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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 421 403
Rank change year-on-year +22 -18 +336
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 26 74 111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 2.00% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23 38 103
10th Percentile £55,300 £42,275 £40,650
25th Percentile £62,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £59,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% +0.85% +9.77%
75th Percentile £86,875 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £85,782
UK median annual salary £65,368 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.74% -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 1,797 3,703 3,324
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 15.91% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,599 2,784
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

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 Hybrid Work Options

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

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

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 16 September 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) BGP
3 1 (3.85%) EIGRP
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) OSPF
3 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.85%) SSL
3 1 (3.85%) VLAN
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) WLAN
General
1 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Telecoms
3 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Retail
5 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Security Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Security Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Senior
6 3 (11.54%) Head of Operations
6 3 (11.54%) Head of Security
6 3 (11.54%) Lead
7 2 (7.69%) Information Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Technical Leader
8 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Information Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) OAuth
1 2 (7.69%) OpenID
1 2 (7.69%) SAML
2 1 (3.85%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (26.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (57.69%) Security Operations
3 14 (53.85%) Incident Response
4 12 (46.15%) Information Security
4 12 (46.15%) SIEM
5 8 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 8 (30.77%) Security Architecture
6 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
6 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
6 7 (26.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (26.92%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (23.08%) Malware Analysis
8 5 (19.23%) Incident Management
8 5 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (19.23%) Threat Analysis
9 4 (15.38%) Agile
9 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (11.54%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) CISM
1 11 (42.31%) CISSP
2 4 (15.38%) CEH
2 4 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 3 (11.54%) GSEC
3 3 (11.54%) SANS
4 1 (3.85%) MCSE
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (26.92%) NIST
2 5 (19.23%) GDPR
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.85%) GRC
4 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Progress Chef
2 2 (7.69%) Puppet
2 2 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) VMware
2 4 (15.38%) Tenable
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) Meraki
4 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.85%) Splunk