Security Operations Jobs in Hertfordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 81 130
Rank change year-on-year 0 +49 -49
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 12 35 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.36% 1.77% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.21% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 4
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £51,625
25th Percentile £60,500 £51,000 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63,500 £68,750 £61,563
90th Percentile £66,050 - £68,875
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Security Operations 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 840 1,587 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 95.35% 80.11% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 449 1,257 741
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,809 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,280 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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 +7 9 £62,000 -4.62% 21
Stevenage +20 1 £35,000 +20.69% 6
Watford +2 1 £47,500 -15.56% 1
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (8.33%) Cloudflare
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 9 (75.00%) FTP
2 9 (75.00%) HTTP
2 9 (75.00%) Internet
2 9 (75.00%) LAN
2 9 (75.00%) SMTP
2 9 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 9 (75.00%) VPN
2 9 (75.00%) WAN
3 7 (58.33%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (8.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Junior
3 1 (8.33%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (83.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (8.33%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 9 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (66.67%) Malware Analysis
3 8 (66.67%) People Management
3 8 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
3 8 (66.67%) Use Case
4 7 (58.33%) Blue Team
4 7 (58.33%) Line Management
5 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 2 (16.67%) Coaching
7 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 2 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
8 1 (8.33%) Analytics
8 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
8 1 (8.33%) Information Security
8 1 (8.33%) Open Source
8 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 7 (58.33%) Bash
3 6 (50.00%) C++
3 6 (50.00%) Perl
4 1 (8.33%) C#
4 1 (8.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (16.67%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) CREST Certified
4 1 (8.33%) GCIH
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) QRadar
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (8.33%) Graylog
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 10 (83.33%) Splunk
2 1 (8.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm