Network Security Job Trends in Northampton

Network Security
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.78% 0.41% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 8.33% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £52,400
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -37.50% -
75th Percentile - - £58,000
90th Percentile - - £59,200
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £56,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% -4.02% -26.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northampton

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 12 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 7.00% 4.88% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile £26,625 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,563 £27,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -31.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,813 £58,000
90th Percentile £51,750 £83,750 £63,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +5.26%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Northampton

Network Security
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Network Security

Network Security
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001