Security Operations Jobs in Hertfordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 134 86
Rank change year-on-year +49 -48 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 35 6 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.78% 0.31% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 0.33% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33 4 16
10th Percentile £41,250 £51,625 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,000 £52,188 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -21.43% -3.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,563 £73,438
90th Percentile - £68,875 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,591 1,811 1,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.88% 94.52% 93.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 779 872
10th Percentile £25,809 £30,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,407
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £76,125
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Hemel Hempstead - 23 £65,000 - 1
Watford +22 4 £56,250 +2.27%
Hatfield +17 3 £57,825 -20.24% 4
Stevenage - 3 £29,000 -
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Network Security
2 2 (5.71%) DHCP
2 2 (5.71%) DNS
2 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.86%) Firewall
3 1 (2.86%) LAN
3 1 (2.86%) OSPF
3 1 (2.86%) Wireless
3 1 (2.86%) WLAN
General
1 13 (37.14%) Aerospace
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Advertising
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 10 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (22.86%) Security Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Security Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (5.71%) IT Support
8 2 (5.71%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Manager
9 1 (2.86%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 1 (2.86%) 3rd Line Support
9 1 (2.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Administrator
9 1 (2.86%) Compliance Manager
9 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
9 1 (2.86%) IT Security Manager
9 1 (2.86%) Service Analyst
9 1 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (28.57%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (25.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (11.43%) IoT
4 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
5 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (34.29%) Windows
2 11 (31.43%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (71.43%) SIEM
3 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (37.14%) Client Onboarding
5 11 (31.43%) Kalman Filter
6 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (14.29%) Information Security
8 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
8 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
9 3 (8.57%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (8.57%) ITIL
9 3 (8.57%) Patch Management
9 3 (8.57%) Service Management
10 2 (5.71%) Break/Fix
10 2 (5.71%) Change Advisory Board
10 2 (5.71%) Due Diligence
10 2 (5.71%) Incident Response
10 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 14 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 13 (37.14%) Bash
2 13 (37.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) CISSP
3 7 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.71%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (11.43%) NIST
3 3 (8.57%) GDPR
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.86%) GRC
5 1 (2.86%) GxP
5 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) Fluentd
1 10 (28.57%) logstash
2 3 (8.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.71%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (5.71%) QRadar
3 2 (5.71%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (2.86%) Nessus
4 1 (2.86%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) Splunk
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Qualys
4 2 (5.71%) Symantec
4 2 (5.71%) Varonis
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.86%) VMware