Cyber Defence Jobs in Hertfordshire

Cyber Defence
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.24% - 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile - - £61,000
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary - £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 348 652 944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 41.58% 32.95% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 176 513 319
10th Percentile £31,875 £25,809 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £30,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Hertfordshire

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in Hertfordshire

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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
Hemel Hempstead - 2 - - 11
Cyber Defence
East of England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk