Security Specialist Jobs in Manchester

Security Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Security Specialist salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 236 229
Rank change year-on-year +32 -7 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 15 18 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.30% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.39% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 28
10th Percentile £44,770 £55,847 £48,750
25th Percentile £47,087 £64,000 £63,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -26.67% +53.02%
75th Percentile £61,875 £68,000 -
90th Percentile £79,750 £72,000 -
North West median annual salary £53,750 £66,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -18.56% -26.67% +53.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 4,799 4,653 5,524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 91.74% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,726 2,711 3,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,600 £57,325 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +4.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bury - 4 £50,000 -
Security Specialist
North West

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Firewall
3 6 (40.00%) Cisco
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (40.00%) OWASP
4 5 (33.33%) Azure
4 5 (33.33%) AWS
4 5 (33.33%) Windows
4 5 (33.33%) Linux
4 5 (33.33%) Information Security
4 5 (33.33%) VMware
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (26.67%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Application Security
5 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 4 (26.67%) Ubuntu
5 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
5 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
5 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
5 4 (26.67%) Kali Linux
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (26.67%) OSCP
6 3 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification

Security Specialist Skill Set
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 5 (33.33%) AWS
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) IaaS
3 1 (6.67%) PaaS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) WAN
4 2 (13.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Kali Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Ubuntu
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) OWASP
3 5 (33.33%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) Application Security
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (26.67%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
6 2 (13.33%) Offensive Security
6 2 (13.33%) Presales
6 2 (13.33%) Sales Enablement
6 2 (13.33%) SDLC
6 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.67%) Fintech
7 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) OSCP
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CCNA
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CCA
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) GDPR
2 3 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.67%) NCSC
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (20.00%) SELinux
3 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) Dell
3 2 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto