Security Operations Specialist Jobs in Lancashire

Security Operations Specialist
North West > Lancashire

The median Security Operations Specialist salary in Lancashire is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 75 -
Rank change year-on-year -63 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Specialist 2 12 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.097% 0.93% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 1.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 - -
North West median annual salary £52,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,956 1,204 570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 92.90% 82.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 1,023 363
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -4.26% +10.59%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,000 £64,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings that featured Security Operations Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Specialist in Lancashire

Security Operations Specialist
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Specialist within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 8 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 - 2 £52,000 -
Security Operations Specialist
North West

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Security Operations Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Security Operations Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST