Hybrid/Remote Intrusion Detection Job Trends

Intrusion Detection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 359 455
Rank change year-on-year -6 +96 +144
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 28 40 101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.31% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 2.48% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 90
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,402
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% +0.27%
75th Percentile £56,875 £68,750 £75,688
90th Percentile £57,500 £77,500 £79,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -14.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,888 1,612 4,436
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.16% 12.53% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,194 3,473
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -7.77%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Intrusion Detection and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Intrusion Detection salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Intrusion Detection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (42.86%) Azure
2 11 (39.29%) AWS
2 11 (39.29%) Mimecast
3 4 (14.29%) GCP
3 4 (14.29%) GitHub
3 4 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (96.43%) Firewall
2 15 (53.57%) Network Security
3 4 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Legal
4 4 (14.29%) Back Office
4 4 (14.29%) Banking
4 4 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 4 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Security Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 7 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
2 7 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Security Specialist
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Automation Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Network Security Specialist
4 4 (14.29%) Network Specialist
4 4 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Specialist
5 1 (3.57%) CCTV Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 11 (39.29%) Blog
3 7 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 7 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 4 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 23 (82.14%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (67.86%) Information Security
4 16 (57.14%) Security Monitoring
4 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
5 15 (53.57%) Security Architecture
5 15 (53.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (42.86%) Cloud Security
7 11 (39.29%) Security Operations
7 11 (39.29%) SIEM
8 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
8 8 (28.57%) Threat Detection
9 7 (25.00%) Business Continuity
9 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
9 7 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 7 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
9 7 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
9 7 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 7 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Bash
1 4 (14.29%) Go
1 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 4 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) CISSP
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 7 (25.00%) CISM
3 7 (25.00%) CRISC
3 7 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (25.00%) GSEC
3 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 4 (14.29%) CCNA
4 4 (14.29%) CCNP
4 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (14.29%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (39.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.00%) Government Security Classifications
2 7 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 7 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 7 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) GRC
3 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 4 (14.29%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Cilium
1 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 4 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Google
1 7 (25.00%) Qualys
1 7 (25.00%) Tenable
2 4 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco
2 4 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 4 (14.29%) Okta
2 4 (14.29%) Sophos
2 4 (14.29%) Splunk
2 4 (14.29%) Zscaler
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft