CREST Certified Contract Job Trends in Preston

CREST Certification
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.38% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Preston.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 25 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 60.71% 38.46% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 17 5
10th Percentile £240 £350 -
25th Percentile £550 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% -2.18% +21.54%
75th Percentile £793 - £650
90th Percentile £905 £600 £692
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +10.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 36
10th Percentile £38.57 £34.31 £13.92
25th Percentile £41.94 £38.49 -
Median hourly rate £45.46 £47.65 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +196.72% -60.43%
75th Percentile £72.88 £59.01 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.18 £64.51 £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £46.18 £16.06
% change year-on-year +14.28% +187.55% -60.43%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in Preston

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
28 CREST Certified jobs in England