Security Analyst Contracts in Northamptonshire

Security Analyst
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Northamptonshire is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 5.26% 0.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.58% 0.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £350 £400 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% -33.33% +54.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 197 248 216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 96.12% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 187 173
10th Percentile £260 £310 £213
25th Percentile £345 £358 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +11.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £538
90th Percentile £529 £619 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £431 £425 £466
% change year-on-year +1.47% -8.85% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 21 6
10th Percentile £17.57 £10.90 £12.89
25th Percentile - £11.83 £15.42
Median hourly rate £21.39 £14.00 £21.38
Median % change year-on-year +52.79% -34.50% -24.84%
75th Percentile - £35.00 £26.33
90th Percentile £38.20 £57.50 £45.72
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £17.60 £21.67
% change year-on-year +21.53% -18.78% +8.35%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Northamptonshire

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Northamptonshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in Northamptonshire

Security Analyst
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 Security Analyst within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 4 June 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 +7 11 £350 - 15
Security Analyst
East Midlands

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 4 June 2025, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northamptonshire region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) ITSM
2 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) GRC
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
5 5 (45.45%) Ticket Management
6 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
6 4 (36.36%) Retail
6 4 (36.36%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (36.36%) Firewall
6 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
7 3 (27.27%) GDPR
8 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
8 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
8 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
8 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (18.18%) CRISC
8 2 (18.18%) Analytics
8 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
8 2 (18.18%) SIEM
8 2 (18.18%) Bash

Security Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ITSM
2 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Ticket Management
5 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity
5 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
6 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
7 2 (18.18%) Analytics
7 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
7 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
7 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (18.18%) Service Management
7 2 (18.18%) SIEM
7 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
7 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Bash
1 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISM
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
1 2 (18.18%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) GRC
2 3 (27.27%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) HIPAA
3 2 (18.18%) SLA
4 1 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft