Information Security Job Trends in Blackburn

Information Security (InfoSec)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 2.17% 1.56% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.79% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £26,600
25th Percentile £46,250 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,793 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +63.56% -
75th Percentile £48,750 - £38,500
90th Percentile - - £41,200
Lancashire median annual salary £53,750 £50,445 £44,500
% change year-on-year +6.55% +13.36% -4.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Blackburn

Information Security 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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39 56 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 84.78% 87.50% 73.81%
Number of salaries quoted 23 40 21
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £41,250 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £48,842 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.58% +22.10% -27.27%
75th Percentile £54,897 £54,793 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,995 £55,000
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Blackburn

Information Security
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn 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 1 (100.00%) Technical Assurance Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Attestation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST