Cyber Threat Job Trends in Preston

Cyber Threats
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.15% 0.72% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.00% 3.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £38,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.84% - -
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

Cyber Threat 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 10 30 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 10.75% 21.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 13
10th Percentile £28,800 £32,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,375 £45,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +60.00% -24.98%
75th Percentile £59,375 £63,900 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,390 £69,750 -
Lancashire median annual salary £48,720 £52,500 £44,240
% change year-on-year -7.20% +18.67% -5.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Preston

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST