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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 367 401
Rank change year-on-year +14 +34 +233
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 21 73 85
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.45% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 3.36% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 15 34 79
10th Percentile £43,500 £41,625 £43,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £43,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,875 £63,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £76,050 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -1.67% -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 1,381 2,171 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 13.27% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 872 1,216 2,494
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -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 January 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 10 (47.62%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
2 4 (19.05%) GCP
2 4 (19.05%) GitHub
2 4 (19.05%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (19.05%) Mimecast
2 4 (19.05%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) Firewall
2 6 (28.57%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Back Office
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
2 4 (19.05%) Retail
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Security Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cloud Automation Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) IT Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) IT Security Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.76%) Information Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) OAuth
1 2 (9.52%) OpenID
1 2 (9.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Blog
2 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 4 (19.05%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Incident Response
2 16 (76.19%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (76.19%) Information Security
3 8 (38.10%) Kalman Filter
4 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 7 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 7 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
6 5 (23.81%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (23.81%) Data Security
6 5 (23.81%) ITIL
6 5 (23.81%) Risk Register
6 5 (23.81%) SIEM
7 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Bash
1 4 (19.05%) Go
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CISSP
2 6 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) AWS Certification
3 4 (19.05%) DBS Check
4 3 (14.29%) CISM
5 2 (9.52%) CEH
5 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.52%) GSEC
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.76%) MCSE
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (23.81%) GRC
3 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
3 4 (19.05%) SOC 2
4 3 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Cilium
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Tenable
2 3 (14.29%) Qualys
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) VMware