Cybersecurity Jobs in Lancashire

Cybersecurity
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 47 78
Rank change year-on-year +32 +31 -36
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 119 39 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.28% 5.56% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.64% 5.83% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 106 4 12
10th Percentile £42,500 £26,700 £22,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £29,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £40,750 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.81% -22.75% +22.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,063 £110,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £51,175 -
North West median annual salary £52,084 £62,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.99% -0.80% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,022 669 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.66% 95.44% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 862 341 352
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,894 £26,025
25th Percentile £35,943 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% +7.98%
75th Percentile £62,250 £57,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £66,250 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Lancashire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Lancashire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Lancashire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Lancashire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +37 37 £55,000 +11.11% 7
Lancaster +1 24 £52,084 +6.29% 1
Barnoldswick - 2 £45,000 - 2
Chorley +7 1 £36,000 +10.77% 3
Skelmersdale -2 1 £45,000 +76.47% 4
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.36%) AWS
3 2 (1.68%) Azure
4 1 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.81%) Network Security
2 11 (9.24%) Firewall
3 8 (6.72%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.36%) HTTP
4 4 (3.36%) MQTT
5 2 (1.68%) Internet
5 2 (1.68%) LAN
5 2 (1.68%) WAN
5 2 (1.68%) Wireless
6 1 (0.84%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) GitLab
General
1 34 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 28 (23.53%) Military
3 8 (6.72%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.20%) Finance
7 3 (2.52%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (19.33%) Incident Manager
1 23 (19.33%) Vulnerability Manager
2 18 (15.13%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 18 (15.13%) Security Specialist
2 18 (15.13%) Senior
3 12 (10.08%) Security Operations Specialist
4 6 (5.04%) Analyst
4 6 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (4.20%) Security Engineer
6 4 (3.36%) CloudOps Manager
6 4 (3.36%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (3.36%) IT Manager
6 4 (3.36%) Operations Analyst
6 4 (3.36%) Operations Manager
6 4 (3.36%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 4 (3.36%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 4 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (3.36%) Technical Operations Analyst
7 3 (2.52%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) CSS
1 4 (3.36%) HTML
1 4 (3.36%) Node.js
2 1 (0.84%) Express.js
2 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (31.09%) Operational Technology
2 33 (27.73%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 26 (21.85%) Management Information System
4 15 (12.61%) Cyberattack
5 9 (7.56%) Data Centre
6 8 (6.72%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.36%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.08%) Windows
2 11 (9.24%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.40%) Linux
4 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (62.18%) Incident Response
2 41 (34.45%) Risk Management
3 36 (30.25%) Change Management
4 31 (26.05%) Information Security
5 29 (24.37%) Vulnerability Management
6 25 (21.01%) Root Cause Analysis
7 23 (19.33%) Incident Management
8 19 (15.97%) Product Management
9 17 (14.29%) ITIL
10 15 (12.61%) Service Delivery
11 14 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 14 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (11.76%) Mentoring
11 14 (11.76%) PRINCE2
11 14 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
12 10 (8.40%) Coaching
13 7 (5.88%) Analytics
13 7 (5.88%) Security Architecture
13 7 (5.88%) SIEM
13 7 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.72%) Python
2 4 (3.36%) Java
2 4 (3.36%) SQL
3 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (52.10%) Degree
2 38 (31.93%) CISSP
3 26 (21.85%) CISM
4 11 (9.24%) Security Cleared
5 10 (8.40%) GIAC
6 7 (5.88%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.84%) AAT
7 1 (0.84%) ACCA
7 1 (0.84%) CIMA
7 1 (0.84%) CIPD
7 1 (0.84%) CISA
7 1 (0.84%) CRISC
7 1 (0.84%) GCFA
7 1 (0.84%) GCIA
7 1 (0.84%) GCIH
7 1 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) NIST
2 10 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.72%) NCSC
4 5 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.20%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.68%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.36%) Firmware
3 2 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Terraform
2 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.84%) Graylog
Vendors
1 5 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
2 3 (2.52%) Splunk
3 2 (1.68%) VMware
4 1 (0.84%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (0.84%) Cisco
4 1 (0.84%) Dell
4 1 (0.84%) Draytek
4 1 (0.84%) HP
4 1 (0.84%) Sage
4 1 (0.84%) Spotify
4 1 (0.84%) Veeam