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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 398 424
Rank change year-on-year -48 +26 -36
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 21 27 75
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.085% 0.16% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 1.54% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6 24 32
10th Percentile £49,500 £56,700 £42,625
25th Percentile £51,563 £62,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £77,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +30.25% -0.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,313 £77,500
90th Percentile - £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +14.41% -1.67%

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 2,202 1,756 3,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.87% 10.45% 14.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,344 992 1,507
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 £74,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -24.27% +0.98%

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
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 5 (23.81%) AutoCAD
1 5 (23.81%) Revit
2 4 (19.05%) Autodesk Smoke
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) LAN
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 2 (9.52%) VLAN
2 2 (9.52%) WAN
2 2 (9.52%) Wireless
3 1 (4.76%) Converged Networks
3 1 (4.76%) MPLS
3 1 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.76%) WLAN
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Aviation
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Consultant
2 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 5 (23.81%) Security Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Safety Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Systems Safety Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) ICT Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) ICT Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Senior
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Operational Technology
1 10 (47.62%) SCADA
2 5 (23.81%) CCTV
2 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
3 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (52.38%) Community of Practice
3 10 (47.62%) Network Segmentation
4 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 6 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (28.57%) Threat Detection
5 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
6 4 (19.05%) 3D Modelling
6 4 (19.05%) Building Information Modelling
6 4 (19.05%) Data Acquisition
6 4 (19.05%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (19.05%) SIEM
7 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) OWASP
7 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C#
1 3 (14.29%) Java
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) CCNA
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) RIBA
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) Accessibility
2 10 (47.62%) NIST
3 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) NEC
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Dell
3 1 (4.76%) Qualys
3 1 (4.76%) Tenable