Cybersecurity Jobs in Preston

Cybersecurity
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 5 44
Rank change year-on-year -18 +39 -6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 39 37 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 10.10% 17.05% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.13% 18.59% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 35 37 1
10th Percentile - £47,500 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +11.11% +52.31%
75th Percentile £51,882 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £52,084 £40,750
% change year-on-year -8.45% +27.81% -22.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 385 199 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 99.74% 91.71% 91.64%
Number of salaries quoted 258 159 152
10th Percentile - £26,000 £28,314
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,000 £42,833
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +9.73% +7.40%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.95%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Preston

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Preston

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Preston over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Preston

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (51.28%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 6 (15.38%) Security Specialist
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Security Specialist
5 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
6 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Security Operations Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Head of Security
7 1 (2.56%) Lead
7 1 (2.56%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Robotics
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Agile
1 20 (51.28%) MODAF
1 20 (51.28%) SysML
1 20 (51.28%) Systems Engineering
1 20 (51.28%) UML
2 9 (23.08%) Information Security
3 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
3 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
4 4 (10.26%) Cyber Assurance
4 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
5 3 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (7.69%) Security Architecture
6 2 (5.13%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (5.13%) Coaching
6 2 (5.13%) Information Assurance
6 2 (5.13%) Performance Management
6 2 (5.13%) Process Improvement
6 2 (5.13%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.13%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (69.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (61.54%) Degree
3 7 (17.95%) CISM
4 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
5 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (17.95%) NIST
2 5 (12.82%) Def Stans
3 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.13%) NCSC
4 2 (5.13%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
1 1 (2.56%) Cisco
1 1 (2.56%) Juniper
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto