Cyber Essentials
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 143 | 171 | 142 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | -29 | +44 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 23 | 48 | 109 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 1.00% | 0.91% | 2.27% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 5.13% | 7.36% | 9.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 39 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £53,070 | £42,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £53,924 | £52,500 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,043 | £57,500 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.27% | +35.29% | -19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,750 | £67,500 | £59,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,000 | £75,250 | £63,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,021 | £55,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.04% | +22.22% | -14.29% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester
Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 448 | 652 | 1,203 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 19.56% | 12.40% | 25.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 200 | 468 | 306 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,480 | £27,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,375 | £35,920 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £51,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.84% | -2.86% | +3.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £87,500 | £73,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £47,683 | £47,842 | £49,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.33% | -3.35% | - |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Manchester.
Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salford | - | 1 | £57,500 | - | |
| Cyber Essentials North West |
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Cyber Essentials
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: