Cyberattack Job Trends in Preston

Cyberattack
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 25 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.78% 2.14% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 25.00% 9.09% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £43,700 £46,000 -
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -
75th Percentile £48,250 - -
90th Percentile £49,300 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -7.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8 33 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 11.11% 23.57% 23.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 13
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,000 £30,400
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £55,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -22.27% -0.79% +18.83%
75th Percentile £51,198 £68,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £57,525 £77,600 £73,900
Lancashire median annual salary £47,750 £52,500 £49,748
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.53% +2.31%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyberattack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in Preston

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory