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 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 30 30 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 563 668 590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.78% 8.42% 6.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 8.79% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 448 307 275
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,550 £37,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% +3.33% +9.78%
75th Percentile £65,313 £72,250 £79,125
90th Percentile £88,250 £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 8,089 7,596 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.07% 95.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,145 3,957 5,366
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
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 £82,500 £82,500
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 3 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 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
Manchester -13 251 £57,500 -3.40% 58
Lancashire +43 119 £52,084 +27.81% 17
Cheshire +2 110 £60,000 -29.41% 29
Merseyside -11 70 £43,750 -29.44% 9
Cumbria -9 13 £70,000 +55.56% 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 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 83 (14.74%) Azure
2 69 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (11.72%) AWS
4 34 (6.04%) SaaS
5 14 (2.49%) PaaS
6 11 (1.95%) IaaS
7 10 (1.78%) Serverless
8 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.42%) GCP
10 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.71%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.71%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.53%) Commercetools
12 3 (0.53%) GitHub
12 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.55%) Firewall
2 38 (6.75%) Network Security
3 27 (4.80%) WAN
4 22 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.84%) DHCP
6 14 (2.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (2.49%) LAN
7 13 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.13%) SD-WAN
8 12 (2.13%) Unified Communications
9 11 (1.95%) DNS
10 7 (1.24%) SAN
11 6 (1.07%) Broadband
11 6 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (1.07%) VoIP
12 5 (0.89%) MQTT
12 5 (0.89%) NAS
12 5 (0.89%) Wireless
13 4 (0.71%) Multicast
13 4 (0.71%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.66%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.31%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.42%) MySQL
4 6 (1.07%) Power BI
5 5 (0.89%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 24 (4.26%) JIRA
2 16 (2.84%) Git
3 12 (2.13%) TeamCity
4 9 (1.60%) IntelliJ
4 9 (1.60%) JUnit
4 9 (1.60%) Mockito
5 8 (1.42%) Gradle
6 4 (0.71%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.71%) GitLab
6 4 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.71%) Subversion
7 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.53%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 130 (23.09%) Social Skills
2 51 (9.06%) Finance
3 42 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.39%) Law
4 36 (6.39%) Manufacturing
5 32 (5.68%) Legal
6 28 (4.97%) Military
7 23 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.02%) Retail
9 16 (2.84%) Games
10 12 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Marketing
13 9 (1.60%) Banking
13 9 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.42%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.71%) Local Government
16 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.18%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 70 (12.43%) Senior
2 61 (10.83%) Analyst
3 45 (7.99%) IT Manager
4 43 (7.64%) Architect
5 37 (6.57%) Lead
6 32 (5.68%) Security Analyst
7 31 (5.51%) Vulnerability Manager
8 29 (5.15%) Developer
9 27 (4.80%) Security Specialist
10 26 (4.62%) Software Engineer
11 24 (4.26%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.26%) Security Engineer
12 23 (4.09%) Incident Manager
13 21 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 21 (3.73%) Security Manager
14 19 (3.37%) Consultant
14 19 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.20%) Senior Architect
16 16 (2.84%) Security Architect
17 15 (2.66%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.84%) .NET
2 13 (2.31%) Node.js
3 12 (2.13%) REST
3 12 (2.13%) Spring
4 11 (1.95%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.78%) OpenID
5 10 (1.78%) Web Services
6 7 (1.24%) CSS
6 7 (1.24%) HTML
7 5 (0.89%) OAuth
8 4 (0.71%) Akka
8 4 (0.71%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (0.71%) LAMP
8 4 (0.71%) Swing
8 4 (0.71%) Vue
8 4 (0.71%) WCF
8 4 (0.71%) WinForms
9 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.53%) HTML5
9 3 (0.53%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.72%) Data Centre
2 65 (11.55%) Management Information System
3 51 (9.06%) Operational Technology
4 42 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (5.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 29 (5.15%) Security Posture
7 27 (4.80%) Cyberattack
8 21 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (3.02%) Private Cloud
10 13 (2.31%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.13%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.95%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.78%) SCADA
14 8 (1.42%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.42%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 7 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
16 6 (1.07%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 73 (12.97%) Windows
2 48 (8.53%) Linux
3 33 (5.86%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.37%) Unix
5 17 (3.02%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.24%) Kali Linux
8 7 (1.24%) VMS
9 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (19.72%) Incident Response
1 111 (19.72%) Information Security
2 97 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (12.26%) Risk Management
4 62 (11.01%) Project Management
5 54 (9.59%) Mentoring
6 50 (8.88%) Agile
7 48 (8.53%) Change Management
7 48 (8.53%) Presales
7 48 (8.53%) Vulnerability Management
8 47 (8.35%) ITIL
9 46 (8.17%) Software Licensing
10 41 (7.28%) Roadmaps
11 40 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 39 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (6.93%) SIEM
13 35 (6.22%) Incident Management
14 34 (6.04%) Computer Science
15 33 (5.86%) Penetration Testing
16 31 (5.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.57%) Java
2 34 (6.04%) Python
3 27 (4.80%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.44%) SQL
5 12 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.60%) C#
7 8 (1.42%) Perl
7 8 (1.42%) Ruby
8 3 (0.53%) Bash
8 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (33.04%) Degree
2 65 (11.55%) CISSP
3 51 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 42 (7.46%) CISM
5 30 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (3.37%) CCNA
7 19 (3.37%) CCNP
8 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.49%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.31%) AWS Certification
10 13 (2.31%) CREST Certified
11 12 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.95%) CISA
13 10 (1.78%) GIAC
14 9 (1.60%) CEH
14 9 (1.60%) Chartered Engineer
14 9 (1.60%) MCP
15 8 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (1.24%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (11.37%) NIST
3 32 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (4.09%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.55%) GDPR
6 18 (3.20%) NCSC
6 18 (3.20%) SLA
7 16 (2.84%) QA
8 15 (2.66%) PMO
9 14 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (1.07%) GRC
11 6 (1.07%) IEC 62304
11 6 (1.07%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.89%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.53%) ITGC
14 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.36%) Def Stans
System Software
1 56 (9.95%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.09%) Docker
4 21 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.71%) Firmware
5 4 (0.71%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.18%) RACF
6 1 (0.18%) Snort
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.60%) Nessus
4 7 (1.24%) Terraform
5 6 (1.07%) CASB
5 6 (1.07%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (0.71%) Autotask
6 4 (0.71%) cPanel
6 4 (0.71%) Plesk
7 3 (0.53%) Nmap
7 3 (0.53%) SELinux
8 2 (0.36%) SCCM
8 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) WSUS
9 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.18%) EnCase
9 1 (0.18%) FTK
9 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.18%) Graylog
9 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 138 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.53%) Apple
3 46 (8.17%) Adobe
4 44 (7.82%) Cisco
5 34 (6.04%) VMware
6 17 (3.02%) Dell
6 17 (3.02%) Meraki
7 13 (2.31%) HP
7 13 (2.31%) Veeam
8 12 (2.13%) Samsung
9 10 (1.78%) Facebook
10 8 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.07%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.07%) Intel
12 6 (1.07%) Splunk
13 5 (0.89%) Google
14 4 (0.71%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.71%) Qualys
14 4 (0.71%) Sophos