Cybersecurity Jobs in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 33 84
Rank change year-on-year -23 +51 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 33 101 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.00% 4.94% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 6.33% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 20 82 22
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,275 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,131 £47,500 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,085 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +18.92% -33.93%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,225 £76,250 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.30% -0.95% -19.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity 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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 784 1,595 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 95.03% 78.07% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 416 1,264 732
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,563 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £79,875
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stevenage +27 14 £42,085 -31.63% 86
Watford 0 4 £39,637 -45.33% 88
Borehamwood +8 2 - -
Potters Bar 0 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead -13 1 - - 80
Radlett - 1 - -
Waltham Cross - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
East of England

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) AWS
2 8 (24.24%) AWS Lambda
2 8 (24.24%) Serverless
3 6 (18.18%) SaaS
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon S3
5 2 (6.06%) Azure
5 2 (6.06%) Twilio
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.03%) Boomi
6 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Firewall
2 6 (18.18%) Broadband
2 6 (18.18%) SSH
2 6 (18.18%) SSL
3 4 (12.12%) WAN
4 3 (9.09%) BGP
4 3 (9.09%) EIGRP
4 3 (9.09%) OSPF
4 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 3 (9.09%) Spanning Tree
4 3 (9.09%) Unified Communications
4 3 (9.09%) VLAN
4 3 (9.09%) VoIP
4 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.09%) Wireshark
5 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.03%) FTP
6 1 (3.03%) H.323
6 1 (3.03%) RTP
6 1 (3.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Big Data
2 2 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.03%) MySQL
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Local Government
3 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (18.18%) Law
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Legal
4 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Cloud Engineer
1 7 (21.21%) Senior
2 6 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Security Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) IT Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) IT Sales Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Sales Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Lead
6 1 (3.03%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) RESTful
2 6 (18.18%) Web Services
3 5 (15.15%) Akka
4 3 (9.09%) SAML
5 1 (3.03%) JWT
5 1 (3.03%) Kafka
5 1 (3.03%) Middleware
5 1 (3.03%) Node.js
5 1 (3.03%) OAuth
5 1 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (3.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 9 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (21.21%) Onboarding
4 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 6 (18.18%) PKI
4 6 (18.18%) Robotics
5 3 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
7 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
7 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
7 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
7 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) DevOps
1 8 (24.24%) Incident Response
2 7 (21.21%) ITIL
2 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (21.21%) Roadmaps
2 7 (21.21%) Use Case
3 6 (18.18%) Analytics
3 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
3 6 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
3 6 (18.18%) Key Management
3 6 (18.18%) Line Management
3 6 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
3 6 (18.18%) Project Management
3 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
4 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) Creative Thinking
4 5 (15.15%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Degree
2 7 (21.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (15.15%) CISSP
3 5 (15.15%) CREST Certified
4 4 (12.12%) CEH
4 4 (12.12%) CISM
4 4 (12.12%) GIAC
5 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.06%) GCIA
6 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.03%) GCIH
7 1 (3.03%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (30.30%) NIST
2 9 (27.27%) NCSC
3 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Docker
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Terraform
2 4 (12.12%) FortiGate
2 4 (12.12%) Nessus
3 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.06%) QRadar
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Thales
3 4 (12.12%) Qualys
3 4 (12.12%) Tenable
4 3 (9.09%) Adobe
4 3 (9.09%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.09%) HP
4 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.06%) Splunk
6 1 (3.03%) Informatica
6 1 (3.03%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.03%) Mitel
6 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) Red Box
6 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.03%) Talend