Security Operations Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.96% - 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% - 0.31%
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 - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +72.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 402 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 76.20% 83.75% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 221 154 247
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,650 £34,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £51,716
% change year-on-year -10.53% -8.15% -1.49%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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 - 4 £60,000 - 3
Security Operations
East Midlands

Security Operations
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 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