Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Cybersecurity Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in Manchester is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 157 147
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.077% 0.10% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.11% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £84,250 - -
25th Percentile £86,875 £82,500 £32,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £85,000 £35,625
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +138.60% -
75th Percentile £96,875 £87,500 £38,388
90th Percentile £98,750 - -
North West median annual salary £92,500 £85,000 £35,625
% change year-on-year +8.82% +138.60% -58.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,319 2,749 2,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 94.11% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 1,377 1,651
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +1.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in Manchester

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Cybersecurity Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft