Security Analyst Job Trends in Northampton

Security Analyst
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Security Analyst salary in Northampton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 2.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +98.47%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northampton with a recognized job title 251 234 214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.54% 98.32% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 176 125 195
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £68,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in Northampton

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Northampton.

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Northampton

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northampton region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Certification
2 5 (71.43%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (71.43%) ForeScout
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection

Security Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Certification
2 5 (71.43%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ForeScout
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft