Cybersecurity Jobs in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 79 110 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 10.06% 7.04% 8.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.92% 8.94% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24 95 58
10th Percentile £33,625 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £64,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% -33.33% +63.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,782 £96,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £100,000 £100,000
North West median annual salary £54,793 £52,084 £62,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -15.99% -0.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 663 1,231 851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.46% 78.81% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 240 927 455
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,869 £89,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Warrington +4 12 £37,500 -40.00% 7
Macclesfield +3 5 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Ellesmere Port - 4 £55,000 - 1
Knutsford -9 3 £80,000 - 4
Wilmslow - 3 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Lymm - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.25%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.06%) AWS
4 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.66%) Firewall
2 5 (6.33%) Internet
2 5 (6.33%) LAN
2 5 (6.33%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (6.33%) WAN
3 3 (3.80%) DHCP
3 3 (3.80%) DNS
3 3 (3.80%) VoIP
General
1 56 (70.89%) Legal
2 55 (69.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 55 (69.62%) Law
3 14 (17.72%) Social Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Automotive
4 8 (10.13%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.33%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (15.19%) Technical Support
2 9 (11.39%) Support Specialist
3 6 (7.59%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (7.59%) Technical Support Specialist
4 5 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (6.33%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
5 3 (3.80%) IT Support
5 3 (3.80%) IT Support Specialist
6 2 (2.53%) Business Consultant
6 2 (2.53%) Business Continuity Consultant
6 2 (2.53%) Consultant
6 2 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (2.53%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (2.53%) Security Engineer
6 2 (2.53%) Senior
7 1 (1.27%) Lead
7 1 (1.27%) Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 55 (69.62%) Cyberattack
2 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.06%) Linux
4 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (69.62%) Creative Thinking
1 55 (69.62%) Line Management
2 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.39%) Infrastructure Management
4 8 (10.13%) Time Management
5 5 (6.33%) Change Management
5 5 (6.33%) ITIL
6 4 (5.06%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (5.06%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.80%) Coaching
7 3 (3.80%) Incident Response
7 3 (3.80%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (3.80%) Server Management
8 2 (2.53%) Business Continuity
8 2 (2.53%) ERP
8 2 (2.53%) People Management
8 2 (2.53%) Runbook
8 2 (2.53%) Security Operations
8 2 (2.53%) Threat Analysis
8 2 (2.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (3.80%) CCNA
1 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (3.80%) Degree
1 3 (3.80%) MCSE
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (3.80%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (2.53%) CEH
2 2 (2.53%) CISA
2 2 (2.53%) CISM
2 2 (2.53%) CISSP
2 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.53%) CRISC
2 2 (2.53%) GCIH
2 2 (2.53%) GIAC
2 2 (2.53%) GISF
2 2 (2.53%) ISACA
2 2 (2.53%) SANS
2 2 (2.53%) SSCP
3 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (69.62%) NCSC
2 2 (2.53%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.66%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.33%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (17.72%) Cisco
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
3 9 (11.39%) Fortinet
3 9 (11.39%) Meraki
3 9 (11.39%) SonicWALL
3 9 (11.39%) WatchGuard
4 6 (7.59%) VMware
5 3 (3.80%) Acronis
5 3 (3.80%) Kaseya
5 3 (3.80%) Sage