Cybersecurity Jobs in the North West

Cybersecurity
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 24 47
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 586 658 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.47% 8.93% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 9.35% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 461 298 283
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,688 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,635 7,040 9,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.63% 95.51% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,406 3,845 5,293
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North West.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -21 256 £55,000 -8.33% 73
Lancashire +43 128 £52,084 +16.39% 24
Cheshire 0 112 £60,000 -33.33% 43
Merseyside -14 79 £46,250 -25.40% 9
Cumbria -7 9 £70,000 - 4
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.68%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 82 (13.99%) Azure
2 72 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (10.07%) AWS
4 24 (4.10%) SaaS
5 19 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.71%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.71%) Serverless
7 8 (1.37%) PaaS
8 6 (1.02%) IaaS
9 5 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.68%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.68%) GCP
10 4 (0.68%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.51%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (11.43%) Firewall
2 44 (7.51%) Network Security
3 28 (4.78%) WAN
4 23 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.73%) DHCP
5 16 (2.73%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 12 (2.05%) DNS
7 12 (2.05%) LAN
7 12 (2.05%) Unified Communications
8 10 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.02%) Broadband
9 6 (1.02%) SAN
10 5 (0.85%) HTTP
10 5 (0.85%) Internet
10 5 (0.85%) MQTT
10 5 (0.85%) NAS
10 5 (0.85%) VoIP
10 5 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.71%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.54%) MySQL
4 7 (1.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (4.27%) JIRA
2 13 (2.22%) Git
3 9 (1.54%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.02%) IntelliJ
4 6 (1.02%) JUnit
4 6 (1.02%) Mockito
5 5 (0.85%) Gradle
6 4 (0.68%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.68%) GitLab
6 4 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.68%) Subversion
7 3 (0.51%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 126 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 59 (10.07%) Finance
3 44 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.34%) Legal
5 38 (6.48%) Law
6 36 (6.14%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.78%) Military
8 25 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.92%) Public Sector
10 18 (3.07%) Retail
11 16 (2.73%) Games
12 14 (2.39%) Banking
13 12 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.71%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.54%) Marketing
16 8 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 6 (1.02%) Local Government
18 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
18 1 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (14.68%) Senior
2 60 (10.24%) Analyst
3 51 (8.70%) Lead
4 45 (7.68%) Architect
5 41 (7.00%) IT Manager
6 31 (5.29%) Vulnerability Manager
7 29 (4.95%) Developer
8 28 (4.78%) Security Analyst
8 28 (4.78%) Security Engineer
9 27 (4.61%) Security Manager
9 27 (4.61%) Security Specialist
10 26 (4.44%) Project Manager
10 26 (4.44%) Software Engineer
11 23 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 23 (3.92%) Incident Manager
11 23 (3.92%) Senior Architect
12 21 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (3.58%) Security Architect
12 21 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (3.07%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.73%) .NET
2 14 (2.39%) Node.js
3 9 (1.54%) REST
3 9 (1.54%) Spring
3 9 (1.54%) Web Services
4 8 (1.37%) CSS
4 8 (1.37%) HTML
4 8 (1.37%) Spring Boot
5 5 (0.85%) OpenID
6 4 (0.68%) Akka
6 4 (0.68%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.68%) jQuery
6 4 (0.68%) LAMP
6 4 (0.68%) OAuth
6 4 (0.68%) Swing
6 4 (0.68%) Vue
6 4 (0.68%) WCF
6 4 (0.68%) WinForms
7 3 (0.51%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.29%) Management Information System
2 68 (11.60%) Data Centre
3 53 (9.04%) Operational Technology
4 40 (6.83%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (5.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 31 (5.29%) Security Posture
7 27 (4.61%) Cyberattack
8 20 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.90%) Private Cloud
10 12 (2.05%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.88%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.88%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.71%) SCADA
13 8 (1.37%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 7 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
15 6 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
15 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.09%) Windows
2 44 (7.51%) Linux
3 31 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.73%) Unix
6 8 (1.37%) VMS
7 7 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.02%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.99%) Information Security
2 113 (19.28%) Incident Response
3 91 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (12.12%) Risk Management
5 63 (10.75%) Project Management
6 52 (8.87%) Mentoring
7 51 (8.70%) Agile
8 50 (8.53%) Presales
9 47 (8.02%) Software Licensing
9 47 (8.02%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (7.85%) Change Management
10 46 (7.85%) Roadmaps
11 45 (7.68%) ITIL
12 42 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 41 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (6.83%) SIEM
15 36 (6.14%) Coaching
15 36 (6.14%) Incident Management
16 34 (5.80%) Computer Science
16 34 (5.80%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.14%) Java
1 36 (6.14%) Python
2 35 (5.97%) SQL
3 26 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.92%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.54%) C#
5 9 (1.54%) Perl
5 9 (1.54%) Ruby
6 3 (0.51%) Bash
6 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.17%) C++
7 1 (0.17%) PHP
7 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 192 (32.76%) Degree
2 70 (11.95%) CISSP
3 47 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.34%) CISM
5 29 (4.95%) SC Cleared
6 28 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (3.92%) CCNA
7 23 (3.92%) CCNP
8 19 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.22%) CREST Certified
10 12 (2.05%) GIAC
10 12 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.88%) CEH
11 11 (1.88%) CISA
12 10 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.71%) MCP
13 9 (1.54%) Chartered Engineer
13 9 (1.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (10.58%) NIST
3 35 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.75%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.41%) GDPR
5 20 (3.41%) SLA
6 17 (2.90%) NCSC
7 15 (2.56%) PMO
7 15 (2.56%) QA
8 14 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 7 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (1.19%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.02%) IEC 62304
11 5 (0.85%) GRC
11 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.51%) ITGC
13 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
System Software
1 62 (10.58%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 22 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.58%) Docker
5 10 (1.71%) RACF
6 4 (0.68%) Firmware
7 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) XenApp
8 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (1.88%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.71%) Stealthwatch
3 9 (1.54%) Nessus
4 6 (1.02%) Terraform
5 5 (0.85%) CASB
6 4 (0.68%) Autotask
6 4 (0.68%) cPanel
6 4 (0.68%) Plesk
7 3 (0.51%) Nmap
7 3 (0.51%) SELinux
8 2 (0.34%) SCCM
8 2 (0.34%) WSUS
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.17%) Graylog
9 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 151 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.36%) Apple
3 47 (8.02%) Adobe
4 46 (7.85%) Cisco
5 35 (5.97%) VMware
6 20 (3.41%) Meraki
7 17 (2.90%) Dell
8 13 (2.22%) HP
8 13 (2.22%) Veeam
9 12 (2.05%) Samsung
10 11 (1.88%) Facebook
11 10 (1.71%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.54%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.37%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.19%) Splunk
15 6 (1.02%) HubSpot
15 6 (1.02%) Intel
16 5 (0.85%) Citrix
16 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.85%) Google