Cybersecurity Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 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 50 30
Rank change year-on-year +31 -20 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 27 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 6.67% 0.22% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.49% 0.26% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 20 1 15
10th Percentile £25,750 - £35,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -12.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £81,250 - £64,400
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £47,683 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.36% -20.53% +26.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 318 385 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 78.52% 86.32% 87.26%
Number of salaries quoted 223 146 300
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,625
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Northamptonshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton +10 18 £60,000 +14.29% 21
Kettering - 1 - - 3
Cybersecurity
East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) DHCP
1 3 (11.11%) DNS
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (7.41%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) GitLab
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 5 (18.52%) Marketing
3 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Security Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Junior
4 5 (18.52%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Junior Security Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Sales Executive
5 4 (14.81%) IT Manager
5 4 (14.81%) IT Operations Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Operations Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Applications Support
6 3 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) IT Security Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Network Security Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Driving Licence
2 5 (18.52%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.11%) Replication
4 2 (7.41%) Credit Risk
4 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) CRM
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL
1 6 (22.22%) Process Improvement
2 5 (18.52%) B2B
2 5 (18.52%) B2B Sales
2 5 (18.52%) Cyber Resilience
2 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.81%) Agile
3 4 (14.81%) Business Continuity
3 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
3 4 (14.81%) Data Security
3 4 (14.81%) Service Management
4 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 3 (11.11%) Scrum
4 3 (11.11%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
3 3 (11.11%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
3 5 (18.52%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (11.11%) Degree
5 3 (11.11%) MCP
6 2 (7.41%) CISM
6 2 (7.41%) CISSP
7 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) ForeScout
3 3 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) Zoho