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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 724 921
Rank change year-on-year +18 +197 -249
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 208 282 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% 1.77% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 171 187 232
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,864 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £51,250 £46,644
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 £78,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

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 4 May 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 4 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
England +33 192 £55,000 -15.38% 52
UK excluding London -12 131 £50,000 -9.09% 34
Work from Home +80 97 £67,000 +5.38% 36
London +56 72 £65,000 -4.41% 18
South East +16 50 £50,000 -33.33% 7
North of England +50 41 £63,750 +15.91% 8
Yorkshire +113 25 £70,000 - 4
Midlands +12 25 £42,000 -12.50% 10
West Midlands +21 19 £42,000 -22.22% 3
North West +6 19 £47,500 -13.64% 2
South West -24 10 £55,000 -26.67% 5
East Midlands -21 6 £46,000 +48.39% 7
Scotland -64 5 £75,000 +28.46% 2
Isle of Man -13 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
East of England +22 3 £62,500 +31.58% 4
North East - 3 £62,500 - 3
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 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.92%) IIS
3 3 (1.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (45.19%) Azure
2 60 (28.85%) AWS
3 34 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.17%) GCP
5 16 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (4.33%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.92%) Datadog
8 4 (1.92%) Rubrik
8 4 (1.92%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.44%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.44%) SaaS
10 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 176 (84.62%) Firewall
2 53 (25.48%) Network Security
3 34 (16.35%) TCP/IP
4 32 (15.38%) WAN
5 31 (14.90%) VPN
6 29 (13.94%) LAN
7 14 (6.73%) SSL
7 14 (6.73%) Wireless
8 13 (6.25%) IPsec
9 12 (5.77%) BGP
9 12 (5.77%) OSPF
10 10 (4.81%) DNS
10 10 (4.81%) VLAN
11 9 (4.33%) SD-WAN
12 8 (3.85%) Internet
13 7 (3.37%) MPLS
14 5 (2.40%) DMZ
14 5 (2.40%) NGFW
14 5 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (1.92%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.40%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Big Data
3 2 (0.96%) MySQL
3 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.92%) GitLab
3 3 (1.44%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.96%) Git
General
1 73 (35.10%) Social Skills
2 66 (31.73%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.94%) Law
4 28 (13.46%) Legal
5 22 (10.58%) Finance
6 12 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.88%) Retail
9 5 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Advertising
11 3 (1.44%) Marketing
12 2 (0.96%) Games
12 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (32.69%) Analyst
2 41 (19.71%) Lead
2 41 (19.71%) Security Analyst
3 21 (10.10%) SOC Analyst
4 19 (9.13%) Senior
5 18 (8.65%) Team Leader
6 17 (8.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 14 (6.73%) Administrator
8 12 (5.77%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (5.29%) Architect
9 11 (5.29%) Information Analyst
9 11 (5.29%) Information Security Analyst
9 11 (5.29%) Security Engineer
10 10 (4.81%) IT Administrator
10 10 (4.81%) IT Systems Administrator
10 10 (4.81%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.33%) IT Engineer
11 9 (4.33%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.85%) Security Specialist
13 7 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.92%) Keycloak
1 4 (1.92%) Web Services
2 3 (1.44%) LDAP
3 2 (0.96%) SAML
3 2 (0.96%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 58 (27.88%) Management Information System
2 55 (26.44%) Cyber Threat
3 37 (17.79%) Security Posture
4 25 (12.02%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (6.73%) Data Centre
6 13 (6.25%) Client/Server
6 13 (6.25%) Cyberattack
6 13 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 11 (5.29%) Wiki
8 9 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (2.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (2.40%) Algorithms
12 5 (2.40%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.92%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.92%) PKI
14 3 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
14 3 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (17.31%) Windows
2 11 (5.29%) Linux
3 8 (3.85%) Kali Linux
3 8 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.88%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (2.40%) Android
5 5 (2.40%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.92%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.96%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.48%) Unix
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (66.35%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (51.44%) SIEM
3 86 (41.35%) Incident Response
4 80 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (36.54%) Information Security
6 62 (29.81%) Security Operations
7 47 (22.60%) Computer Science
8 35 (16.83%) Kalman Filter
9 32 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
10 29 (13.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (12.98%) Security Architecture
11 27 (12.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (12.50%) Business Continuity
13 25 (12.02%) ITIL
14 24 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (10.58%) Migration
15 22 (10.58%) Security Monitoring
16 21 (10.10%) Cryptography
16 21 (10.10%) ISMS
17 20 (9.62%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.50%) Python
2 23 (11.06%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.29%) Perl
4 6 (2.88%) SQL
5 3 (1.44%) Bash
6 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 71 (34.13%) CISSP
2 47 (22.60%) Degree
3 35 (16.83%) CompTIA Security+
4 28 (13.46%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (12.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (11.06%) GIAC
7 21 (10.10%) CompTIA CySA+
8 18 (8.65%) Security Cleared
9 17 (8.17%) CCSP
10 16 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (6.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 14 (6.73%) CISM
11 14 (6.73%) SSCP
12 13 (6.25%) SC Cleared
13 12 (5.77%) GSEC
14 11 (5.29%) CISA
14 11 (5.29%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (2.88%) AWS Certification
17 5 (2.40%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (20.67%) NIST
3 35 (16.83%) GDPR
4 21 (10.10%) SOC 2
5 18 (8.65%) PCI DSS
6 16 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (7.69%) NCSC
7 12 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.88%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (1.44%) COBIT
11 2 (0.96%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.48%) FISMA
12 1 (0.48%) GRC
12 1 (0.48%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.92%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.88%) Nessus
3 5 (2.40%) Ansible
3 5 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.92%) Suricata
5 3 (1.44%) SELinux
6 2 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.96%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.96%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.96%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.96%) Terraform
7 1 (0.48%) CASB
7 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 51 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.50%) Cisco
3 18 (8.65%) VMware
4 12 (5.77%) Palo Alto
5 9 (4.33%) Juniper
6 8 (3.85%) Splunk
7 7 (3.37%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.37%) Meraki
7 7 (3.37%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.40%) Veeam
9 4 (1.92%) Aruba
9 4 (1.92%) HP
9 4 (1.92%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.92%) NetApp
9 4 (1.92%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.44%) Apple
10 3 (1.44%) Citrix
10 3 (1.44%) F5
10 3 (1.44%) Sun
11 2 (0.96%) IBM