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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 391 378
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +306
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 28 76 120
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.38% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 3.17% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 21 33 114
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,850 £41,363
25th Percentile £61,250 £43,750 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.36% -1.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,500 £84,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.50% -7.69%

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 1,716 2,400 3,078
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.75% 12.08% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 1,382 2,572
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,842 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%

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 8 November 2025.

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 15 (53.57%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) AWS
3 3 (10.71%) GCP
3 3 (10.71%) GitHub
3 3 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.71%) Mimecast
3 3 (10.71%) SaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (67.86%) Firewall
2 10 (35.71%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Retail
3 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
4 4 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Back Office
5 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Financial Institution
6 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Security Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Security Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Head of Operations
5 3 (10.71%) Head of Security
5 3 (10.71%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Leader
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) OAuth
1 2 (7.14%) OpenID
1 2 (7.14%) SAML
2 1 (3.57%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Blog
2 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (67.86%) Incident Response
3 15 (53.57%) Information Security
4 14 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 11 (39.29%) Cloud Security
5 11 (39.29%) Security Architecture
6 10 (35.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (35.71%) SIEM
7 9 (32.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
9 7 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
9 7 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
9 7 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
10 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (17.86%) Threat Analysis
11 4 (14.29%) ITIL
11 4 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Bash
1 3 (10.71%) Go
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) CISSP
2 10 (35.71%) CISM
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
4 4 (14.29%) CEH
4 4 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
5 3 (10.71%) GSEC
5 3 (10.71%) SANS
6 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.57%) MCSE
7 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) GRC
4 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
4 3 (10.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Cilium
1 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) Tenable
2 3 (10.71%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Qualys
3 1 (3.57%) Splunk