Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Watford

Security Testing
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.01% - 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% - 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - £700
% change year-on-year - - -15.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

Security Testing 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 91 33 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 91.92% 100.00% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 24 59
10th Percentile - £267 £275
25th Percentile £325 £372 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -23.81%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £581
90th Percentile £588 - £715
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £550 £423
% change year-on-year -7.27% +30.18% -15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £27.93 £13.12
25th Percentile £15.00 £28.52 £13.50
Median hourly rate £16.95 £31.49 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.17% +117.17% -34.09%
75th Percentile £18.90 £41.02 £15.00
90th Percentile £21.38 £45.55 £15.90
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.48% +24.00% -20.32%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Watford

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Security Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Bedrock
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Copilot Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Google Gemini
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow