Security Testing Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Testing
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire citing Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	85	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire	0.19%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.28%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£47,000	-	-
25^th Percentile	£48,125	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
North West median annual salary	£48,750	£70,000	£74,500
% change year-on-year	-30.36%	-6.04%	+19.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,071	624	880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire	67.19%	81.14%	80.66%
Number of salaries quoted	862	306	501
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£24,625	£34,000
25^th Percentile	£36,500	£30,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,322	£45,000	£50,055
Median % change year-on-year	+7.38%	-10.10%	+0.11%
75^th Percentile	£68,438	£53,750	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£65,000	£68,000
North West median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£52,000
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-3.85%	-5.45%

Security Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Security Testing Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Security Testing.

Security Testing 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 Testing within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Lytham St Annes	-	2	£50,000	-
Preston	-	1	£47,500	-	1
Security Testing North West

Security Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Security Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region citing Security Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Vulnerability Management	100.0%	3
2	Active Directory	66.7%	2
2	Application Security	66.7%	2
2	Firewall	66.7%	2
2	Kali Linux	66.7%	2
2	Linux	66.7%	2
2	Open Source	66.7%	2
2	Penetration Testing	66.7%	2
2	Red Team	66.7%	2
2	Security Monitoring	66.7%	2
2	Software Engineering	66.7%	2
2	TCP/IP	66.7%	2
2	Validation	66.7%	2
2	Windows	66.7%	2
2	Windows Server	66.7%	2
16	Business Continuity	33.3%	1
16	Cloud Security	33.3%	1
16	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
16	Cybersecurity	33.3%	1
16	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	1
16	Due Diligence	33.3%	1
16	Identity Access Management	33.3%	1
16	Incident Response	33.3%	1
16	Information Security	33.3%	1
16	Information Security Governance	33.3%	1
16	Information Security Management	33.3%	1
16	ISO/IEC 27001	33.3%	1
16	Microsoft	33.3%	1
16	NCSC	33.3%	1
16	Network Security	33.3%	1

Security Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Vulnerability Management	100.0%	3
2	Application Security	66.7%	2
2	Open Source	66.7%	2
2	Penetration Testing	66.7%	2
2	Red Team	66.7%	2
2	Security Monitoring	66.7%	2
2	Software Engineering	66.7%	2
2	Validation	66.7%	2
9	Business Continuity	33.3%	1
9	Cloud Security	33.3%	1
9	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
9	Cybersecurity	33.3%	1
9	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	1
9	Due Diligence	33.3%	1
9	Identity Access Management	33.3%	1
9	Incident Response	33.3%	1
9	Information Security	33.3%	1
9	Information Security Governance	33.3%	1
9	Information Security Management	33.3%	1
9	Operational Resilience	33.3%	1