Cybersecurity Job Trends in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 36 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 359 145 164
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.69% 6.15% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 6.91% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 256 73 81
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,050 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.33% -13.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £45,750 £54,793
% change year-on-year +31.15% -16.50% -5.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,849 2,098 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.38% 88.97% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 1,194 1,586
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Bolton +11 17 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Salford -6 15 £27,500 -64.39% 5
Stockport -1 6 £62,500 +108.33% 8
Altrincham +4 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Bury +6 3 £29,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 2
Sale +5 2 £62,500 -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
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 11 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.16%) Azure
2 44 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (11.98%) AWS
4 19 (5.29%) SaaS
5 18 (5.01%) GCP
6 15 (4.18%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.79%) Mimecast
7 10 (2.79%) Serverless
8 9 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (1.95%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.39%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.11%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.84%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.84%) IaaS
14 2 (0.56%) Akamai
14 2 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.56%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.69%) Unified Communications
2 11 (3.06%) Firewall
2 11 (3.06%) VoIP
3 10 (2.79%) DNS
3 10 (2.79%) Internet
4 8 (2.23%) VLAN
5 7 (1.95%) DHCP
6 6 (1.67%) VPN
6 6 (1.67%) Wireless
7 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.11%) Network Security
9 3 (0.84%) DKIM
9 3 (0.84%) DMARC
9 3 (0.84%) FTP
9 3 (0.84%) HTTP
9 3 (0.84%) PBX
9 3 (0.84%) SNMP
9 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) Big Data
3 1 (0.28%) Chroma
3 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Snyk
2 5 (1.39%) GitLab
3 3 (0.84%) Git
4 2 (0.56%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.28%) Maven
5 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 37 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (5.57%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.46%) Marketing
5 15 (4.18%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.90%) Finance
7 13 (3.62%) Retail
8 7 (1.95%) Law
9 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Legal
10 4 (1.11%) Police
11 3 (0.84%) Advertising
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Banking
12 1 (0.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (16.71%) Senior
2 58 (16.16%) Analyst
3 51 (14.21%) Consultant
4 39 (10.86%) Security Consultant
5 38 (10.58%) Architect
6 35 (9.75%) Security Analyst
7 34 (9.47%) Security Architect
8 30 (8.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 27 (7.52%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 23 (6.41%) Lead
11 22 (6.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 17 (4.74%) Operations Manager
13 16 (4.46%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (4.46%) Senior Security Analyst
14 15 (4.18%) Marketing Manager
15 14 (3.90%) Security Engineer
16 13 (3.62%) IT Manager
16 13 (3.62%) Junior
16 13 (3.62%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) Terraform
2 5 (1.39%) React
3 4 (1.11%) REST
4 3 (0.84%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.84%) JSON
4 3 (0.84%) LDAP
4 3 (0.84%) pgvector
4 3 (0.84%) PostGIS
4 3 (0.84%) SAML
5 2 (0.56%) .NET
5 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.56%) Node.js
5 2 (0.56%) Vue
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.28%) Blazor
6 1 (0.28%) LangChain
6 1 (0.28%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.69%) Security Posture
2 18 (5.01%) Operational Technology
3 16 (4.46%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.18%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.06%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.51%) Cyberattack
8 7 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.39%) Cybercrime
10 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.11%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.84%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.84%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.52%) Windows
2 11 (3.06%) macOS
3 9 (2.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.95%) Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.38%) AI
2 42 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.42%) Incident Response
4 37 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (9.75%) DevOps
5 35 (9.75%) Information Security
6 31 (8.64%) Cloud Security
7 30 (8.36%) Security Architecture
8 29 (8.08%) Risk Management
9 25 (6.96%) CI/CD
9 25 (6.96%) IT Strategy
10 24 (6.69%) Mentoring
11 23 (6.41%) Decision-Making
11 23 (6.41%) Security Operations
11 23 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (6.13%) SIEM
13 21 (5.85%) Service Delivery
14 20 (5.57%) Data Protection
14 20 (5.57%) Platform Engineering
15 19 (5.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.29%) Python
2 12 (3.34%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.95%) Bash
4 5 (1.39%) Go
5 4 (1.11%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.11%) SQL
5 4 (1.11%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.84%) C#
7 2 (0.56%) Java
8 1 (0.28%) Ada
8 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (10.03%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.19%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.64%) Degree
4 13 (3.62%) CISM
5 12 (3.34%) CISSP
6 10 (2.79%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.51%) CompTIA CySA+
8 8 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.39%) CEH
9 5 (1.39%) CISA
10 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.11%) CRISC
10 4 (1.11%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.84%) GCIH
11 3 (0.84%) PhD
11 3 (0.84%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (7.80%) NIST
3 21 (5.85%) GRC
4 17 (4.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.90%) GDPR
6 10 (2.79%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.11%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.84%) NCSC
8 3 (0.84%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.56%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.56%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.28%) ITGC
System Software
1 12 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.95%) Docker
3 7 (1.95%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.11%) Nessus
4 3 (0.84%) Ansible
4 3 (0.84%) cPanel
4 3 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.84%) Plesk
4 3 (0.84%) Podman
5 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.56%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 101 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.18%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (3.62%) Palo Alto
4 11 (3.06%) Adobe
4 11 (3.06%) Apple
5 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.51%) Tenable
6 8 (2.23%) Tanium
7 7 (1.95%) VMware
8 6 (1.67%) ForeScout
9 5 (1.39%) Google
9 5 (1.39%) YouTube
10 4 (1.11%) Cisco
10 4 (1.11%) Veeam
11 3 (0.84%) Acronis
11 3 (0.84%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.84%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.84%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.84%) Splunk
11 3 (0.84%) WatchGuard