Security Operations Specialist Jobs in Preston

Security Operations Specialist
Lancashire > Preston

The median Security Operations Specialist salary in Preston is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 0.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £52,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Preston with a recognized job title 378 191 237
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.18% 88.02% 86.18%
Number of salaries quoted 253 150 162
10th Percentile - £26,400 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,500 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +0.96% +5.24%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £62,412
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -4.26% +10.59%

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Security Operations Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Preston region featuring Security Operations Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
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