Information Security Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Information Security (InfoSec)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Information Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 17 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 6.16% - 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% - 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.50%
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £400 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 202 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 96.74% 90.99% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 165 64
10th Percentile £268 £355 £192
25th Percentile £339 £375 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £455
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% -2.29% -1.53%
75th Percentile £447 £575 £516
90th Percentile £500 £620 £600
Northamptonshire median daily rate £375 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -15.73% -6.32% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £14.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.28%
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 £36.34 £51.00
% change year-on-year -41.14% -28.75% +45.71%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Northampton

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Information Security

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Northampton over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Northampton

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Analyst
2 14 (82.35%) Security Analyst
3 12 (70.59%) Information Analyst
3 12 (70.59%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (35.29%) Governance Analyst
5 4 (23.53%) Compliance Analyst
5 4 (23.53%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (17.65%) Information Governance Analyst
6 3 (17.65%) Information Risk Analyst
6 3 (17.65%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 3 (17.65%) Security Risk Analyst
7 1 (5.88%) Consultant
7 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Officer
7 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
7 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (70.59%) Data Protection
2 12 (70.59%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (64.71%) ITSM
4 9 (52.94%) Business Continuity
5 7 (41.18%) Ticket Management
6 3 (17.65%) ISMS
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 3 (17.65%) Security Management
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.76%) Information Security Management
7 2 (11.76%) Internal Audit
7 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (11.76%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) Service Management
7 2 (11.76%) Tech Ops
7 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (5.88%) Campaign Management
8 1 (5.88%) Data Privacy
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CISM
1 3 (17.65%) CISSP
2 2 (11.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (76.47%) GRC
2 10 (58.82%) GDPR
3 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow