planning
12 10 (14.71%) Change Control
12 10 (14.71%) Ethical Hacking
12 10 (14.71%) IT Governance
12 10 (14.71%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 11 (16.18%) Python
3 10 (14.71%) Bash
3 10 (14.71%) C#
4 6 (8.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) CISM
1 15 (22.06%) CISSP
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 10 (14.71%) CEH
2 10 (14.71%) DV Cleared
2 10 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (11.76%) CISA
3 8 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (11.76%) DBS Check
3 8 (11.76%) Master's Degree
4 5 (7.35%) SANS
5 2 (2.94%) GIAC
5 2 (2.94%) IISP
6 1 (1.47%) GCIA
6 1 (1.47%) GCIH
6 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (27.94%) NIST
3 15 (22.06%) GDPR
4 10 (14.71%) COBIT
5 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.94%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.47%) NCSC
8 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (13.24%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.41%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.47%) NFS
5 1 (1.47%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Ansible
2 4 (5.88%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.41%) QRadar
4 1 (1.47%) cPanel
4 1 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (1.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 26 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.59%) VMware
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco
3 5 (7.35%) Fortinet
4 4 (5.88%) Splunk
5 2 (2.94%) Aruba
6 1 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.47%) Juniper
6 1 (1.47%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.47%) Meraki
6 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.47%) Sophos