Information Security Jobs in Watford

Information Security (InfoSec)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 44 57
Rank change year-on-year +17 +13 -18
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 13 19 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 4.64% 4.41% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% 4.62% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £66,000 - -
25th Percentile £67,813 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +36.36% +14.58%
75th Percentile £76,250 - -
90th Percentile £77,500 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +17.92% -29.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 228 411 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 81.43% 95.36% 84.20%
Number of salaries quoted 168 207 276
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +4.76%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Watford

Information Security
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Watford

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Watford over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Watford

Information Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Information Manager
1 7 (53.85%) Information Security Manager
1 7 (53.85%) Security Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Laravel
2 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (38.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Cloud Security
1 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
3 5 (38.46%) Business Continuity
3 5 (38.46%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 5 (38.46%) Security Architecture
3 5 (38.46%) Validation
3 5 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (38.46%) Zero Trust
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (15.38%) Matrix Management
4 2 (15.38%) SIEM
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (53.85%) NIST
3 6 (46.15%) GRC
4 5 (38.46%) NIST 800
5 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) SAP