Security Clearance
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | 26 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -23 | -6 | -18 |
| Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared | 10 | 11 | 27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 2.60% | 5.07% | 9.82% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 2.68% | 10.09% | 33.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £51,750 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £60,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +50.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,750 | £62,500 | £51,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,300 | - | £55,000 |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £46,000 | £50,000 | £41,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.00% | +21.21% | +17.86% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston
Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Preston.
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 373 | 109 | 81 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 96.88% | 50.23% | 29.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 247 | 103 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,250 | £25,004 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | +25.00% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,793 | £57,750 | £54,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £59,081 | £62,500 | £62,412 |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | +5.26% | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Salary Trend in Preston
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Preston.
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Salary Histogram in Preston
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Preston over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.
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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: