Information Security Jobs in Preston

Information Security (InfoSec)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 26 44
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -2
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 10 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 2.62% 5.07% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 5.53% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 2
10th Percentile £45,500 £22,000 £39,850
25th Percentile £52,000 £44,125 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,397 £55,000 £46,333
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +18.71% +2.96%
75th Percentile £58,698 £62,500 £50,958
90th Percentile £60,000 - £51,883
Lancashire median annual salary £54,793 £52,084 £34,333
% change year-on-year +5.20% +51.70% -23.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

Information Security 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 381 199 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 99.74% 91.71% 91.64%
Number of salaries quoted 255 159 151
10th Percentile - £26,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +9.30% +7.50%
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% +7.21%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Preston

Information Security
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Preston

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Preston over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Preston

Information Security
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 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Security Specialist
3 3 (30.00%) Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (30.00%) Product Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Specialist
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Security Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) CISM
2 5 (50.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (30.00%) Def Stans
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
3 2 (20.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS