Intrusion Detection Jobs

Intrusion Detection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Intrusion Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Intrusion Detection over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 630 931
Rank change year-on-year -66 +301 -170
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 209 298 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 1.96% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 163 207 245
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +12.73%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £89,449 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

Intrusion Detection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Intrusion Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intrusion Detection.

Salary trend for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intrusion Detection over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Intrusion Detection in the UK

Intrusion Detection
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 195 £61,500 -5.38% 53
UK excluding London -81 124 £50,000 -9.09% 35
Work from Home +28 105 £67,000 +7.20% 16
London +45 80 £65,000 -10.34% 17
South East -24 48 £55,000 -26.67% 14
North of England +32 45 £67,500 +3.85% 10
Yorkshire +93 31 £70,000 -15.15% 9
Midlands -62 21 £42,000 -2.89% 8
West Midlands -21 17 £42,000 -2.89% 7
North West -26 17 £50,000 -23.08%
South West -53 7 £50,000 -33.33% 2
Isle of Man -11 4 £46,500 +3.33%
East Midlands -42 4 £41,750 +28.46% 1
East of England -11 3 £62,500 +31.58% 2
Scotland -69 3 £75,000 +28.46%
North East - 3 £62,500 - 1
Wales +2 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Intrusion Detection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) Apache
3 2 (0.96%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (49.28%) Azure
2 64 (30.62%) AWS
3 34 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.13%) GCP
5 16 (7.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (5.74%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.31%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.91%) Datadog
9 4 (1.91%) Rubrik
9 4 (1.91%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.44%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.96%) SaaS
12 1 (0.48%) IaaS
12 1 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 176 (84.21%) Firewall
2 56 (26.79%) Network Security
3 32 (15.31%) TCP/IP
4 31 (14.83%) VPN
5 30 (14.35%) WAN
6 27 (12.92%) LAN
7 15 (7.18%) SSL
8 14 (6.70%) Wireless
9 13 (6.22%) IPsec
10 11 (5.26%) BGP
10 11 (5.26%) OSPF
10 11 (5.26%) VoIP
11 10 (4.78%) DNS
11 10 (4.78%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.78%) VLAN
12 8 (3.83%) Internet
13 6 (2.87%) MPLS
14 5 (2.39%) DMZ
14 5 (2.39%) NGFW
14 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.26%) Power BI
2 5 (2.39%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.96%) Big Data
3 2 (0.96%) MySQL
3 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (1.91%) GitLab
1 4 (1.91%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.44%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 72 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 66 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.83%) Finance
4 30 (14.35%) Law
5 26 (12.44%) Legal
6 11 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.87%) Retail
9 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.44%) Advertising
10 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 2 (0.96%) Games
11 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 69 (33.01%) Analyst
2 44 (21.05%) Lead
3 41 (19.62%) Security Analyst
4 28 (13.40%) Senior
5 23 (11.00%) Team Leader
6 22 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
7 16 (7.66%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (6.22%) Architect
8 13 (6.22%) Operations Analyst
8 13 (6.22%) Security Operations Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Administrator
10 11 (5.26%) Security Architect
10 11 (5.26%) Security Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 11 (5.26%) Senior Security Analyst
11 10 (4.78%) Information Analyst
11 10 (4.78%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (4.78%) Systems Administrator
12 9 (4.31%) IT Engineer
13 8 (3.83%) IT Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.39%) Web Services
2 4 (1.91%) Keycloak
3 3 (1.44%) LDAP
4 2 (0.96%) SAML
4 2 (0.96%) ServiceStack
5 1 (0.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 69 (33.01%) Management Information System
2 46 (22.01%) Cyber Threat
3 37 (17.70%) Security Posture
4 34 (16.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (7.18%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (7.18%) Data Centre
6 13 (6.22%) Client/Server
6 13 (6.22%) Cyberattack
7 10 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (4.31%) Wiki
9 8 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.39%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.91%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.91%) PKI
13 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.31%) Windows
2 10 (4.78%) Linux
3 8 (3.83%) Kali Linux
4 7 (3.35%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.87%) Android
6 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.96%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (64.59%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (57.42%) SIEM
3 98 (46.89%) Incident Response
4 76 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (35.41%) Information Security
6 65 (31.10%) Security Operations
7 45 (21.53%) Kalman Filter
8 42 (20.10%) Computer Science
9 28 (13.40%) Cryptography
10 27 (12.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 27 (12.92%) Incident Management
10 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
10 27 (12.92%) Migration
10 27 (12.92%) Security Architecture
10 27 (12.92%) Vulnerability Management
11 26 (12.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 25 (11.96%) Business Continuity
12 25 (11.96%) Risk Analysis
13 24 (11.48%) ISMS
13 24 (11.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.88%) Python
2 27 (12.92%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.31%) Perl
4 5 (2.39%) SQL
5 2 (0.96%) Bash
5 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 75 (35.89%) CISSP
2 51 (24.40%) Degree
3 30 (14.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (13.40%) CISM
5 26 (12.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 22 (10.53%) GIAC
7 21 (10.05%) CompTIA CySA+
8 19 (9.09%) CISA
8 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
9 17 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (6.70%) SC Cleared
11 13 (6.22%) SSCP
12 11 (5.26%) GSEC
13 8 (3.83%) CCSP
14 7 (3.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (3.35%) AWS Certification
14 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (2.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 5 (2.39%) Azure Certification
15 5 (2.39%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (30.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (16.27%) GDPR
2 34 (16.27%) NIST
3 17 (8.13%) PCI DSS
4 15 (7.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (6.70%) NCSC
6 12 (5.74%) SOC 2
7 11 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.39%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.44%) COBIT
10 2 (0.96%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.48%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.44%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.87%) Nessus
3 5 (2.39%) Ansible
3 5 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.39%) Suricata
4 3 (1.44%) SELinux
5 2 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.96%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.96%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (28.23%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.00%) Cisco
3 17 (8.13%) VMware
4 14 (6.70%) Splunk
5 12 (5.74%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.31%) Juniper
7 7 (3.35%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.35%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.87%) Meraki
9 5 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.39%) Veeam
10 4 (1.91%) Aruba
10 4 (1.91%) HP
10 4 (1.91%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.91%) NetApp
10 4 (1.91%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.44%) Apple
11 3 (1.44%) F5
11 3 (1.44%) Sun
12 2 (0.96%) Citrix