Intrusion Detection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 671 930
Rank change year-on-year -27 +259 -217
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 199 289 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 1.85% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 164 195 242
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,125 £50,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,949 £88,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.77% +9.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +22 185 £61,250 -5.77% 54
UK excluding London -4 123 £50,000 -4.76% 34
Work from Home +56 98 £67,000 +7.20% 35
London +49 71 £65,000 -7.14% 19
South East +12 49 £52,500 -30.00% 12
North of England +56 41 £65,000 +6.12% 10
Yorkshire +106 26 £70,000 - 8
Midlands -24 22 £42,000 -2.89% 7
West Midlands +6 18 £42,000 -5.88% 5
North West -4 18 £50,000 -18.37% 1
South West -24 8 £55,000 -26.67% 2
Isle of Man -11 4 £46,500 +3.33%
East Midlands -18 4 £41,750 +34.68% 2
East of England +8 3 £62,500 +31.58% 2
Scotland -58 3 £75,000 +41.52% 2
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 8 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.51%) Apache
3 3 (1.51%) IIS
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (47.24%) Azure
2 54 (27.14%) AWS
3 32 (16.08%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.54%) GCP
5 15 (7.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (6.03%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (4.52%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.51%) Datadog
8 5 (2.51%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.01%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.51%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.01%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 165 (82.91%) Firewall
2 53 (26.63%) Network Security
3 34 (17.09%) TCP/IP
4 32 (16.08%) VPN
4 32 (16.08%) WAN
5 29 (14.57%) LAN
6 15 (7.54%) Wireless
7 14 (7.04%) SSL
8 13 (6.53%) IPsec
9 12 (6.03%) BGP
9 12 (6.03%) OSPF
10 10 (5.03%) DNS
10 10 (5.03%) SD-WAN
10 10 (5.03%) VLAN
11 9 (4.52%) Internet
12 7 (3.52%) MPLS
13 5 (2.51%) DMZ
13 5 (2.51%) NGFW
13 5 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (2.01%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.51%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) Big Data
2 2 (1.01%) MySQL
2 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (2.01%) GitLab
1 4 (2.01%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.51%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 69 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 66 (33.17%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (14.07%) Law
4 27 (13.57%) Legal
5 23 (11.56%) Finance
6 12 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.02%) Retail
8 5 (2.51%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.51%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Advertising
10 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.51%) Marketing
11 2 (1.01%) Games
12 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (30.65%) Analyst
2 42 (21.11%) Lead
3 34 (17.09%) Security Analyst
4 21 (10.55%) SOC Analyst
5 20 (10.05%) Senior
6 19 (9.55%) Team Leader
7 13 (6.53%) Administrator
8 12 (6.03%) Architect
9 11 (5.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 11 (5.53%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.03%) Information Analyst
10 10 (5.03%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (5.03%) Security Architect
11 9 (4.52%) IT Administrator
11 9 (4.52%) IT Engineer
11 9 (4.52%) IT Systems Administrator
11 9 (4.52%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.02%) Security Engineer
13 7 (3.52%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.52%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.51%) Web Services
2 4 (2.01%) Keycloak
3 3 (1.51%) LDAP
4 2 (1.01%) SAML
4 2 (1.01%) ServiceStack
5 1 (0.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 59 (29.65%) Management Information System
2 47 (23.62%) Cyber Threat
3 38 (19.10%) Security Posture
4 25 (12.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (7.54%) Data Centre
6 13 (6.53%) Client/Server
6 13 (6.53%) Cyberattack
7 10 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (5.03%) Wiki
8 8 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.52%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (3.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (3.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (2.51%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.51%) Data Structures
12 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (2.01%) Operational Technology
12 4 (2.01%) PKI
13 3 (1.51%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.58%) Windows
2 10 (5.03%) Linux
3 8 (4.02%) Kali Linux
4 7 (3.52%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.02%) Android
6 5 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.01%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.51%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.01%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.50%) Unix
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (66.33%) Cybersecurity
2 104 (52.26%) SIEM
3 86 (43.22%) Incident Response
4 76 (38.19%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (34.67%) Information Security
6 58 (29.15%) Security Operations
7 42 (21.11%) Computer Science
8 35 (17.59%) Kalman Filter
9 28 (14.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (14.07%) Penetration Testing
9 28 (14.07%) Security Architecture
10 27 (13.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 26 (13.07%) Business Continuity
12 25 (12.56%) ITIL
12 25 (12.56%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (11.56%) Cryptography
13 23 (11.56%) Migration
14 22 (11.06%) ISMS
15 21 (10.55%) Risk Analysis
16 20 (10.05%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.57%) Python
2 24 (12.06%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.03%) Perl
4 5 (2.51%) SQL
5 3 (1.51%) Bash
6 2 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (33.67%) CISSP
2 48 (24.12%) Degree
3 29 (14.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 27 (13.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (11.56%) GIAC
6 21 (10.55%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (9.05%) Security Cleared
8 15 (7.54%) CISM
8 15 (7.54%) CompTIA CySA+
9 14 (7.04%) SSCP
10 13 (6.53%) SC Cleared
11 12 (6.03%) GSEC
12 11 (5.53%) CCSP
12 11 (5.53%) CISA
13 10 (5.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (4.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (3.52%) AWS Certification
15 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (2.51%) JNCIE
16 5 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (33.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (19.10%) NIST
3 36 (18.09%) GDPR
4 19 (9.55%) PCI DSS
5 16 (8.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (7.54%) SOC 2
7 14 (7.04%) NCSC
8 12 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (3.02%) HIPAA
10 5 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (1.51%) COBIT
12 2 (1.01%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.50%) FISMA
13 1 (0.50%) GRC
13 1 (0.50%) HITRUST
13 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (8.04%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.51%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.01%) vSphere
6 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.02%) Nessus
3 5 (2.51%) Ansible
3 5 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.51%) Suricata
4 3 (1.51%) SELinux
5 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.01%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.01%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.56%) Cisco
3 16 (8.04%) VMware
4 14 (7.04%) Palo Alto
5 10 (5.03%) Juniper
5 10 (5.03%) Splunk
6 8 (4.02%) SolarWinds
7 7 (3.52%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.52%) Meraki
8 6 (3.02%) Veeam
9 5 (2.51%) Aruba
9 5 (2.51%) HP
9 5 (2.51%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (2.51%) NetApp
10 4 (2.01%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.51%) Apple
11 3 (1.51%) F5
12 2 (1.01%) Citrix
12 2 (1.01%) IBM
12 2 (1.01%) Sun