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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 355 445
Rank change year-on-year -5 +90 +148
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 25 60 105
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 3.27% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12 35 93
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,200 £39,217
25th Percentile £47,813 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £70,938 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £62,131 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -4.00%

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 1,693 1,834 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.14% 12.64% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 944 1,146 3,294
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,425 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +1.85% -3.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,125 £82,500
UK median annual salary £41,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -25.45% +12.24% -6.67%

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 5 March 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 13 (52.00%) Azure
2 9 (36.00%) Mimecast
3 8 (32.00%) AWS
4 4 (16.00%) GCP
4 4 (16.00%) GitHub
4 4 (16.00%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (16.00%) SaaS
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (88.00%) Firewall
2 11 (44.00%) Network Security
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (12.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Back Office
3 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 4 (16.00%) Financial Institution
3 4 (16.00%) Legal
3 4 (16.00%) Retail
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Security Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Automation Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (16.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) IT Security Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Security Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Security Specialist
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Network Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) IT Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) OAuth
1 1 (4.00%) OpenID
1 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (32.00%) Blog
3 6 (24.00%) Driving Licence
4 5 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
5 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Incident Response
2 21 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (72.00%) Information Security
4 13 (52.00%) Security Monitoring
5 12 (48.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (44.00%) Security Architecture
6 11 (44.00%) SIEM
6 11 (44.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (40.00%) Cloud Security
7 10 (40.00%) Security Operations
8 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
8 7 (28.00%) Threat Detection
9 6 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (24.00%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (24.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
9 6 (24.00%) Threat Intelligence
10 5 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (20.00%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.00%) Bash
2 4 (16.00%) Go
2 4 (16.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) CISSP
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
3 5 (20.00%) CISM
4 4 (16.00%) AWS Certification
4 4 (16.00%) CRISC
4 4 (16.00%) DBS Check
4 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) GSEC
4 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) CCNA
5 3 (12.00%) CCNP
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (24.00%) NIST
3 4 (16.00%) Government Security Classifications
3 4 (16.00%) GRC
3 4 (16.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (16.00%) JSP 440
3 4 (16.00%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Cilium
1 4 (16.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (16.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Tenable
2 5 (20.00%) Qualys
3 4 (16.00%) Google
4 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco
4 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (12.00%) Okta
4 3 (12.00%) Sophos
4 3 (12.00%) Splunk
4 3 (12.00%) Zscaler
5 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.00%) VMware