Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in Preston

Cybersecurity Specialist
Lancashire > Preston

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in Preston is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 6 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 1.57% 2.78% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 3.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £52,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 -
75th Percentile - £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 376 190 249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.17% 87.96% 86.46%
Number of salaries quoted 255 150 170
10th Percentile - £26,400 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% +6.89% +5.24%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £49,383
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £62,412
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,249 £47,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% -3.73% +10.59%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Preston

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in Preston.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Preston

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Preston region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Assurance
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
3 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Def Stans
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Assurance
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 2 (33.33%) NCSC
2 2 (33.33%) NIST 800