Information Security Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 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 33 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Information Security 18 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 6.02% - 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% - 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile £436 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £750 £538
% change year-on-year -46.67% +39.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 283 249 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 94.65% 90.22% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 191 129
10th Percentile £268 £340 £198
25th Percentile £341 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% -6.32% +2.15%
75th Percentile £447 £575 £565
90th Percentile £525 £620 £610
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -10.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile - £25.41 £12.37
25th Percentile - £28.88 £31.76
Median hourly rate £21.39 £36.34 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.14% -28.75% +45.71%
75th Percentile - £44.36 £51.50
90th Percentile £41.56 £48.17 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £19.16 £30.88
% change year-on-year -1.51% -37.95% +57.03%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Northamptonshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Northamptonshire

Information Security
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 Information Security within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 - 17 £400 - 1
Kettering - 1 £425 - 2
Information Security
East Midlands

Information Security
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Analyst
2 14 (77.78%) Security Analyst
3 12 (66.67%) Information Analyst
3 12 (66.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Governance Analyst
5 4 (22.22%) Compliance Analyst
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Information Governance Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Information Risk Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Security Risk Analyst
7 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
8 1 (5.56%) Consultant
8 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Officer
8 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 12 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (61.11%) ITSM
4 9 (50.00%) Business Continuity
5 7 (38.89%) Ticket Management
6 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 3 (16.67%) ISMS
7 3 (16.67%) Security Management
8 2 (11.11%) Information Security Management
8 2 (11.11%) Internal Audit
8 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
8 2 (11.11%) Service Management
8 2 (11.11%) Tech Ops
8 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (5.56%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CISM
1 4 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) GRC
2 10 (55.56%) GDPR
3 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.11%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (5.56%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow