Communications Security Job Trends in Manchester

Communications Security (COMSEC)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Communications Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 156 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.036% 0.15% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - -
75th Percentile £33,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £33,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Communications Security 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 2,565 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.23% 93.14% 92.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 1,204 1,652
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,996
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Communications Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Communications Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Communications Security job vacancy trend in Manchester

Communications Security
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Communications Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Communications Security

Communications Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft