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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 36 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 363 165 192
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.32% 6.61% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.16% 7.24% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 256 95 124
10th Percentile £32,375 £25,313 £37,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%

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 5,071 2,278 3,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.38% 91.23% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,991 1,322 2,392
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,110
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £69,850
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,084
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.00% -5.30%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +14 22 £50,000 -33.33% 7
Salford -3 20 £100,000 +44.13% 4
Bury +8 6 £60,741 - 1
Altrincham +7 5 £40,000 - 7
Stockport 0 2 £32,500 +8.33% 4
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 10 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.21%) Azure
2 48 (13.22%) AWS
3 39 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.68%) GCP
4 17 (4.68%) SaaS
5 13 (3.58%) Serverless
6 12 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.65%) IaaS
9 6 (1.65%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.38%) GitHub
10 5 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.38%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.38%) PaaS
11 3 (0.83%) Datadog
11 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.06%) Unified Communications
2 16 (4.41%) Firewall
3 12 (3.31%) VoIP
4 8 (2.20%) VLAN
5 7 (1.93%) Internet
6 6 (1.65%) DNS
7 5 (1.38%) Network Security
8 4 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.10%) WAN
9 3 (0.83%) DHCP
9 3 (0.83%) DKIM
9 3 (0.83%) DMARC
9 3 (0.83%) FTP
9 3 (0.83%) LAN
9 3 (0.83%) PBX
9 3 (0.83%) VPN
9 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.55%) HTTP
10 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.28%) MySQL
2 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
2 1 (0.28%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Snyk
2 5 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.83%) Git
3 3 (0.83%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) GDB
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.28%) WinDbg
General
1 88 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (5.79%) Law
4 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.41%) Marketing
6 15 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.86%) Finance
8 12 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.48%) Retail
10 7 (1.93%) Legal
11 6 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.65%) Police
12 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.10%) Local Government
13 3 (0.83%) Advertising
13 3 (0.83%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 61 (16.80%) Analyst
1 61 (16.80%) Senior
2 44 (12.12%) Security Analyst
3 40 (11.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 36 (9.92%) Consultant
5 33 (9.09%) Architect
6 30 (8.26%) Security Consultant
6 30 (8.26%) Senior Analyst
7 29 (7.99%) Security Architect
8 24 (6.61%) Lead
9 23 (6.34%) Junior
10 21 (5.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 18 (4.96%) Junior Analyst
11 18 (4.96%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 18 (4.96%) Senior Security Analyst
12 17 (4.68%) Security Engineer
13 16 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 16 (4.41%) Security Manager
14 15 (4.13%) Junior Security Analyst
14 15 (4.13%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.65%) Regular Expression
2 5 (1.38%) REST
3 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.10%) React
4 3 (0.83%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.83%) JSON
4 3 (0.83%) pgvector
4 3 (0.83%) PostGIS
4 3 (0.83%) Vue
5 2 (0.55%) .NET
5 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.28%) Blazor
6 1 (0.28%) NestJS
6 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.79%) Cyberattack
2 19 (5.23%) Security Posture
3 16 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.58%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.93%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.65%) Cybercrime
10 6 (1.65%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (1.38%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.10%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.10%) Social Media
13 3 (0.83%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.16%) Windows
2 9 (2.48%) Mac OS
2 9 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.65%) Linux
4 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (16.53%) AI
2 37 (10.19%) Mentoring
3 31 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (8.26%) DevOps
5 29 (7.99%) Incident Response
6 28 (7.71%) Information Security
7 27 (7.44%) SIEM
8 26 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.89%) Risk Management
10 24 (6.61%) Cloud Security
11 23 (6.34%) IT Strategy
12 22 (6.06%) CI/CD
13 21 (5.79%) Security Architecture
13 21 (5.79%) Software Licensing
14 20 (5.51%) Agile
14 20 (5.51%) Security Testing
15 19 (5.23%) Threat Modelling
16 17 (4.68%) Data Science
16 17 (4.68%) DevSecOps
17 16 (4.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.96%) Python
2 14 (3.86%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.38%) Bash
4 4 (1.10%) C++
5 3 (0.83%) C#
5 3 (0.83%) Java
5 3 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.55%) SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 31 (8.54%) Security Cleared
2 29 (7.99%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.71%) Azure Certification
4 26 (7.16%) Degree
5 20 (5.51%) CEH
5 20 (5.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 17 (4.68%) CompTIA CySA+
7 13 (3.58%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.75%) CISSP
10 9 (2.48%) CISM
11 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.38%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.10%) CISA
12 4 (1.10%) CRISC
12 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.83%) GCIH
13 3 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (6.89%) NIST
3 22 (6.06%) GRC
4 17 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.13%) GDPR
6 14 (3.86%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.55%) NCSC
10 2 (0.55%) QA
11 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.93%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.38%) Docker
4 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.93%) Terraform
3 5 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.10%) Nessus
5 3 (0.83%) cPanel
5 3 (0.83%) Grafana
5 3 (0.83%) Plesk
5 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 110 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.16%) ForeScout
3 19 (5.23%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (4.68%) Apple
5 16 (4.41%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.86%) Adobe
7 12 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.31%) Tenable
8 8 (2.20%) Tanium
9 4 (1.10%) VMware
10 3 (0.83%) Acronis
10 3 (0.83%) Cisco
10 3 (0.83%) Google
10 3 (0.83%) NETGEAR
10 3 (0.83%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.83%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.83%) Splunk
10 3 (0.83%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.83%) Veeam
10 3 (0.83%) WatchGuard