Cybersecurity Jobs in Lancashire

Cybersecurity
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 12 57
Rank change year-on-year -45 +45 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 139 121 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.31% 9.29% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 11.71% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 60 108 4
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £26,700
25th Percentile - £50,000 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,084 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +27.81% -30.93%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £51,063
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £51,175
North West median annual salary £54,793 £52,084 £62,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -15.99% -0.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Cybersecurity 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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,173 1,033 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 98.64% 79.28% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 870 349
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £28,894
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +6.01%
75th Percentile £54,793 £62,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,772 £68,150
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 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 -19 37 £47,683 -13.30% 3
Blackpool - 5 £56,500 - 2
Blackburn - 3 £54,793 - 3
Lytham St Annes - 3 £54,793 -
Lancaster -7 2 £42,259 -18.86% 1
Rossendale - 2 - -
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 3 (2.16%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 2 (1.44%) HTTP
2 2 (1.44%) Network Security
3 1 (0.72%) Internet
3 1 (0.72%) SAN
3 1 (0.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Bitbucket
1 3 (2.16%) JIRA
General
1 74 (53.24%) Legal
2 72 (51.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 72 (51.80%) Law
3 24 (17.27%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.88%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.44%) Electronics
7 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (17.27%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 14 (10.07%) Security Manager
3 6 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 6 (4.32%) Security Specialist
4 5 (3.60%) Head of Security
4 5 (3.60%) Senior
5 4 (2.88%) Analyst
5 4 (2.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (2.88%) Senior Security Specialist
6 3 (2.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (2.16%) Security Engineer
7 2 (1.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (1.44%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
7 2 (1.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (1.44%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 2 (1.44%) Risk Manager
7 2 (1.44%) Security Analyst
7 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Specialist
8 1 (0.72%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.44%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 72 (51.80%) Cyberattack
2 14 (10.07%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.60%) Robotics
3 5 (3.60%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.44%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.88%) Linux
2 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (51.80%) Creative Thinking
1 72 (51.80%) Line Management
2 24 (17.27%) Agile
2 24 (17.27%) MODAF
2 24 (17.27%) SysML
2 24 (17.27%) Systems Engineering
2 24 (17.27%) UML
3 18 (12.95%) Information Security
4 11 (7.91%) Risk Management
5 10 (7.19%) Service Catalogue
6 5 (3.60%) Computer Science
6 5 (3.60%) Cyber Assurance
6 5 (3.60%) Mentoring
6 5 (3.60%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (2.88%) Coaching
7 4 (2.88%) Roadmaps
8 3 (2.16%) Security Architecture
8 3 (2.16%) SIEM
8 3 (2.16%) Task Automation
8 3 (2.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.27%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (28.06%) Degree
2 35 (25.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (11.51%) CISM
4 12 (8.63%) CISSP
5 5 (3.60%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.60%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) Novell Certification
7 1 (0.72%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (53.24%) NCSC
2 12 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.91%) NIST
4 5 (3.60%) Def Stans
5 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.44%) GDPR
6 2 (1.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (2.16%) Atlassian
2 2 (1.44%) Symantec
3 1 (0.72%) Cisco
3 1 (0.72%) Juniper
3 1 (0.72%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.72%) VMware