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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 400 431
Rank change year-on-year -37 +31 -30
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 24 26 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 1.42% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 37
10th Percentile £44,000 £52,950 £42,200
25th Percentile £50,375 £61,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +14.41% -1.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £86,875 £77,500
90th Percentile - £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,750 £65,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year -9.62% +12.55% -4.55%

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 2,328 1,833 3,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 11.28% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,352 1,067 1,671
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 11 September 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) AutoCAD
1 3 (12.50%) Revit
2 2 (8.33%) Autodesk Smoke
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (83.33%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (8.33%) LAN
3 2 (8.33%) VLAN
3 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) WAN
3 2 (8.33%) Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.17%) Converged Networks
4 1 (4.17%) MPLS
4 1 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.17%) WLAN
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Aviation
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Consultant
1 6 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Safety Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Safety Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Operational Technology
1 9 (37.50%) SCADA
2 6 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (16.67%) CCTV
3 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (12.50%) Blog
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
3 8 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 8 (33.33%) Information Security
3 8 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 8 (33.33%) SIEM
4 6 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (25.00%) Threat Detection
5 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (20.83%) Security Architecture
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (16.67%) Data Acquisition
6 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) C#
1 3 (12.50%) Java
1 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) CISM
3 3 (12.50%) CISSP
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) CRISC
3 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) GSEC
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) CCNA
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CCNP
5 1 (4.17%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) NIST
2 8 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (12.50%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (12.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (12.50%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Google
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) NEC
2 2 (8.33%) Qualys
2 2 (8.33%) Tenable
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Dell
3 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.17%) Okta
3 1 (4.17%) Sophos
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) Zscaler