Cybersecurity Jobs in Watford

Cybersecurity
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 30 41
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4 10 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 2.72% 3.55% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 4.39% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile £29,250 £55,875 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £59,375 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £72,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +163.64% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £47,250 £78,750 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £42,085 £57,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -26.81% +17.95% -25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 228 382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 93.88% 80.85% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 75 168 208
10th Percentile £31,750 £26,250 £33,450
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,250 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% -19.59% +6.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Watford

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Watford

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Watford over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Watford

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Assistant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Go
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Graylog
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple