Security Specialist Jobs in Preston

Security Specialist
Lancashire > Preston

The median Security Specialist salary in Preston is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 45 42
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 6 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 2.69% 0.76% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 0.89% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £55,000 - £43,950
25th Percentile £57,500 - £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £62,500 - £57,625
90th Percentile - - £59,650
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 195 224 243
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.44% 85.50% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 153 154 136
10th Percentile £26,600 £25,004 £21,778
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,098 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +5.24% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £48,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £59,879 £62,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% +6.25%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Preston

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Preston.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Preston

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Security 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (100.00%) Coaching
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 6 (100.00%) NCSC
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System

Security 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 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Coaching
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NCSC
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
1 6 (100.00%) NIST 800