Cyber Threats
Lancashire > Preston
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | 1.41% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 7.14% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.94 | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £41.94 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Preston
Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 14 | 8 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 19.72% | 17.78% | 28.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £146 | £280 | £376 |
| 25th Percentile | £273 | £481 | £416 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £850 | £478 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.76% | +77.82% | +83.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £489 | £984 | £498 |
| 90th Percentile | £581 | £988 | £500 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £530 | £600 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.67% | +21.69% | -29.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £44.01 | - | £18.62 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £29.45 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.12 | - | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +60.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.30 | - | £44.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.82 | - | £45.88 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £55.20 | £28.84 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +91.40% | -28.95% | +56.12% |
Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: