Security Testing Jobs in Manchester

Security Testing
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 223 219
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 -20
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 18 20 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.35% 0.40% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.42% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 12
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,875 £34,125
25th Percentile £56,809 £51,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,875 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% +3.80% +25.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £79,875 £86,875
North West median annual salary £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +86.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Security Testing 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 4,452 4,796 5,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.73% 96.64% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,402 2,560 3,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,850 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,725 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Manchester

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in Manchester

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in Manchester

Security Testing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Altrincham - 3 £50,000 - 1
Security Testing
North West

Security Testing
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 7 (38.89%) AWS
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 3 (16.67%) WAN
1 3 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Burp Suite
2 4 (22.22%) IntelliJ
2 4 (22.22%) JUnit
2 4 (22.22%) Mockito
3 3 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Health Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Java Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Java Software Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Senior
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 3 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Security Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Tester
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 3 (16.67%) IoT
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) Application Security
2 7 (38.89%) OWASP
3 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (27.78%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) Data Security
4 4 (22.22%) Ideation Sessions
4 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 3 (16.67%) Compliance Management
5 3 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 3 (16.67%) Red Team
5 3 (16.67%) Secure Coding
5 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 3 (16.67%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) OSCP
1 4 (22.22%) PhD
2 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (16.67%) AWS Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 3 (16.67%) CCSK
2 3 (16.67%) CCSP
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (16.67%) CISM
2 3 (16.67%) CISSP
2 3 (16.67%) CREST Certified
2 3 (16.67%) OSCE
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (22.22%) NIST
4 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 3 (16.67%) SOC 2
5 1 (5.56%) NCSC
5 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (16.67%) Nessus
2 3 (16.67%) Nmap
2 3 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Qualys