Intrusion Detection Jobs

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 677 711
Rank change year-on-year +129 +34 +223
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 136 210 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 1.54% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 122 173 182
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,019
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £64,828
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.16% +8.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.79% +5.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 15 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 30 April 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
England +122 126 £60,000 +9.09% 86
UK excluding London +159 83 £57,500 +15.00% 57
Work from Home +124 40 £60,000 -10.45% 52
London +62 32 £75,000 +15.38% 38
North of England +70 27 £75,000 +17.65% 13
Midlands +60 25 £55,000 +30.95% 8
West Midlands +54 22 £52,500 +25.00% 8
North West +32 18 £75,000 +57.89% 6
South East +80 16 £70,000 +40.00% 13
South West +114 9 £61,250 +11.36% 9
North East +54 5 £57,500 -8.00% 4
Yorkshire +49 4 £70,000 - 3
East of England +58 3 £51,750 -17.20% 4
East Midlands +45 3 £55,000 +19.57%
Wales +42 3 £63,375 -

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 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.47%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 58 (42.65%) Azure
2 22 (16.18%) AWS
3 21 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.21%) GCP
7 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.47%) SaaS
9 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.74%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.74%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.74%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 113 (83.09%) Firewall
2 36 (26.47%) Network Security
3 33 (24.26%) VPN
4 24 (17.65%) LAN
4 24 (17.65%) WAN
5 14 (10.29%) BGP
5 14 (10.29%) OSPF
5 14 (10.29%) TCP/IP
6 13 (9.56%) SD-WAN
6 13 (9.56%) VLAN
7 9 (6.62%) MPLS
7 9 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (6.62%) Wireless
8 7 (5.15%) DNS
9 6 (4.41%) SSL
10 5 (3.68%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (3.68%) IPsec
11 4 (2.94%) EIGRP
11 4 (2.94%) WLAN
12 3 (2.21%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.74%) MySQL
2 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
General
1 60 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 50 (36.76%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.44%) Finance
4 12 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.41%) Legal
5 6 (4.41%) Retail
6 5 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Marketing
7 4 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.21%) Electronics
8 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.47%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) German Language
Job Titles
1 35 (25.74%) Architect
2 27 (19.85%) Security Architect
3 24 (17.65%) Analyst
4 22 (16.18%) Security Analyst
5 20 (14.71%) Lead
6 17 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (7.35%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) IT Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Network Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Senior
10 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Security Officer
10 6 (4.41%) Team Leader
11 5 (3.68%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.68%) IT Security Officer
11 5 (3.68%) Network Manager
11 5 (3.68%) Security Manager
12 4 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
12 4 (2.94%) Network Security Engineer
12 4 (2.94%) Network Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) .NET
1 1 (0.74%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.74%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.74%) Django
1 1 (0.74%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 46 (33.82%) Management Information System
2 31 (22.79%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (21.32%) Security Posture
4 24 (17.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 21 (15.44%) Social Media
6 16 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (11.03%) Data Centre
8 10 (7.35%) Private Cloud
9 8 (5.88%) Cyberattack
10 7 (5.15%) Operational Technology
11 6 (4.41%) IoT
12 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
13 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (2.21%) SCADA
13 3 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
14 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
14 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
14 2 (1.47%) Learning Management System
15 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
15 1 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 59 (43.38%) Windows
2 21 (15.44%) Windows Vista
3 13 (9.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.82%) Linux
5 3 (2.21%) CentOS
5 3 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.74%) Rocky
7 1 (0.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (53.68%) Information Security
1 73 (53.68%) SIEM
2 66 (48.53%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (40.44%) Incident Response
5 45 (33.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 39 (28.68%) Risk Management
7 36 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (25.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (23.53%) Cloud Security
9 32 (23.53%) Security Architecture
10 31 (22.79%) Business Continuity
10 31 (22.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 29 (21.32%) Computer Science
12 28 (20.59%) ITIL
12 28 (20.59%) Security Operations
13 26 (19.12%) Data Protection
14 24 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
15 23 (16.91%) DevSecOps
15 23 (16.91%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 17 (12.50%) Python
2 11 (8.09%) Bash
3 10 (7.35%) C#
4 2 (1.47%) PHP
5 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 49 (36.03%) CISSP
2 44 (32.35%) CISM
3 42 (30.88%) Degree
4 32 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (16.91%) CEH
5 23 (16.91%) CISA
5 23 (16.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (16.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 22 (16.18%) Master's Degree
7 21 (15.44%) DBS Check
8 16 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
10 8 (5.88%) DV Cleared
10 8 (5.88%) GIAC
10 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (4.41%) CCNP
12 5 (3.68%) CCIE
12 5 (3.68%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (3.68%) MCSA
12 5 (3.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (47.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (33.82%) NIST
3 37 (27.21%) GDPR
4 17 (12.50%) COBIT
4 17 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (5.88%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.41%) NCSC
7 5 (3.68%) SLA
8 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.21%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.74%) QA
11 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (11.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.35%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.15%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.74%) Docker
5 1 (0.74%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.74%) NFS
5 1 (0.74%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.09%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.94%) Ansible
4 3 (2.21%) Progress Chef
4 3 (2.21%) Puppet
5 1 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.74%) cPanel
5 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.74%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.59%) VMware
3 17 (12.50%) Cisco
4 10 (7.35%) Meraki
4 10 (7.35%) Tenable
5 8 (5.88%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.68%) Zscaler
7 4 (2.94%) Juniper
7 4 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.94%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.94%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.21%) SAP
9 2 (1.47%) Aruba
9 2 (1.47%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.47%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.47%) Google
9 2 (1.47%) Sophos
9 2 (1.47%) Splunk
9 2 (1.47%) Yardi
10 1 (0.74%) Intapp