SOAR Job Trends in Preston

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring SOAR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.32% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £50,000
Lancashire median annual salary £40,000 - £50,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

SOAR 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 172 82 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 56.58% 100.00% 90.77%
Number of salaries quoted 88 48 138
10th Percentile £28,500 £47,178 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,813 £48,869 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,647 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +16.62% +5.02%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,311 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,900 £62,875
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £47,000
% change year-on-year -5.10% +6.50% -1.05%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

SOAR job vacancy trend in Preston

SOAR
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SOAR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SOAR

SOAR
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 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat