Information Security Contract Job Trends in Watford

Information Security (InfoSec)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Information Security 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 8.06% - 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% - 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £495
25th Percentile £244 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +209.52%
75th Percentile £254 - £663
90th Percentile - - £670
Hertfordshire median daily rate £514 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -14.33% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £38.87 £15.73 £44.50
% change year-on-year +147.09% -64.65% -31.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 64 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 95.16% 88.89% 92.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 48 96
10th Percentile £190 £295 £170
25th Percentile £375 £306 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £356 £463
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% -22.97% -15.91%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £638
90th Percentile £615 £579 £725
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £17.53 - £17.10
25th Percentile £23.96 £13.69 £18.37
Median hourly rate £29.51 £14.31 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +106.18% -33.35% -38.64%
75th Percentile £33.82 £15.75 £24.32
90th Percentile £34.44 £17.55 £25.43
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -34.23% - +8.33%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Watford

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Compliance Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security Governance
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) OSCP
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 3 (60.00%) GRC
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (40.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27005