Cybersecurity Job Trends in Northampton

Cybersecurity
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 18 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 6.95% 0.42% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.07% 0.53% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile £32,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,625 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £74,688 £58,750 £60,750
90th Percentile £81,250 - £63,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% -12.50% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 223 188 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 86.10% 78.66% 86.44%
Number of salaries quoted 149 82 181
10th Percentile £29,700 £24,175 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,875 £70,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Northampton

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northampton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Northampton

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 2 (11.11%) GCP
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) DHCP
1 3 (16.67%) DNS
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Security Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Security Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) IT Manager
4 4 (22.22%) IT Operations Manager
4 4 (22.22%) Operations Manager
5 3 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (16.67%) Network Security Manager
5 3 (16.67%) Security Manager
5 3 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 3 (16.67%) Replication
2 2 (11.11%) Credit Risk
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) CRM
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 4 (22.22%) Service Management
4 3 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (16.67%) Data Security
4 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (27.78%) Azure Certification
2 5 (27.78%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (16.67%) MCP
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (11.11%) CISM
4 2 (11.11%) CISSP
5 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) ForeScout
3 3 (16.67%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Zoho