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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 383 376
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +307
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 27 76 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.40% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.01% 3.19% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 21 37 94
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,650 £40,838
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £48,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,900 £82,500
UK median annual salary £66,434 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.60% +2.61% -11.54%

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 1,340 2,381 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.66% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,376 2,476
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,982 £87,500
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 13 December 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 (55.56%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) GCP
3 4 (14.81%) GitHub
3 4 (14.81%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (14.81%) SaaS
4 3 (11.11%) Mimecast
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) Firewall
2 10 (37.04%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Back Office
2 4 (14.81%) Banking
2 4 (14.81%) Financial Institution
2 4 (14.81%) Retail
2 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Security Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (25.93%) Analyst
4 6 (22.22%) Security Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) IT Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Lead
7 2 (7.41%) Senior
7 2 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Technical Leader
8 1 (3.70%) Information Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Information Security Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Security Specialist
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) OAuth
1 2 (7.41%) OpenID
1 2 (7.41%) SAML
2 1 (3.70%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Management Information System
2 7 (25.93%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.81%) Blog
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
4 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
5 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (81.48%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (70.37%) Incident Response
3 17 (62.96%) Information Security
4 11 (40.74%) Cloud Security
4 11 (40.74%) Security Architecture
5 10 (37.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (37.04%) Security Operations
6 9 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (29.63%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
8 7 (25.93%) SIEM
8 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 6 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (22.22%) ITIL
10 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
10 5 (18.52%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (18.52%) Data Security
10 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
10 5 (18.52%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Bash
1 4 (14.81%) Go
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) AWS Certification
3 4 (14.81%) CEH
3 4 (14.81%) DBS Check
4 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (11.11%) GSEC
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) MCSE
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (22.22%) NIST
3 5 (18.52%) GRC
4 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
4 4 (14.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Cilium
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
1 4 (14.81%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Tenable
2 2 (7.41%) Qualys
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Splunk