Cyberattack Job Trends in Manchester

Cyberattack
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 27 80
Rank change year-on-year -141 +53 +76
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 25 201 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.36% 8.05% 2.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 17.96% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £35,000 - £65,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -21.21% +45.71%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £89,375
90th Percentile - - £89,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -11.69%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,510 1,119 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 21.89% 44.83% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 597 776
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £33,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,250 £87,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in Manchester

Cyberattack
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:

Cloud Services
1 20 (80.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (8.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (8.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
General
1 18 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (24.00%) Law
3 6 (24.00%) Police
3 6 (24.00%) Retail
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Ethical Hacker
2 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Data Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Junior
4 2 (8.00%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Junior Security Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Vendor Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Low-Code
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
1 6 (24.00%) Onboarding
1 6 (24.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Cybercrime
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 8 (32.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (32.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (32.00%) SIEM
4 6 (24.00%) Threat Detection
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (8.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (8.00%) Blue Team
7 2 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (8.00%) Data Strategy
7 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.00%) Incident Response
7 2 (8.00%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (8.00%) Protective Monitoring
7 2 (8.00%) SOAR
7 2 (8.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (24.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Azure Certification
1 12 (48.00%) CEH
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (48.00%) ForeScout
3 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto