Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 35 28
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 25 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 8.39% 1.05% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 1.19% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 1 4
10th Percentile £350 - £504
25th Percentile £375 £113 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £115 £525
Median % change year-on-year +247.83% -78.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £423 £118 £550
90th Percentile £440 - £573
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity 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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 286 253 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 95.97% 88.46% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 187 142
10th Percentile £270 £338 £213
25th Percentile £350 £375 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £445 £489
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% -9.00% +5.16%
75th Percentile £450 £575 £544
90th Percentile £525 £619 £605
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £498
% change year-on-year -8.89% -9.55% +6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 14
10th Percentile - - £12.64
25th Percentile - £23.10 £20.13
Median hourly rate £21.39 £24.20 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% -52.55% +45.71%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £51.50
90th Percentile £41.56 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £17.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +6.85% -35.78% +48.65%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton +4 24 £400 - 10
Kettering +2 1 £425 +269.57% 2
Cybersecurity
East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 1 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
3 4 (16.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
1 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (8.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Big Data
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
2 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (4.00%) Metadata
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) QlikView
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 18 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Retail
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Local Government
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Analyst
2 12 (48.00%) Security Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) Information Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Governance Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Compliance Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Information Governance Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Information Risk Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Product Owner
6 3 (12.00%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Security Risk Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
8 1 (4.00%) Banking Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Banking Business Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 1 (4.00%) Hadoop Developer
8 1 (4.00%) Telephony Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) LDAP
1 4 (16.00%) REST
2 3 (12.00%) FIDO
3 1 (4.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Information Security
2 11 (44.00%) ITSM
2 11 (44.00%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 9 (36.00%) Business Continuity
5 8 (32.00%) Identity Access Management
5 8 (32.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 7 (28.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) Digital Identity
6 7 (28.00%) Scrum
6 7 (28.00%) Ticket Management
7 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
8 5 (20.00%) Project Management
8 5 (20.00%) Visualisation
9 4 (16.00%) Biometrics
9 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
9 4 (16.00%) Facial Recognition
9 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (16.00%) SDLC
9 4 (16.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) CISM
1 4 (16.00%) CISSP
2 2 (8.00%) CRISC
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) GRC
2 7 (28.00%) GDPR
3 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (16.00%) NIST
4 4 (16.00%) QA
5 3 (12.00%) NIST 800
6 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (8.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Databricks