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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 27 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 581 666 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.66% 8.79% 6.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 9.22% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 459 302 286
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,563 £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 £73,288 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £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 8,352 7,224 9,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.31% 95.30% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,302 3,841 5,330
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,125 £30,000
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -20 255 £55,000 -8.33% 70
Lancashire +44 126 £52,084 +16.39% 22
Cheshire +1 110 £60,000 -33.33% 31
Merseyside -15 78 £45,625 -26.41% 7
Cumbria -10 10 £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 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.69%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (13.94%) Azure
2 70 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (10.33%) AWS
4 26 (4.48%) SaaS
5 19 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.72%) PaaS
6 10 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.72%) Serverless
7 7 (1.20%) IaaS
8 5 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.86%) GCP
9 4 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.69%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.69%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.52%) GitHub
10 3 (0.52%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.19%) Firewall
2 44 (7.57%) Network Security
3 27 (4.65%) WAN
4 21 (3.61%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.58%) DHCP
5 15 (2.58%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
7 12 (2.07%) Unified Communications
7 12 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.89%) LAN
9 10 (1.72%) DNS
10 9 (1.55%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (1.20%) SAN
12 6 (1.03%) Broadband
13 5 (0.86%) Internet
13 5 (0.86%) MQTT
13 5 (0.86%) NAS
13 5 (0.86%) VoIP
13 5 (0.86%) Wireless
14 4 (0.69%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.89%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.55%) MySQL
4 7 (1.20%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.34%) Tableau
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (4.30%) JIRA
2 13 (2.24%) Git
3 9 (1.55%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.03%) IntelliJ
4 6 (1.03%) JUnit
4 6 (1.03%) Mockito
5 5 (0.86%) Gradle
6 4 (0.69%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.69%) GitLab
6 4 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.69%) Subversion
7 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.52%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 125 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 61 (10.50%) Finance
3 44 (7.57%) Legal
4 43 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.71%) Law
6 36 (6.20%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.82%) Military
8 26 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.96%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.93%) Retail
11 16 (2.75%) Banking
11 16 (2.75%) Games
12 12 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.55%) Marketing
16 8 (1.38%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.86%) Local Government
18 1 (0.17%) Back Office
18 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 85 (14.63%) Senior
2 60 (10.33%) Analyst
3 48 (8.26%) Lead
4 45 (7.75%) Architect
5 42 (7.23%) IT Manager
6 31 (5.34%) Vulnerability Manager
7 28 (4.82%) Project Manager
7 28 (4.82%) Security Engineer
8 27 (4.65%) Developer
8 27 (4.65%) Security Analyst
8 27 (4.65%) Security Specialist
9 26 (4.48%) Security Manager
9 26 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 23 (3.96%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 23 (3.96%) Incident Manager
11 22 (3.79%) Senior Architect
12 21 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
13 20 (3.44%) Security Architect
14 18 (3.10%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.75%) .NET
2 14 (2.41%) Node.js
3 9 (1.55%) REST
3 9 (1.55%) Spring
3 9 (1.55%) Web Services
4 8 (1.38%) Spring Boot
5 7 (1.20%) CSS
5 7 (1.20%) HTML
6 6 (1.03%) OpenID
7 4 (0.69%) Akka
7 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.69%) LAMP
7 4 (0.69%) OAuth
7 4 (0.69%) Swing
7 4 (0.69%) Vue
7 4 (0.69%) WCF
7 4 (0.69%) WinForms
8 3 (0.52%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.52%) HTML5
8 3 (0.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.39%) Management Information System
2 67 (11.53%) Data Centre
3 52 (8.95%) Operational Technology
4 39 (6.71%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (5.68%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 30 (5.16%) Security Posture
7 27 (4.65%) Cyberattack
8 20 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.93%) Private Cloud
10 13 (2.24%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.07%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.89%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.72%) SCADA
14 8 (1.38%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
16 6 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
16 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (11.36%) Windows
2 45 (7.75%) Linux
3 31 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.93%) Unix
4 17 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.20%) VMS
6 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.03%) Kali Linux
8 5 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (20.83%) Information Security
2 111 (19.10%) Incident Response
3 93 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (12.05%) Risk Management
5 64 (11.02%) Project Management
6 54 (9.29%) Agile
7 52 (8.95%) Mentoring
8 50 (8.61%) Presales
9 48 (8.26%) Roadmaps
10 47 (8.09%) Change Management
10 47 (8.09%) Software Licensing
11 45 (7.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 44 (7.57%) ITIL
13 42 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 39 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (6.71%) SIEM
15 36 (6.20%) Coaching
15 36 (6.20%) Incident Management
16 34 (5.85%) Computer Science
17 33 (5.68%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.20%) Java
1 36 (6.20%) Python
2 33 (5.68%) SQL
3 24 (4.13%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.96%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.55%) C#
5 9 (1.55%) Perl
5 9 (1.55%) Ruby
6 3 (0.52%) Bash
6 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.17%) C++
7 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (32.53%) Degree
2 69 (11.88%) CISSP
3 48 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 42 (7.23%) CISM
5 30 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (3.79%) CCNA
7 22 (3.79%) CCNP
8 18 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.24%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.24%) CREST Certified
10 12 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.89%) CISA
11 11 (1.89%) GIAC
12 10 (1.72%) CEH
12 10 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
13 9 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (1.55%) MCP
13 9 (1.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (11.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (10.67%) NIST
3 35 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.79%) PCI DSS
5 19 (3.27%) GDPR
6 18 (3.10%) SLA
7 17 (2.93%) NCSC
8 15 (2.58%) PMO
9 14 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (2.41%) QA
10 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (1.20%) NIST 800
11 6 (1.03%) IEC 62304
12 5 (0.86%) GRC
12 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.52%) ITGC
14 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
System Software
1 60 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.61%) Docker
2 21 (3.61%) Hyper-V
2 21 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.72%) RACF
4 4 (0.69%) Firmware
5 3 (0.52%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.17%) Snort
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.55%) Nessus
3 9 (1.55%) Stealthwatch
4 7 (1.20%) Terraform
5 5 (0.86%) CASB
6 4 (0.69%) Autotask
6 4 (0.69%) cPanel
6 4 (0.69%) Plesk
7 3 (0.52%) Nmap
7 3 (0.52%) SELinux
8 2 (0.34%) SCCM
8 2 (0.34%) WSUS
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) FTK
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 (25.99%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.43%) Apple
3 47 (8.09%) Adobe
4 45 (7.75%) Cisco
5 33 (5.68%) VMware
6 19 (3.27%) Meraki
7 17 (2.93%) Dell
8 13 (2.24%) HP
8 13 (2.24%) Veeam
9 12 (2.07%) Samsung
10 11 (1.89%) Facebook
11 10 (1.72%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.55%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.38%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.20%) Splunk
15 6 (1.03%) HubSpot
15 6 (1.03%) Intel
16 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.86%) Google
17 4 (0.69%) Qualys