Cyberattack Job Trends in Lancashire

Cyberattack
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 2 87 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.26% 7.94% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 27.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £43,700 £46,000 -
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -
75th Percentile £48,250 - -
90th Percentile £49,300 - -
North West median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £50,737
% change year-on-year -7.00% -1.45% +56.52%

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 368 318 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 48.36% 29.01% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 109 142 58
10th Percentile £24,350 £32,011 £30,875
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,559 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,384 £52,500 £49,748
Median % change year-on-year -19.27% +5.53% +5.29%
75th Percentile £53,000 £63,110 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,921 £70,000
North West median annual salary £48,850 £52,000 £56,021
% change year-on-year -6.06% -7.18% +1.86%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyberattack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston +11 2 £46,500 -7.00%
Cyberattack
North West

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory