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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +38 -3 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 274 148 144
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 11.24% 4.06% 6.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.20% 4.72% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 90 68 105
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,850 £36,350
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,654 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.05% -11.91% -3.40%
75th Percentile £66,938 £67,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,145 £82,595 £84,056
North West median annual salary £45,000 £54,793 £57,500
% change year-on-year -17.87% -4.71% -3.40%

All Process and 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 2,076 3,133 2,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.15% 85.88% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 1,434 1,828
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,541
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.63% +8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,950 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,827
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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
Stockport +17 17 £30,000 -40.00% 6
Salford +19 11 £70,079 +39.30% 4
Altrincham - 10 £27,500 - 3
Bolton +23 9 £55,000 - 8
Cheadle - 6 - -
Oldham +9 5 - - 2
Rochdale - 5 - -
Dukinfield - 5 - -
Bury - 5 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 5 - - 3
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Wigan - 5 - - 6
Littleborough - 5 - -
Heywood - 4 - -
Sale - 4 - - 3
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 6 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) CMS
2 5 (1.82%) WordPress
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.09%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 162 (59.12%) Cloud Computing
2 39 (14.23%) Azure
3 24 (8.76%) AWS
4 14 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.74%) GitHub
6 10 (3.65%) SaaS
7 6 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.19%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.82%) IaaS
8 5 (1.82%) OCI
8 5 (1.82%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.82%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.82%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.73%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.73%) dbt
10 2 (0.73%) PaaS
11 1 (0.36%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 170 (62.04%) Internet
2 6 (2.19%) Network Security
2 6 (2.19%) VLAN
2 6 (2.19%) VoIP
3 5 (1.82%) DMZ
3 5 (1.82%) Firewall
3 5 (1.82%) STUN
3 5 (1.82%) VPN
4 2 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.82%) Power BI
1 5 (1.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.73%) MySQL
4 1 (0.36%) GIS
4 1 (0.36%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 15 (5.47%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) JMeter
2 1 (0.36%) Locust
General
1 203 (74.09%) Social Skills
2 178 (64.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 159 (58.03%) Banking
4 20 (7.30%) Multimedia
5 17 (6.20%) Finance
6 11 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Legal
8 7 (2.55%) Law
8 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Billing
11 3 (1.09%) German Language
11 3 (1.09%) Retail
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Local Government
12 1 (0.36%) Marketing
12 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (46.72%) Lecturer
2 20 (7.30%) Trainee
3 18 (6.57%) Architect
4 11 (4.01%) Senior
5 9 (3.28%) Lead
6 8 (2.92%) Developer
7 7 (2.55%) Software Developer
7 7 (2.55%) Trainee Developer
7 7 (2.55%) Trainee Software Developer
8 6 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (2.19%) IT Support
8 6 (2.19%) Technical Manager
9 5 (1.82%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (1.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
9 5 (1.82%) Infrastructure Architect
9 5 (1.82%) Senior Architect
9 5 (1.82%) Senior Enterprise Architect
9 5 (1.82%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.93%) HTML
2 14 (5.11%) CSS
3 5 (1.82%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.36%) D3.js
4 1 (0.36%) Django
4 1 (0.36%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.36%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.36%) Plotly
4 1 (0.36%) React
4 1 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 161 (58.76%) IoT
2 11 (4.01%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.19%) Blog
4 6 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (1.82%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.36%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.47%) Windows
2 9 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.92%) Linux
4 6 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.82%) Debian
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (64.60%) AI
2 158 (57.66%) Machine Learning
2 158 (57.66%) Web Development
3 157 (57.30%) User Experience
4 25 (9.12%) Mentoring
5 19 (6.93%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (5.84%) Software Licensing
7 14 (5.11%) Customer Engagement
7 14 (5.11%) Time Management
8 13 (4.74%) Information Security
9 11 (4.01%) Process Improvement
10 9 (3.28%) IT Strategy
11 8 (2.92%) DevOps
11 8 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (2.92%) Line Management
11 8 (2.92%) Project Management
11 8 (2.92%) Risk Management
11 8 (2.92%) Security Operations
11 8 (2.92%) SIEM
11 8 (2.92%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.93%) Python
2 17 (6.20%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.19%) R
3 6 (2.19%) SQL
4 5 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.73%) Java
5 2 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.36%) C
6 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 183 (66.79%) Degree
2 158 (57.66%) Master's Degree
2 158 (57.66%) Postgraduate
3 157 (57.30%) PhD
4 16 (5.84%) Azure Certification
5 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (5.11%) AWS Certification
7 13 (4.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 12 (4.38%) A+ Certification
9 10 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (2.92%) CEH
10 8 (2.92%) CISSP
10 8 (2.92%) Security Cleared
11 7 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.82%) PMP
12 5 (1.82%) SC Cleared
13 4 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (1.09%) ACCA
14 3 (1.09%) CIMA
14 3 (1.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.28%) NIST
4 8 (2.92%) GDPR
5 5 (1.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.82%) GLBA
5 5 (1.82%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.09%) NCSC
7 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.73%) GRC
7 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.73%) QA
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.82%) Kamailio
2 4 (1.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.36%) Grafana
3 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.36%) Nessus
3 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.38%) Apple
3 11 (4.01%) Adobe
4 9 (3.28%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.92%) Sage
6 7 (2.55%) Oracle
7 5 (1.82%) iManage
7 5 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.73%) Dell
8 2 (0.73%) SAP
8 2 (0.73%) Splunk
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco
9 1 (0.36%) Google
9 1 (0.36%) Meraki
9 1 (0.36%) PayPal
9 1 (0.36%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.36%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.36%) Spotify
9 1 (0.36%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.36%) VMware