Intrusion Detection Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Intrusion Detection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 502 511
Rank change year-on-year +69 +9 +258
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 34 94 116
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 1.87% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 29 73 106
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £41,438
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £45,236
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +9.39% +13.95%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £85,489
UK median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% -15.38% -

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 5,583 5,039 4,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.07% 14.81% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 3,112 3,257
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,951 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

Intrusion Detection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Intrusion Detection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.59%) AWS
3 7 (20.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.88%) Mimecast
4 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (73.53%) Firewall
2 10 (29.41%) Network Security
3 5 (14.71%) LAN
3 5 (14.71%) WAN
4 4 (11.76%) Wireless
5 3 (8.82%) VPN
5 3 (8.82%) WLAN
6 2 (5.88%) DHCP
6 2 (5.88%) DNS
6 2 (5.88%) Wireless Security
7 1 (2.94%) BGP
7 1 (2.94%) EIGRP
7 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.94%) Modbus
7 1 (2.94%) OSPF
7 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.94%) SSL
7 1 (2.94%) VLAN
7 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
General
1 16 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Retail
4 4 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Electronics
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Analyst
1 8 (23.53%) Security Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Security Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Head of Operations
3 5 (14.71%) Head of Security
3 5 (14.71%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Network Team Leader
5 2 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.88%) SCADA
4 2 (5.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 11 (32.35%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (58.82%) Incident Response
3 19 (55.88%) SIEM
4 18 (52.94%) Security Operations
5 14 (41.18%) Information Security
6 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (38.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (29.41%) Project Delivery
8 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
9 8 (23.53%) Cloud Security
9 8 (23.53%) Malware Analysis
9 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (20.59%) Incident Management
11 6 (17.65%) Agile
12 5 (14.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 5 (14.71%) Risk Assessment
12 5 (14.71%) Security Architecture
12 5 (14.71%) Threat Analysis
13 4 (11.76%) DevOps
13 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) CISSP
2 13 (38.24%) CISM
3 7 (20.59%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (14.71%) Degree
4 5 (14.71%) SANS
5 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.88%) CCNA
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) IISP
6 2 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.94%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) NIST
2 8 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (17.65%) GDPR
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.88%) Progress Chef
2 2 (5.88%) Puppet
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) VMware
2 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.59%) Tenable
4 5 (14.71%) Cisco
5 3 (8.82%) Meraki
6 2 (5.88%) Aruba
6 2 (5.88%) Darktrace
6 2 (5.88%) SAP
6 2 (5.88%) Yardi
7 1 (2.94%) Google
7 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.94%) Splunk
7 1 (2.94%) Sun