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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.047% - 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% - 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £49,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -15.38%

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 167 166 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.80% 27.26% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 121 132 151
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,504 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,519 £25,087 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -32.10% +3.85%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 1 July 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
South Wales - 1 £48,500 - 1
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Converged Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco