DevSecOps Contract Job Trends in Preston

DevSecOps
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring DevSecOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.53% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% - -
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 Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

DevSecOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 71 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 80.15% 91.03% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 45 22
10th Percentile £272 £355 £216
25th Percentile £425 £405 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -20.77% +37.03%
75th Percentile £672 £625 £649
90th Percentile £744 £671 £953
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 25
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.68 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £34.67 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +99.02% +115.88% -65.00%
75th Percentile £71.50 £47.12 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £58.08 £27.58
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £40.83 £25.30
% change year-on-year +50.81% +61.36% -45.21%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

DevSecOps job vacancy trend in Preston

DevSecOps
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%) 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%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared