Network Security Job Trends in Preston

Network Security
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston citing Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	34	-	21
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+2
Permanent jobs citing Network Security	1	0	4
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston	0.29%	-	2.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	11.11%	-	22.22%
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	4
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£46,250	-	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	-	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-17.86%
75^th Percentile	£48,750	-	£65,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Lancashire median annual salary	£47,500	£60,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	-20.83%	+9.09%	-

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Preston.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	9	5	18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston	2.57%	7.14%	12.33%
Number of salaries quoted	4	4	18
10^th Percentile	£46,475	£28,738	£35,250
25^th Percentile	£46,813	£37,906	£38,813
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,250	£45,250	£50,250
Median % change year-on-year	+4.42%	-9.95%	-22.69%
75^th Percentile	£53,750	£49,063	£53,250
90^th Percentile	£62,750	£49,625	£65,000
Lancashire median annual salary	£34,875	£25,087	£50,500
% change year-on-year	+39.02%	-50.32%	+1.00%

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.

Network Security Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, job vacancies citing Network Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Preston region citing Network Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Continuity	100.0%	1
1	Cloud Security	100.0%	1
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	1
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	1
1	Disaster Recovery	100.0%	1
1	Due Diligence	100.0%	1
1	Identity Access Management	100.0%	1
1	Incident Response	100.0%	1
1	Information Security	100.0%	1
1	Information Security Governance	100.0%	1
1	Information Security Management	100.0%	1
1	ISO/IEC 27001	100.0%	1
1	Microsoft	100.0%	1
1	NCSC	100.0%	1
1	Operational Resilience	100.0%	1
1	Risk Management	100.0%	1
1	Security Management	100.0%	1
1	Security Testing	100.0%	1
1	Vulnerability Management	100.0%	1

Network Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	100.0%	1
1	Local Government	100.0%	1