Security Operations Jobs in Watford

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hertfordshire > Watford

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 63 56
Rank change year-on-year +26 -7 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 4 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 1.42% 0.65% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 0.68% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £51,625 £51,500 £55,125
25th Percentile £52,188 £51,875 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £57,813
90th Percentile - £57,000 £58,375
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -21.43% -3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 230 438 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 81.56% 94.60% 84.54%
Number of salaries quoted 170 213 280
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.92% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £67,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £80,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +4.76%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Watford

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Watford

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) DRM
3 1 (25.00%) Email Filtering
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft