Security Posture Job Trends in Watford

Security Posture
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.52% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £56,750 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile £63,250 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £80,000 £57,500 £57,825
% change year-on-year +39.13% -0.56% -

All Generic Skills
Watford

Security Posture 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 116 54 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 30.05% 38.57% 34.30%
Number of salaries quoted 99 52 50
10th Percentile £26,000 - £23,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,887 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +46.75% -35.86% +6.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £72,813
90th Percentile £117,500 £83,750 £76,375
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Watford

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Security Posture

Security Posture
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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk