Security Operations Job Trends in Preston

Security Operations (SecOps)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £68,750 £42,384 £45,000
% change year-on-year +62.21% -5.81% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

Security Operations 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 250 44 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 64.27% 75.86% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 179 29 112
10th Percentile £33,200 £39,000 £26,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £36,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,763 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.53% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,000 £69,900
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.22% -5.00% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Preston

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Security Operations

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable