Information Security Jobs in Manchester

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 62 81
Rank change year-on-year -31 +19 +32
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 131 259 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.57% 5.15% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 5.32% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 106 93 185
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £77,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.63% -6.82% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Information Security 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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,429 4,864 5,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.79% 96.68% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,403 2,581 3,660
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Manchester.

Salary trend for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Stockport +15 6 £60,000 -14.29%
Salford 0 5 £57,500 +47.44% 2
Oldham +19 4 £40,000 - 1
Altrincham - 3 £50,000 - 1
Wigan - 2 £46,250 -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) CMS
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.05%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.48%) Azure
2 20 (15.27%) AWS
3 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (4.58%) GCP
6 5 (3.82%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.82%) SaaS
7 4 (3.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (3.05%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.05%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.29%) PaaS
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub
9 1 (0.76%) IaaS
9 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.79%) Firewall
2 9 (6.87%) SD-WAN
2 9 (6.87%) WAN
3 8 (6.11%) Network Security
4 4 (3.05%) Skype
5 3 (2.29%) Wireless
5 3 (2.29%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.76%) DHCP
6 1 (0.76%) DNS
6 1 (0.76%) Intranet
6 1 (0.76%) LAN
6 1 (0.76%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.76%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.76%) VLAN
6 1 (0.76%) VPN
6 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.82%) Power BI
2 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.29%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.53%) JIRA
General
1 20 (15.27%) Law
2 15 (11.45%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.16%) Finance
4 10 (7.63%) Legal
5 8 (6.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.29%) Retail
8 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Games
8 1 (0.76%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (21.37%) Analyst
2 23 (17.56%) Architect
3 21 (16.03%) Security Manager
4 18 (13.74%) Senior
5 17 (12.98%) Security Analyst
6 16 (12.21%) Lead
7 15 (11.45%) Information Analyst
7 15 (11.45%) Information Security Analyst
7 15 (11.45%) Security Architect
8 14 (10.69%) Information Manager
8 14 (10.69%) Information Security Manager
9 12 (9.16%) IT Manager
10 11 (8.40%) Senior Architect
11 8 (6.11%) Technical Architect
12 7 (5.34%) IT Security Manager
12 7 (5.34%) Senior Security Architect
13 6 (4.58%) IT Engineer
14 5 (3.82%) Information Specialist
14 5 (3.82%) Lead Architect
14 5 (3.82%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.11%) .NET
1 8 (6.11%) React
2 4 (3.05%) CSS
2 4 (3.05%) HTML
3 2 (1.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.85%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.92%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 8 (6.11%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.34%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.58%) PMI
6 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.29%) IoT
7 3 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.29%) NHS
8 2 (1.53%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.53%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.76%) CSOC
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.69%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.29%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.17%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (16.79%) Risk Management
3 19 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (13.74%) ITIL
5 17 (12.98%) Business Continuity
6 16 (12.21%) Data Protection
6 16 (12.21%) OWASP
6 16 (12.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 15 (11.45%) Incident Response
8 14 (10.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (10.69%) ISMS
8 14 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (9.92%) Application Security
9 13 (9.92%) Business Strategy
9 13 (9.92%) Cloud Security
10 12 (9.16%) Data Privacy
10 12 (9.16%) Data Security
10 12 (9.16%) Risk Assessment
10 12 (9.16%) Security Testing
10 12 (9.16%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.27%) Python
2 11 (8.40%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.34%) Bash
3 7 (5.34%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.29%) Java
5 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (27.48%) CISSP
2 30 (22.90%) CISM
3 18 (13.74%) Degree
4 14 (10.69%) AWS Certification
5 13 (9.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (9.92%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (7.63%) OSCP
7 9 (6.87%) Azure Certification
7 9 (6.87%) Security Cleared
8 8 (6.11%) CCSK
8 8 (6.11%) CCSP
9 7 (5.34%) PCI QSA
9 7 (5.34%) SC Cleared
10 6 (4.58%) CISA
10 6 (4.58%) PMI Certification
11 5 (3.82%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (3.05%) CRISC
12 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (3.05%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (38.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (23.66%) NIST
3 28 (21.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (16.03%) PCI DSS
5 13 (9.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (8.40%) GRC
7 9 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (6.11%) GDPR
9 5 (3.82%) ISO 9001
10 4 (3.05%) NCSC
11 3 (2.29%) ITGC
11 3 (2.29%) QA
11 3 (2.29%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.11%) Docker
2 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (6.11%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.11%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (3.82%) Nessus
3 3 (2.29%) Nmap
4 2 (1.53%) CASB
4 2 (1.53%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 28 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Cisco
3 8 (6.11%) Databricks
4 5 (3.82%) VMware
5 4 (3.05%) Citrix
5 4 (3.05%) Dell
5 4 (3.05%) Qualys
6 3 (2.29%) OneTrust
7 2 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.76%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.76%) Meraki
8 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.76%) SAP
8 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow