Security Hardening Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Security Hardening
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Hardening 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.23% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - -
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £75,000 £40,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +87.50% -38.46% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 306 317 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 71.00% 94.35% 78.65%
Number of salaries quoted 170 133 245
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £43,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -15.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £92,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Hardening relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Security Hardening
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Security Hardening.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Security Hardening

Security Hardening
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Hardening within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 April 2026. 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
Bedford - 1 £41,000 - 1
Security Hardening
East of England

Security Hardening
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Server Migrations
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Ruckus Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware