Intrusion Detection Job Trends

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 408 562
Rank change year-on-year -176 +154 +233
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 67 335 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.61% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 4.59% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 45 124 122
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £40,613
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,688 £50,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -2.08% -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% -8.33% +9.09%

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 9,650 7,299 7,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.31% 13.22% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,954 3,825 6,131
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Intrusion Detection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 13 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 1 January 2026. 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 -149 62 £62,500 +11.61% 24
UK excluding London -96 31 £53,750 -2.27% 16
London -66 29 £80,000 +6.67% 11
Work from Home +21 22 £60,750 +10.45% 13
East of England -2 8 £40,000 -33.33% 2
South East -16 7 £52,500 +10.53% 8
Midlands +7 6 £62,500 +25.00% 2
West Midlands +5 5 £62,500 +30.21% 2
Wales +7 4 - -
North West -9 3 £45,000 -40.00%
South West -11 3 £62,500 +38.89% 2
North of England -24 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
East Midlands -8 1 £56,500 +0.44%

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.37%) Azure
2 12 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.94%) AWS
4 6 (8.96%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.96%) Mimecast
5 5 (7.46%) SaaS
6 4 (5.97%) GCP
6 4 (5.97%) GitHub
6 4 (5.97%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (5.97%) Google Workspace
6 4 (5.97%) SurveyMonkey
7 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.99%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.99%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.49%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 55 (82.09%) Firewall
2 34 (50.75%) Network Security
3 17 (25.37%) VPN
4 15 (22.39%) TCP/IP
5 14 (20.90%) WAN
6 13 (19.40%) LAN
6 13 (19.40%) VLAN
7 9 (13.43%) Wireshark
8 8 (11.94%) Wireless
9 7 (10.45%) DHCP
9 7 (10.45%) DNS
10 5 (7.46%) EIGRP
10 5 (7.46%) IMAP
10 5 (7.46%) OSPF
10 5 (7.46%) POP3
10 5 (7.46%) SMTP
11 4 (5.97%) Bluetooth
11 4 (5.97%) Modbus
11 4 (5.97%) ZigBee
12 2 (2.99%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) GIS
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Burp Suite
1 4 (5.97%) Metasploit
1 4 (5.97%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (35.82%) Finance
2 19 (28.36%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Banking
5 4 (5.97%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.97%) Back Office
5 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.97%) Law
5 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.97%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Analyst
1 17 (25.37%) Security Engineer
2 16 (23.88%) Security Analyst
3 11 (16.42%) Senior
4 10 (14.93%) Network Engineer
5 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Information Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Information Security Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Design Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Network Design Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (7.46%) Architect
8 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Design Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Network Design Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) OAuth
1 2 (2.99%) OpenID
1 2 (2.99%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (17.91%) Management Information System
3 10 (14.93%) Driving Licence
4 6 (8.96%) Operational Technology
5 5 (7.46%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (7.46%) IoT
6 4 (5.97%) Blog
6 4 (5.97%) CAN bus
6 4 (5.97%) Cloud Native
6 4 (5.97%) Insider Threat
6 4 (5.97%) SCADA
6 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
7 3 (4.48%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.48%) Life Science
8 2 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.49%) CMDB
9 1 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.37%) Windows
2 15 (22.39%) Linux
3 8 (11.94%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.97%) Android
4 4 (5.97%) Kali Linux
4 4 (5.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (58.21%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (44.78%) Incident Response
3 29 (43.28%) Information Security
4 24 (35.82%) SIEM
5 22 (32.84%) Security Operations
6 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (23.88%) Computer Science
8 13 (19.40%) Kalman Filter
8 13 (19.40%) Security Architecture
8 13 (19.40%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 12 (17.91%) Cloud Security
9 12 (17.91%) Decision-Making
9 12 (17.91%) ITIL
9 12 (17.91%) Security Monitoring
10 10 (14.93%) Data Loss Prevention
10 10 (14.93%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (13.43%) Project Delivery
11 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
11 9 (13.43%) Risk Register
12 8 (11.94%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.42%) Python
2 4 (5.97%) Bash
2 4 (5.97%) C++
2 4 (5.97%) Go
2 4 (5.97%) Java
2 4 (5.97%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.97%) R
2 4 (5.97%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (26.87%) CCNA
3 16 (23.88%) Degree
4 15 (22.39%) CCNP
5 14 (20.90%) CISSP
6 12 (17.91%) DBS Check
6 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
6 12 (17.91%) Security Cleared
7 8 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (8.96%) AWS Certification
8 6 (8.96%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (8.96%) JNCIS
9 5 (7.46%) CISM
9 5 (7.46%) GIAC
10 4 (5.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (5.97%) CEH
10 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared
10 4 (5.97%) GCIH
10 4 (5.97%) GSEC
10 4 (5.97%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (17.91%) NIST
3 9 (13.43%) GDPR
4 5 (7.46%) GRC
5 4 (5.97%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.97%) SOC 2
6 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
6 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.48%) ITGC
7 2 (2.99%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.49%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.49%) NCSC
8 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (17.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.99%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 2 (2.99%) KVM
3 2 (2.99%) pfSense
3 2 (2.99%) RHEV
3 2 (2.99%) Squid
3 2 (2.99%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Nessus
2 4 (5.97%) Cilium
2 4 (5.97%) CSIRT
2 4 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.97%) Nmap
2 4 (5.97%) Terraform
3 3 (4.48%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (4.48%) QRadar
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.99%) Nagios
4 2 (2.99%) Proxmox
4 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.99%) VxRail
5 1 (1.49%) Ansible
5 1 (1.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (1.49%) Grafana
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.49%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Cisco
2 17 (25.37%) Microsoft
3 14 (20.90%) Splunk
4 10 (14.93%) VMware
5 9 (13.43%) Juniper
6 8 (11.94%) SolarWinds
7 6 (8.96%) F5
7 6 (8.96%) Tenable
8 5 (7.46%) Fortinet
9 4 (5.97%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.97%) Google
9 4 (5.97%) Qualtrics
9 4 (5.97%) Qualys
9 4 (5.97%) Red Hat
9 4 (5.97%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.48%) ArcSight
10 3 (4.48%) HP
10 3 (4.48%) LogLogic
10 3 (4.48%) McAfee
10 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto