Intrusion Detection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 687 698 942
Rank change year-on-year +11 +244 -266
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 210 279 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.55% 1.74% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 173 183 228
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,004 £36,175
25th Percentile £41,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,656 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.93% +7.76% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +5.45% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +56 194 £55,000 -15.38% 61
UK excluding London +12 131 £50,000 -13.79% 39
Work from Home +96 97 £67,000 +3.63% 53
London +73 74 £65,000 -1.89% 22
South East +30 49 £50,000 -33.33% 11
North of England +66 41 £63,750 +15.91% 10
Midlands +6 26 £42,000 -27.59% 9
Yorkshire +116 25 £70,000 - 6
West Midlands +33 19 £42,000 -31.52% 4
North West +7 19 £47,500 -13.64% 3
South West -5 10 £55,000 -26.67% 6
East Midlands -22 7 £46,000 +26.62% 5
Scotland -63 5 £75,000 +28.46% 1
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
East of England +12 3 £62,500 +31.58% 4
North East - 3 £62,500 - 2
Wales +6 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.90%) IIS
3 3 (1.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 93 (44.29%) Azure
2 60 (28.57%) AWS
3 34 (16.19%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.10%) GCP
5 16 (7.62%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (4.29%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.90%) Datadog
7 4 (1.90%) Rubrik
7 4 (1.90%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.43%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.43%) SaaS
9 2 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 178 (84.76%) Firewall
2 54 (25.71%) Network Security
3 34 (16.19%) TCP/IP
4 32 (15.24%) WAN
5 30 (14.29%) VPN
6 29 (13.81%) LAN
7 14 (6.67%) SSL
7 14 (6.67%) Wireless
8 13 (6.19%) IPsec
9 12 (5.71%) BGP
9 12 (5.71%) OSPF
10 10 (4.76%) DNS
10 10 (4.76%) VLAN
11 9 (4.29%) SD-WAN
12 7 (3.33%) Internet
12 7 (3.33%) MPLS
13 5 (2.38%) DMZ
13 5 (2.38%) NGFW
13 5 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.90%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.95%) Big Data
3 2 (0.95%) MySQL
3 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.95%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.90%) GitLab
3 3 (1.43%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.95%) Git
General
1 74 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.90%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.81%) Law
4 28 (13.33%) Legal
5 23 (10.95%) Finance
6 12 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.86%) Retail
9 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Advertising
11 3 (1.43%) Marketing
12 2 (0.95%) Games
12 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 70 (33.33%) Analyst
2 42 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 41 (19.52%) Lead
4 21 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
5 19 (9.05%) Senior
6 18 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 18 (8.57%) Team Leader
7 14 (6.67%) Administrator
8 12 (5.71%) Security Engineer
8 12 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (5.24%) Information Analyst
9 11 (5.24%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (4.76%) Architect
10 10 (4.76%) IT Administrator
10 10 (4.76%) IT Systems Administrator
10 10 (4.76%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.29%) IT Engineer
12 8 (3.81%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.81%) Security Specialist
13 7 (3.33%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) Keycloak
2 3 (1.43%) LDAP
2 3 (1.43%) Web Services
3 2 (0.95%) SAML
3 2 (0.95%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 57 (27.14%) Cyber Threat
1 57 (27.14%) Management Information System
2 37 (17.62%) Security Posture
3 25 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 13 (6.19%) Client/Server
5 13 (6.19%) Cyberattack
5 13 (6.19%) Data Centre
6 11 (5.24%) Wiki
7 9 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (2.38%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.38%) Data Structures
11 5 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.90%) PKI
13 3 (1.43%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 37 (17.62%) Windows
2 11 (5.24%) Linux
3 8 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.33%) Kali Linux
5 6 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.38%) Android
6 5 (2.38%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.90%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.95%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.48%) Unix
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (66.19%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (50.95%) SIEM
3 85 (40.48%) Incident Response
4 81 (38.57%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (36.67%) Information Security
6 62 (29.52%) Security Operations
7 47 (22.38%) Computer Science
8 35 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
9 33 (15.71%) Penetration Testing
10 29 (13.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (12.38%) Business Continuity
12 26 (12.38%) Security Architecture
13 25 (11.90%) ITIL
14 24 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (10.48%) Migration
15 22 (10.48%) Security Monitoring
16 20 (9.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 20 (9.52%) Data Privacy
16 20 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.90%) Python
2 22 (10.48%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.24%) Perl
4 6 (2.86%) SQL
5 3 (1.43%) Bash
6 2 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 72 (34.29%) CISSP
2 46 (21.90%) Degree
3 36 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
4 29 (13.81%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (12.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (10.95%) GIAC
7 22 (10.48%) CompTIA CySA+
8 18 (8.57%) CCSP
8 18 (8.57%) Security Cleared
9 17 (8.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 15 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 15 (7.14%) CISM
11 14 (6.67%) SSCP
12 13 (6.19%) SC Cleared
13 12 (5.71%) CISA
13 12 (5.71%) GSEC
13 12 (5.71%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (2.38%) CCIE
15 5 (2.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (30.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (20.95%) NIST
3 36 (17.14%) GDPR
4 22 (10.48%) SOC 2
5 18 (8.57%) PCI DSS
6 16 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (7.62%) NCSC
7 12 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.33%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.43%) COBIT
9 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.95%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.48%) FISMA
11 1 (0.48%) GRC
11 1 (0.48%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.90%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.95%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.86%) Nessus
3 5 (2.38%) Ansible
3 5 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.43%) SELinux
4 3 (1.43%) Suricata
5 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.95%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.95%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.95%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.95%) Terraform
6 1 (0.48%) CASB
6 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 50 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.90%) Cisco
3 18 (8.57%) VMware
4 11 (5.24%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.81%) Juniper
6 7 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.33%) Meraki
6 7 (3.33%) SolarWinds
6 7 (3.33%) Splunk
7 5 (2.38%) Veeam
8 4 (1.90%) Aruba
8 4 (1.90%) HP
8 4 (1.90%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (1.90%) NetApp
8 4 (1.90%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.43%) Apple
9 3 (1.43%) Citrix
9 3 (1.43%) F5
9 3 (1.43%) Sun
10 2 (0.95%) IBM