Cyber Defence Jobs in Manchester

Cyber Defence
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 227 225
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -24
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 8 14 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.15% 0.29% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.65% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £59,750 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £63,125 £60,313 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £82,335 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +55.02% -7.63%
75th Percentile - £97,290 £54,818
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £53,112
% change year-on-year -10.34% +36.50% -1.19%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Cyber Defence is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,758 2,156 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.84% 44.16% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 1,027 1,524
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,621 £32,097
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,752 £84,234 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Manchester

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Manchester.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in Manchester

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 2 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) FPGA
3 1 (12.50%) Cybercrime
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 4 (50.00%) SIEM
2 4 (50.00%) SOAR
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Open Source
4 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft