Information Security Jobs in Lancashire

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 43 117
Rank change year-on-year -3 +74 -64
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 44 48 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.44% 6.49% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 6.78% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 41 3 7
10th Percentile £47,000 £25,400 £37,100
25th Percentile - £30,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £42,667 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -5.19% +4.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £49,417 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,603 £51,267 £70,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Information Security 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 1,024 708 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.06% 95.68% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 862 348 346
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,894 £26,125
25th Percentile £35,943 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,806
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.01% +12.01%
75th Percentile £62,250 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £66,625 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Lancashire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Lancashire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Lancashire over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Lancashire

Information Security
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Lancaster - 23 £52,084 -
Preston +17 10 £53,500 +15.47% 3
Skelmersdale - 1 £45,000 -
Blackpool - 1 £79,842 -
Chorley - 1 - -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) AWS
1 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Alation
2 1 (2.27%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) SD-WAN
1 7 (15.91%) WAN
2 1 (2.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
General
1 23 (52.27%) Military
2 5 (11.36%) Aerospace
2 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Local Government
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (52.27%) Incident Manager
1 23 (52.27%) Vulnerability Manager
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
2 7 (15.91%) Security Architect
3 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 5 (11.36%) Security Specialist
4 4 (9.09%) Lead
4 4 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Lead Security Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Security Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
7 1 (2.27%) Auditor
7 1 (2.27%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) IT Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 31 (70.45%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (70.45%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (52.27%) Incident Management
2 23 (52.27%) Incident Response
2 23 (52.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 23 (52.27%) Vulnerability Management
3 12 (27.27%) Security Architecture
4 8 (18.18%) Coaching
4 8 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 7 (15.91%) Application Security
5 7 (15.91%) Cyber Assurance
5 7 (15.91%) Identity Management
5 7 (15.91%) OWASP
5 7 (15.91%) Secure Coding
6 5 (11.36%) Information Assurance
6 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.82%) Decision-Making
8 3 (6.82%) Security Testing
9 2 (4.55%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (75.00%) CISM
2 30 (68.18%) CISSP
2 30 (68.18%) Degree
3 7 (15.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 7 (15.91%) AWS Certification
3 7 (15.91%) Azure Certification
3 7 (15.91%) CCSK
3 7 (15.91%) CCSP
3 7 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.27%) AAT
4 1 (2.27%) ACCA
4 1 (2.27%) CIMA
4 1 (2.27%) CIPD
4 1 (2.27%) CISA
4 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) CRISC
4 1 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.09%) NIST
2 8 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.36%) NCSC
3 5 (11.36%) NIST 800
4 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.55%) Def Stans
6 1 (2.27%) GDPR
6 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (15.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Kubernetes
1 7 (15.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Informatica