Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Watford

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 3.39% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £244 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 - -
75th Percentile £254 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £602 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +9.36% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +47.96% -24.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

Security Operations 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 54 51 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 91.53% 86.44% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 38 85
10th Percentile £178 £262 £225
25th Percentile £400 £306 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £443
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -12.43% -19.55%
75th Percentile £575 £529 £625
90th Percentile £630 £591 £748
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £15.21 £13.80 -
25th Percentile £18.14 £13.97 -
Median hourly rate £23.03 £14.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.83% - -
75th Percentile £28.94 £16.75 -
90th Percentile £32.49 £17.95 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Watford

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Security Operations
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 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS