Network Security Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Network Security
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 50 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.50% 0.45% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.70% 3.13% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52,400
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.13%
75th Percentile - - £58,000
90th Percentile - - £59,200
East Midlands median annual salary £49,479 £35,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +41.37% -35.78% +6.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 23 64 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 5.76% 14.35% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 21
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% -5.88% -10.53%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Network Security

Network Security
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 13 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 - 2 £50,000 - 1
Network Security
East Midlands

Network Security
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:

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