Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Intrusion Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 2 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Intrusion Detection
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
2 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 734 561 296
Rank change year-on-year -173 -265 +44
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 131 61 19
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 1.51% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 116 54 17
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £28,150
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,750 £54,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,000 £69,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% +4.17%

Intrusion Detection is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,420 4,042 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.97% 10.76% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,459 3,070 961
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,148
25th Percentile £41,519 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%

Intrusion Detection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Intrusion Detection trend for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection.

Intrusion Detection salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 2 July 2022.

Intrusion Detection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 2 July 2022, Intrusion Detection job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Intrusion Detection.

1 84 (64.12%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (51.91%) Azure
3 67 (51.15%) Security Operations
4 66 (50.38%) Information Security
5 62 (47.33%) Firewall
5 62 (47.33%) SIEM
6 61 (46.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 60 (45.80%) Management Information System
8 45 (34.35%) Security Management
9 42 (32.06%) Incident Management
10 41 (31.30%) GCP
11 40 (30.53%) Network Security
11 40 (30.53%) Windows
12 39 (29.77%) Threat Modelling
13 37 (28.24%) Social Skills
14 35 (26.72%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 33 (25.19%) DevOps
15 33 (25.19%) DevSecOps
16 32 (24.43%) Data Protection
16 32 (24.43%) PCI DSS
17 31 (23.66%) Vulnerability Management
17 31 (23.66%) Information Security Management
18 30 (22.90%) Google
18 30 (22.90%) GRC
19 29 (22.14%) ISMS
19 29 (22.14%) GAP Analysis
20 28 (21.37%) SaaS
21 27 (20.61%) Linux
22 26 (19.85%) Finance
22 26 (19.85%) Problem-Solving

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.05%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.53%) IIS
2 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.76%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Distributed Ledger
1 7 (5.34%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 68 (51.91%) Azure
2 41 (31.30%) GCP
3 28 (21.37%) SaaS
4 23 (17.56%) AWS
5 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.34%) Azure Active Directory
6 7 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.29%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.76%) IaaS
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (47.33%) Firewall
2 40 (30.53%) Network Security
3 21 (16.03%) TCP/IP
4 20 (15.27%) Internet
5 17 (12.98%) VPN
6 13 (9.92%) WAN
7 12 (9.16%) DNS
7 12 (9.16%) LAN
8 9 (6.87%) DHCP
9 8 (6.11%) SSL
10 7 (5.34%) Calico
10 7 (5.34%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (5.34%) HTTP
10 7 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (5.34%) Wireless
11 6 (4.58%) HTTPS
11 6 (4.58%) Kerberos
11 6 (4.58%) VLAN
11 6 (4.58%) Wireshark
12 5 (3.82%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) GIS
1 3 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.53%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.53%) MySQL
2 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 37 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.85%) Finance
3 14 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.87%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.58%) Marketing
6 5 (3.82%) Law
6 5 (3.82%) Legal
6 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.05%) Electronics
7 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Advertising
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Billing
10 1 (0.76%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.76%) French Language
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (25.95%) Security Engineer
2 25 (19.08%) Analyst
3 19 (14.50%) Security Analyst
4 17 (12.98%) Information Officer
4 17 (12.98%) Information Security Officer
4 17 (12.98%) Security Officer
5 14 (10.69%) Information Manager
5 14 (10.69%) Information Security Manager
5 14 (10.69%) Security Manager
6 13 (9.92%) Senior Security Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Network Engineer
8 9 (6.87%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (6.11%) Administrator
9 8 (6.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 8 (6.11%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (6.11%) Senior Security Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Security Specialist
11 6 (4.58%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Network Security Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) SAML
2 4 (3.05%) JSON
2 4 (3.05%) YAML
3 3 (2.29%) OAuth
3 3 (2.29%) OAuth2
3 3 (2.29%) OpenID
4 2 (1.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (45.80%) Management Information System
2 18 (13.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (10.69%) Cyberthreat
3 14 (10.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 12 (9.16%) Cyberattack
5 7 (5.34%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.58%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (4.58%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.58%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.82%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.05%) CSOC
8 4 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (3.05%) PKI
9 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.53%) Life Science
10 2 (1.53%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.76%) Podcast
11 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.76%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 40 (30.53%) Windows
2 27 (20.61%) Linux
3 20 (15.27%) Unix
4 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.05%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.53%) AIX
6 2 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (64.12%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (51.15%) Security Operations
3 66 (50.38%) Information Security
4 62 (47.33%) SIEM
5 45 (34.35%) Security Management
6 42 (32.06%) Incident Management
7 39 (29.77%) Threat Modelling
8 35 (26.72%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 33 (25.19%) DevOps
9 33 (25.19%) DevSecOps
10 32 (24.43%) Data Protection
11 31 (23.66%) Information Security Management
11 31 (23.66%) Vulnerability Management
12 29 (22.14%) GAP Analysis
12 29 (22.14%) ISMS
13 26 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (18.32%) Infrastructure as Code
15 22 (16.79%) Data Loss Prevention
16 21 (16.03%) Use Case
17 17 (12.98%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.27%) Python
2 17 (12.98%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.11%) Bash
3 8 (6.11%) C++
4 7 (5.34%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.05%) Go
5 4 (3.05%) Java
5 4 (3.05%) Ruby
6 3 (2.29%) SQL
7 2 (1.53%) C
7 2 (1.53%) Perl
8 1 (0.76%) Korn
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) CISSP
2 15 (11.45%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.69%) Degree
4 12 (9.16%) CISM
4 12 (9.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (8.40%) CEH
6 10 (7.63%) CISA
6 10 (7.63%) GIAC
7 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (6.11%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.58%) OSCP
10 5 (3.82%) GCIA
10 5 (3.82%) GCIH
10 5 (3.82%) MCSA
10 5 (3.82%) SANS
11 4 (3.05%) SC Cleared
12 3 (2.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.29%) DV Cleared
12 3 (2.29%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (46.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (24.43%) PCI DSS
3 30 (22.90%) GRC
4 14 (10.69%) GDPR
5 9 (6.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (5.34%) NIST
8 4 (3.05%) QA
9 3 (2.29%) NCSC
9 3 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.53%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.76%) COBIT
11 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 24 (18.32%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.76%) Docker
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (7.63%) CSIRT
2 9 (6.87%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.82%) Ansible
4 4 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.29%) Nmap
6 2 (1.53%) EnCase
7 1 (0.76%) CASB
7 1 (0.76%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.76%) Nagios
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.76%) QRadar
7 1 (0.76%) Rancher
7 1 (0.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (22.90%) Google
2 25 (19.08%) Microsoft
3 18 (13.74%) Cisco
4 13 (9.92%) Splunk
5 12 (9.16%) VMware
6 5 (3.82%) Qualys
7 4 (3.05%) AlienVault
7 4 (3.05%) Atlassian
7 4 (3.05%) SAP
8 3 (2.29%) ArcSight
8 3 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (2.29%) Oracle
8 3 (2.29%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.29%) Rapid7
8 3 (2.29%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.53%) 3PAR
9 2 (1.53%) Apple
9 2 (1.53%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.53%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.53%) FireEye