Intrusion Detection Job Trends in Wales

Intrusion Detection
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 80 87
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +32
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 4 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.37% 0.33% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 2.07% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,375 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% -2.08% -4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 185 145 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.05% 15.71% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 123 86 89
10th Percentile - £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £21,620 £27,125 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £44,000 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +1.88% -4.02%
75th Percentile £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,750 £65,000 £70,327
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend in Wales

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 Wales +2 4 - -
Intrusion Detection
UK

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (100.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (100.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Law
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (100.00%) IoT
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cognitive Science
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 4 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 4 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (100.00%) Psychology
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) R
1 4 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Nessus
1 4 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Google
1 4 (100.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk