Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Watford

Security Operations Centre
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.29% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -19.35% +14.81% -25.52%

All Generic Skills
Watford

Security Operations Centre 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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 87 65 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 25.44% 50.39% 32.11%
Number of salaries quoted 59 27 75
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £46,842 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.44% -3.42% -22.40%
75th Percentile £93,125 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £63,750 £76,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +11.00% -13.04%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Watford

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk