Information Security Contract Job Trends in Preston

Information Security (InfoSec)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

Information Security 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 81 33 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 87.10% 86.84% 98.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 10 23
10th Percentile £250 £200 £225
25th Percentile £405 £350 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +8.97%
75th Percentile £576 £582 £497
90th Percentile £680 £598 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £497 £623
% change year-on-year +0.70% -20.24% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 39
10th Percentile £29.21 £24.43 £20.52
25th Percentile - £25.17 £20.97
Median hourly rate £41.94 £34.26 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.42% -25.81% +18.71%
75th Percentile £57.61 £55.78 £50.88
90th Percentile £72.62 £67.70 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £41.66 £46.18
% change year-on-year +9.11% -9.78% +22.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Preston

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Information Security

Information Security
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory