Security Operations Job Trends in Northampton

Security Operations (SecOps)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 1.50% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% - 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £60,000 - £62,500

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton

Security Operations 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 223 191 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 83.52% 75.79% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 149 86 142
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £79,625
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.86% -7.27% +15.79%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Northampton

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Security Operations

Security Operations
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) VMware