Network Security
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 22 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -4 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing Network Security | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Preston | - | 3.01% | 0.96% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 26.67% | 6.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.55% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +10.00% | +25.00% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Preston
Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Preston.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 3 | 15 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 3.70% | 11.28% | 15.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 15 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,700 | £35,250 | £28,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,813 | £36,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.00% | -9.09% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,500 | £53,250 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,600 | £65,000 | - |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £26,250 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.50% | +5.26% | +18.75% |
Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.
Network Security
Salary Trend in Preston
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Network Security.
